How do you handle raid wipes?

[Bonbori]

Wipes are fine. Failing is part of the learning process and accidents happen even to competent groups. There are fights where all it takes is a brief moment of inattention and it's down the hole with half the party (*cough* Suzaku *cough*).

However, what isn't fine is usually some kind of human element dragging the party down. People who give up too easily and leave (often followed by other flakes if not immediately replaced) and people who refuse to improve and expect to get carried probably contribute more to the likelihood of repeated wiping than just the sum of their personal incompetence.

Wiping itself is easy to laugh off, but damage to morale is... awkward. I'm a very non-confrontational person and sometimes I feel so helpless when I see the problem but I'm too afraid to point it out because it might sour the mood ,_,