Now I've seen it all...someone offended for offering to help them?

[Govalon]

in ~15 years of mmos Ive rarely seen people getting attacked for being new, most of the time when they do get some hostility is because they've been a Dbag toward the group. Most people dont mind new people, but its all in how you present yourself.

Yep, a lot of times it is the new player who is hostile. I once was in AK with THREE new players at the same time. They were all badly geared with level 29 rings and and bad weapons. I knew we would not make it but I decided to give them some advice and go to the wall with them so they can see what it is like and what they need to do. I tried to be polite about their gear. I told them that they are not properly geared and we would not make past the wall but lets go there to give it a shot and learn mechanics and they all started to call me a douchebag and elitist.

I know lot of experienced player are rude too. Just yesterday I was DFing Ak and we had a pretty geared group, atleast me and the other DPS were geared so I knew we probably would have pretty quick run. Tank was new and he had a a bit problems holding hate but that migh not have been his skill but his gear. This other DPS when starts to call him the worst tank ever and calling him names. I tried to tell him to give constructive critisism but I jsut get bashing the tank. We did fine in the end and beat the dungeon in he end even though the tank angled last the boss really bad and tail whipped as a lot. I felt bad for our tank since because we had this one guy bashing him all the time :/

[Dano]

I usually ask if anyone's new and proceed to give them a brief explanation on the dungeon mechanics. Since I'm a tank i usually take initiative to make sure everyone is on same page, as long as party members are willing to learn and listen it's no big deal for me.