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Etiquette on criticising other players
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Planky
For me .. if it's in a pug .. don't bother tbh. Maybe try and give some friendly advice but don't try to be pushy. It's a pug after all and most go to slack for free epics.
A guild run would be different however. One would expect every member of a raid / group in a guild to be on their A game. Any form of incompetence shouldn't really be tolerated. I'm not sure about others guilds, but on the application to mine there is a clear option asking if you are able to take criticism. It's there for a reason .. and often gets used to it's fullest.
if you feel you can help a person weather he / she is willing or not do it. It's that persons choice to accept the info or to continue being a waste of a raid slot.
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TheChilliGod
Guild, yes, pug, prolly not.
This.
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buzz3070
I only give advice if asked. I've had people /w me and ask "How did you do 4k dps through that fight?" and I'm always happy to give tips on gemming, gearing and rotations. My dps spec was hugely helped by just such a person, and I'm happy to pass along what works for me. But I never go out of my way to be preachy in a PUG. Not in guild runs either, tbh, most people I run with know more than I do and since I'm not an officer it's not my place to correct others even if I do know what I'm talking about. Let the raid leader sort it out and just do your job, you'll make more friends that way.
i would just like to say QFT.
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Squishalot
It's easier to tell guildies what they could be doing better, slightly harder if you play a different class to them.
I know that I've whispered a Ret pally in a H VH pug and queried his use of Seal of Command before (back in the days when we had Seal of Blood) and politely asked why he wasn't using SoB.
As long as you're polite, and if you shut up when you're told to, you can pretty much critique all you like. Keep to /w, rather than broadcasting to the whole party/raid what they're doing wrong, including pointing out that the tank needs to go into Defensive Stance / Frost Presence / Righteous Fury. (Highly worried if your bear tank was about to pull in Cat form.)
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Argg0
I usually only answer when asked, I don't go around telling how wrong people are, maybe I should sometimes, I don't know...
Like when a guildy asked me why I wasn't using Arcane Shot as MM I explained him about ArP.
But I didn't say anything when I one of our Paladin healers using a MP5 Flask. I did get kinda ^&*!ed because she wouldn't judge the boss though... JoW is OP.
Anyway, sometimes I whisp them to ask things like "Why didn't you pick up Silencing Shot?" (as it can be used as a damage boost and as an interrupt), or why they are gemming AP, when I know them.
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Rekijan
When offering help there are a few things to take into consideration. Some people dont wanna be helped, they are too casual or think they are imba enough already. Those you can't help, dont try.
If you wanna offer help, never do so in a public chat. This will never have the effect you want no matter how politely you ask. This includes guild chat, raid chat, vent/teamspeak and more.
The way you approach them is also important.
'haha n00b, you dont know wtf you are doing. l2p'
of course wont work. This is an extreme example of course but you really need to make sure the player can keep his dignity while helping him. Keep it subtle. Whisper him with
'say thats an odd choice of gems, i heard 'option x was better. Dont you agree?'
Or just offer him to help him improve later if he wants to if you are busy raiding.
Thats how I go about things anyway.
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Rubendesmet619
I did more DPS using Smitespam on my holy priest then some DPS, at that point you stop bothering...(Sarth10 encounter with 3 healers, noticed I had nothing to do and decided to start smitespam, next time I'm gone use some other moves also and see how far I get :p)
I did outDPS so many better geared people it's a joke on my main(armswarrior).
Let's just say most are t8.5+ geared and im running inbetween them with my betrayer doing hardmode TOC...ending up in top 5 on some encounters.
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rayzorium
If you out-DPS painfully obviously better-geared people crushingly and frequently enough, you'll find they often come asking
you
for advice. That being said, I usually try to say something if I feel like it needs to be said, although I always preface it by asking whether or not they're open to criticism.
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