...between stupidity and not understanding something.
Why people don't understand this, I will never know.
I was just in a dungeon group for Stormsout Brewery as a dps. We had a warrior tank, priest healer, and lock / dk dps.
From the start I could tell this dk hadn't the faintest idea what he was doing. He was in blood spec / presence and equipped a polearm with agility. The rest of his gear was just fine.
The lock starts berating the guy, and when he asks if the group can kick him, the dk asks why. I decide to send a tell, explaining that he needs to be in Frost spec / presence and have two one-hand weapons with strength.
He switches specs and we continue, all the way our lock is acting like a total [insert your favorite insulting name/term here]. Already he's doing a little better, but he's still a little off.
We get to the first boss, and I'm talking him through what abilities he should be using. The tank pulls, and I presume the guy is still reading because he joins in late and, I admit, his dps is horribad. 3k at pandaria content is just...yeah.
I like to give the benefit of doubt though. The guy clearly had some problems and I sympathized for that.
He ended up leaving before we killed the boss because the lock was still going on and on, but he ended up whispering me, giving me a thank-you and explaining that he hadn't played in a year and wasn't familiar with his class because of the changes. Yes, he could have relearned some info from researching, but I personally feel like it is better to learn from experience rather than reading because not a lot of people like it anyway.
What's the point?
Stupidity is being told what to do, then deliberately not doing it. Stupidity is not learning from your mistakes, especially if they are repeated.
Stupidity is not being unfamiliar with the game after taking a long break, nor is it not understanding the game's mechanics after a lengthy lack of exposure to them. This dk simply needed help.
/endrant. Flame away.
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A little patience and understanding goes a long way. Thanks for sharing your story and trying to help someone that's recently returned and still trying to get their bearings.
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I approve of this message. A lot of the community does not want to teach anybody, which can really make new players not want to pickup the game. If they do pick up the game though, they tend to be shunned because they don't know everything right away. I was tanking a Dungeon Finder group for heroic Gates of the Setting Sun and noticed party members had difficulty keeping up with healing and the DPS was on the low side. Did a quick inspection and notice that all 4 were in quest reward greens and blues. Rather than lash out, I asked everyone if it's their first time here. They all replied along the lines of they recently reached level 90 and had been trying to gear up. I was over-geared and used it act as a buffer so the rest of the team more time to learn about the mechanics and improve. Talked the group through the different mechanics for each of the boss fights, and at the end was rewarded with achievement spam. The healer got several upgrades and everyone had a good time. |
