Quote Originally Posted by LittleImp View Post
"It's easy not to insult people, let me demonstrate by insulting you repeatedly."

I've never seen someone undermine the point of their own post so rapidly, thanks for the amusing read.
You're welcome. It is easy not to insult people though - there's always something to be said about personal choice in the matter, responsibility for one's own words and all that. I stand by what I've said in both posts! Truly, I am the great duality of man.

But to address it more directly - and more seriously - when it comes to giving advice or help in game, I might just be lucky but I've never had anyone take issue with pointing out that they've missed a mechanic or strategy that caused a wipe. But at the same time I don't usually call out people or make them feel singled out over it if I can help it; if just to avoid making things awkward. I've always found that directly stating who caused the wipe and why tends to just make people defensive while a more vague "Whoops - so heads up everyone: when you've got the debuff over your head, attack the boss that's the opposite colour of it!" usually goes over better. People tend to be hesitant to be the first to admit they either don't know or forgot how a fight goes when they're in a group of people they don't know. As a whole I'd like to think people respond better to positive reinforcement than negative, but I'm no behavioral scientist.