P99 Group Ethics Question...

[Sephrana]

Really...THere could be more to the story.....He could have had plans and didn't realize it. I play with RL Friends and last night my monk friend didn't realize that I had sorta already obligated us to a group... and he joined another group when he logged in.......then he chose to leave that group to join me.....

:/ Sorry that happened to ya though!

[Yak]

Originally Posted by Sephrana [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Really...THere could be more to the story.....He could have had plans and didn't realize it. I play with RL Friends and last night my monk friend didn't realize that I had sorta already obligated us to a group... and he joined another group when he logged in.......then he chose to leave that group to join me.....

:/ Sorry that happened to ya though!

I have had that happen and I had my friend in real life join the group. If he couldn't, I stayed with the group for at least an hour. If the person who left the group has the balls to post their side of the story, I would love to hear it!

[bigred]

I am a noob to EQ and I was the bleeding heart In this this group. If any of you have grouped with us in the past I have helped those in group and well anyone in need of help. All I could think was if that where me I would want someone to be understanding of my choices. The person sent me tells after the fact and was extremely nice and yes paid very well! He even said he'd rejoin our group if we gave him the rez. I had to make a judgment call that effected not only my in game life but also my home life. I do not understand why everyone gets sooo upset over this game but we had no problem fighting with out him.

Me and my husbands characters:
Bloodwulf McKeegan - Barbarian Warrior
Naysa McKeegan - Barbarian Shaman
Armandoe Hyperblade - Wood Elf Bard
Bigred Lifesaver - High Elf Cleric

[Alkorin]

Originally Posted by bigred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I do not understand why everyone gets sooo upset over this game

Enough said.

It's a GAME.

[mgellan]

Originally Posted by bigred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am a noob to EQ and I was the bleeding heart In this this group...

You and Blood are both good people, and personally I don't think there's any lasting satisfaction from being vindictive, even if someone makes a bad choice. I think you got it right - it's only a game, shrug, rez the poor guy and move on. As my mother always said (in a broad Scots dialect) "More tae be pitied than scorned, that one."

U guys still in MM? Watch for my LFG!!

Regards,
Mg

[Bubbles]

Scrooge is right... Back in the old days there wasn't any tanks.

I think Crow and Severs were probably the only two warriors i ever grouped with. Really the only two i ever saw online anywhere near my level.

For the most part is was armies of mages and necros and enchanters and shamans, etc..

Hell my cleric almost spec'd evocation, cuz all I basically did was undead dps hehe.

Obviously you have to look at the source:

People don't have hours upon hours to play this game like we did 10 years ago. Sometimes we have to get in and out quick. Which is why you see far more soloers and duos, etc. I mean, if you roll, say, a rogue, you're basically waving the white flag cuz you're gonna need a pretty solid group to level up, which is hell to find in a pickup group.. If you're lucky enough to even find one within 5 zones of where you camped out.

[Sephrana]

Exactly [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] It is a game. Just a game [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And Yak? I wouldn't have been able to join his group :/ I had made plans with another RL friend so there were 3 of us and only 2 slots in that group. It was poor communication on my part [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] but They were understanding of his leaving [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I don't think they were necessarily looking to be full - it was just some reptile killin in oasis [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] But still! I felt bad. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Noser]

Monks also make great tanks in exp groups and do good dps to boot. The only thing that really bugged me when leveling up was when people would bail almost immediately or with no warning at all. Typically when a healer or tank joins the group i just ask them if they can stay for awhile or if they would at least give a 15 minute warning. Sometimes just setting some ground rules at the beginning helps.

[Yak]

Exactly, it's a game but that's not what this is about. There is something called common curtsy. Some people have respect and honor, while others could give a shit less. In the end karma will be the ultimate judge. Most people in game are great and I doubt anyone is going to loose any sleep over this.

[Yak]

Totally agree with you Noser! In most groups that I have been with the healer and the tanks have given a 15-30 minute notice. In some cases even found replacements.