If you up and leave in the middle of a raid, chances are you'll derail the raid for everyone else, too. Obviously it depends on how many people are in the raid, the difficulty of the content, and whether there are any replacements available. Still, it's often the case that if you leave, you screw over a bunch of people. Most decent people don't want to do that. Even if you don't care, though, servers are small places, and the number of raid-capable folks is smaller still. It doesn't take long to build up a reputation that will keep you out of most end-game content.
/MMOs/rant: Dear Raid Leaders
19/09/2010 04:06:20 AM
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I could see people not knowing Black Temple fights. That instance is from the old level cap.
19/09/2010 06:24:21 PM
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I know, but look it up BEFORE you start.
19/09/2010 06:44:56 PM
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Why keep playing if you aren't enjoying it?
19/09/2010 07:28:20 PM
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There's a social obligation.
19/09/2010 07:47:55 PM
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It's a video game. People need to be understanding.
20/09/2010 02:22:36 AM
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why not? people get annoyed when you don't show up for sports practices.
20/09/2010 03:30:23 AM
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Social obligations exist wherever socializing occurs. *NM*
20/09/2010 04:41:53 AM
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That doesn't make them meaningful.
*NM*
20/09/2010 03:50:27 PM
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Well, you didn't specify meaningful. Even so, I don't understand the antagonism.
21/09/2010 03:51:17 AM
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This. Any sort of cooperative game will create social obligations somehow. *NM*
26/09/2010 03:40:13 PM
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Only when it requires a huge time investment.
26/09/2010 07:37:34 PM
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Dude. I've been "trapped by social obligations" for a text-based game.
28/09/2010 10:13:44 PM
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And yet they do. In fact, end-game in MMOs are built on them, and would not function otherwise *NM*
20/09/2010 06:09:33 AM
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That's why I always blamed it on an impromptu sex invitation.
20/09/2010 03:48:11 AM
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What about those who weren't on Vent?
22/09/2010 08:05:33 PM
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everyone was at least signed into vent, even if they didn't have a mic.
23/09/2010 05:54:22 AM
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