Quote Originally Posted by SamLeens View Post
What really annoys me in this forum is the willingness to bury other players when things don't go the way you want them to.
Personally, I've been extremely curt this entire time, but also always encouraged people to do their best and improve regardless of whatever barriers they may or may not have.

If having a disdain for people spending more time complaining on the forums than trying to actually learn the content is dragging people through the mud and being a selfish twat, then okay, sure I guess. I don't mind playing the role of the villain, it doesn't bother me. I just find it really tedious to see people acting like this content is unmanageable. It is not. It has been out for not even a week! We lack gear, we lack experience as a playerbase, and yes the difficulty has increased but by a reasonable amount that one would expect from rising expectations of the player base.

What I want, is for these people to calm down a little bit and work on being better. I've given plenty of bits of actionable advice during this whole disaster, and in general asking for help and support in a social game like an MMO is kind of to be expected. It just feels like these people are seeing the tiniest bit of pushback from the game and immediately instead of considering the possibility of needing to improve they instantly jump to blaming the game. It's frankly embarrassing, and entitled. I know the term entitled gets thrown around a lot, but I mean it in all sincerity and weight. They feel entitled to clear the content without any challenge whatsoever, and without any effort on their part to be good enough for the content to not be challenging.

Personally, if it were me, I think they didn't go far enough. But... I also recognize that I'm a better player than most, that my skill levels aren't representative of the majority of the casual playerbase, and that expert dungeons don't challenge me is fine and honestly expected. I'm glad they are at least non-trivial now. It feels less mind numbing to do expert roulettes for tomes than it did before. The normal raids are also well balanced. The timings are generous, the telegraphing is pretty damn clear, the tutorialization of mechanics is extremely solid. My raid group didn't wipe to the bosses when doing them, but I at least didn't feel completely safe the entire time. There is nothing that puts undue responsibility on any one player (beyond the responsibility of a role). I firmly believe an average PF group going in completely blind can clear it in one lockout - which is exactly the balance point that normal raids aim for.

Basically, I think the complaints are completely unfounded, and I think players just need to believe in themselves a little bit more and stop worrying so much about wipes. We all start somewhere. If you love this game to want it to be better, then love the game enough to be better too. I believe in you all.