Guild Wars 2

So I’m a little confused here. You’ve got a group of players who have taken the time to learn the fight and “bring their A game”. They’re aware that it’s a group event, and that the only way it’s going to succeed is with teamwork. Yet somehow, bringing your ‘A’ game and being knowledgeable about the fight does not include ensuring that the other people participating are informed as well? Which is it. You want to succeed, or you want an excuse when the event fails? You want to succeed, then make sure everyone’s on the same page.

I also think the comments about lazy players wanting to be carried through the event and then complaining after it failed are forgetting that the complaints the OP mentioned immediately followed those very players being blamed for the failure. There’s a difference between whining and defending yourself.

You want to talk common sense? Fine. First of all, there’s nothing common about common sense. No two people have the same definition of it, so stop trying to hide behind it. Secondly, you can’t find the time to explain mechanics in a fight, yet you expect other players to magically find the time to look up the fight tactics themselves? I’m confused. Have you discovered some magical way of making time flow differently for yourself? Thirdly, how’s this for “common sense”. If this is the first time I’ve taken part in the event and I haven’t had to look up tactics for events in the past, why would I expect I should need to now? Especially if no one has mentioned that I should be aware of the tactics in the first place. I wouldn’t get much game time in if I stopped at every event and checked the wiki.

I generally hate to agree with people shouting over map chat, but belittling new or inexperienced players is a pretty solid way of legitimizing the claim that there’s a bad community.