First World Problems

Yea, it's annoying when people suddenly go afk in a dungeon while the rest of the party is in the middle of a bossfihey, that's some nice fashion!

I've got MS, which I've mostly overcome in-game by creating macros on my mouse and keyboard (mashing icons on the toolbars is definitely not my thing). I also avoid some instances like AEU and FSP altogether because they stress me too much. To play competently I have to really concentrate -- watching squad chat and fighting at the same time is a problem for me. Today it got me in trouble because I'd inadvertently picked up a bunch of WS emblems, was asked to drop them, but I didn't see the chat. Someone finally whispered me and said I was about to get kicked out of squad for not dropping the emblems. Irony is I didn't want them anyway.

By the way, I'm *that* veno y'all love to gank in NW. I wouldn't do NW either, but I need the supply tokens.

Sorry not all of us are pro or perfect specimens of health, with lightning reflexes.

Well I wanted to say I feel for you and have an autistic child who kinda does the same thing. The game is almost to much information coming in at once for his mind to wrap around all at once. So he doesn't play really. And that is ok because there are other online game options for him.

However it is you that made the terrible mistake of making her choose Cleric. It was chosen for the wrong reason and here is why.

1. Cleric is the main healer! Most low level squads rely totally on the cleric. This takes ALOT of concentration on said cleric ability to focus.

2. Clerics are very squishy. Most times it's all they can do sometimes to keep themselves alive let alone a whole squad.

So with that said might I suggest her trying another class. A damage support class. Perhaps a wizard or a psychic. They lay out a nice amount of damage and are relatively easy to play for the first time PWI player. And if she gets up and walks away when she goes into hyper mode its doesn't have such a devistating effect on the squad. Or maybe a Mystic. A little heavier on the beginning skill set to be learned but a rather hearty class as a whole. Nice DD and nice squad support. As long as they don't treat her as the main healer in squads she should be fine. I really hope she finds a class other than cleric that she can play with you and have a good time. Keep us updated on how she is doing in game. Im interested in seeing how she progresses. Best of luck to both of you. b:cute

PeachyKisses - Archosaur wrote: »

Well I wanted to say I feel for you and have an autistic child who kinda does the same thing. The game is almost to much information coming in at once for his mind to wrap around all at once. So he doesn't play really. And that is ok because there are other online game options for him.

However it is you that made the terrible mistake of making her choose Cleric. It was chosen for the wrong reason and here is why.

1. Cleric is the main healer! Most low level squads rely totally on the cleric. This takes ALOT of concentration on said cleric ability to focus.

2. Clerics are very squishy. Most times it's all they can do sometimes to keep themselves alive let alone a whole squad.

So with that said might I suggest her trying another class. A damage support class. Perhaps a wizard or a psychic. They lay out a nice amount of damage and are relatively easy to play for the first time PWI player. And if she gets up and walks away when she goes into hyper mode its doesn't have such a devistating effect on the squad. Or maybe a Mystic. A little heavier on the beginning skill set to be learned but a rather hearty class as a whole. Nice DD and nice squad support. As long as they don't treat her as the main healer in squads she should be fine. I really hope she finds a class other than cleric that she can play with you and have a good time. Keep us updated on how she is doing in game. Im interested in seeing how she progresses. Best of luck to both of you. b:cute

Kitty would suggest wizzie, too, as most squads don't need to rely on it's skills(surprisingly many rely on psy's stun) and with it's slow channeling the flow of information ain't that big. Psy's are actually quite intense class to play due to fast channeling speed.

Mystic would actually be the worst possible choice due to multi-tasking it involves. To be a good mystic one would need to continuosly watch for herb timers, squad mates' HPs(while healing), control their pets, use pots and Transference(mystic uses loads of mana) and do DDing on top of it all. Mystic also needs fast reflexes while healing due to most effective heals being single-tick instead of DoTs like cleric's IH.
To be honest, mystic ish challenging class even for Kitty to play due to having to concentrate on so effin many thingies at once. b:shocked

My general hints on a successful instance/group quest (sarcasm inside):

- Don't take a pee/poo break while you're exploring the dungeon. It's better to do it while traveling towards it via autopathing or when another has alreay chosen to go afk, he/she will take the blame instead of you. The faster it's dealt with, the better, by the way.

- Don't eat greasy food with your hands. Even if it's something like potato chips or pizza, get a bowl/plate and a fork, even if you'll look like a fool. Slippery hands will only be a shortcut to almost guaranteed defeat.

- Avoid leaving soda, water, tea, coffee and such near the keyboard. If you spill it on the keyboard or spit it on the screen out of surprise, you'll easy lose control.

- Try to run instance with patient friends or faction mates. Randoms generally have a so much lower tolerance level, especially nowadays. Perfect QQ International, you know?

- Cut the TV, radio, mp3 player and other external sources of sound and music that could distract/brainwash you too much. Don't answer the phone or the doorbell by any means. Obey PWI and PWI only.

- Don't even think of cooking food while you go for monsters and treasure. You'll only end getting charcoal (no, not the material) in your plate. If you got to eat instant ramen (the holy food of all champion gamers of all nationalities), prepare it and absorb it in a flash. Fast made, fast eaten.

- Lock your door. You don't want your pet, little brother/sister, cousin, parents and all other people that cannot understand your sheer addiction to PWI distract you from your life-or-death quest. You don't want a cat to play piano while walking on your keyboard.
If you got no choice on the matter (most often about extending your playing time) just plead with them saying it could haunt you all night/day if you don't perform properly.

- Don't think of what you would eat for dinner or breakfast. It will only make you want to leave your seat to pilfer food from the fridge. Plan all in advance, have your work and homework done. PWE won't defend you if you end being an academical failure or if you suffer from insomnia and snooze at work.

- Don't spout lies to your loved ones when you play PWI. Especially if you promise you'll buy a pair of spiffy shiny new shoes to your girlfriend/wife to buy peace and don't do it afterwards. You'll only face terrible, horrible, distasteful, relentless, ruthless, unbridled wrath from her. Your gamer integrity may suffer a terrible fate.
One wise but creepy mask merchant once said "You've met a terrible fate, haven't you?"... Words of wisdom.

Etc., etc. b:bye

Chrisalys - Dreamweaver wrote: »

I'm sorry to say this, but, time to slow down.
Don't ever take a game too serious, you might lose your GF, your job, your family and your life.

1-800-get-a-life b:bye
#PlayCasually
#DontGetTooSerious

But... but... For some it's a way of life, almost a reason to live.
I'm even sure that it could be difficult for them to not vent their frustration from the game when they get offline...

...

Gladly I'm not one of them. Phew!

*Happy dance* b:pleased

OFate - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Yes... for me it was when I forgot to turn off my cell phone's alarm. When I reached for it, it fell behind the desk... and it kept buzzing... and buzzing... (I was tanking an instance ... and the group was fast moving).

Then there was the time I moved my laptop to another side of the desk to avoid the sun's glare from the window. Later, I hit up an instance with friends and I was tanking... >> right near the end my laptop's warning that my battery was almost empty came on... the second the boss died, so did my laptops battery.

Timing.. huh...

Yep and a MMO doesn't have a pause function, afk alerts or savestates. It also won't care if you die of lag or connection problems. b:surrender

I like this thread. b:laugh