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Post by
skuul303
Speaking of groups, have seen players running into each other doing quest and when invited to group, decline, Why? As a hunter I find running with a group makes for easier quests and a lot more fun. This is just my opinion and we know what they are like!
When I'm questing I just want to steamroll to 80 as quickly as possible, I don't want to waste time helping others... Might sound a bit cold but when it comes to lvling it's all business
Post by
chase123
Try whispering before you invite someone to a group, that may help. If not, then here some reasons why someone will decline joining a group to quest.
1. Some people like questing alone.
2. They don't want to share the drops.
3. They don't want to share xp.
4. They might think you're a gold seller.
5. They are themselves a gold farmer/seller.
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461823
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Post by
skuul303
Guess most are driving a steam roller. LOL
I play to have fun and leveling will come as I do. Do you win the grand prize if you hit 80 the fastest?
Let's face it; Borean Tundra is limited fun once you've done it 3 times and are on your fourth run
Post by
blademeld
You get to raid more.
I enjoyed the scenes during leveling on my first two 80's, I don't really have an urge to savor it a third/fourth... etc. time.
Post by
chase123
Guess most are driving a steam roller. LOL
I play to have fun and leveling will come as I do. Do you win the grand prize if you hit 80 the fastest?
You get an achievement instead.
Post by
UrCure
Last night I was in the process of starting my umpteenth alt and was in Ghostlands where the hooligans are located. You have to fight your way to the top of the building and take out the boss guy. Having done the run a few times I made certain my new mage was high enough to steamroll through without slowing down. Well as I entered the building I had some lower level priest behind me. He watched me slice through the mobs on the first floor while following behind me. Then knowing that I was going to off the boss without him getting credit, he did a party invite to me without bothering to ask. I shrugged and accepted, then proceeded to finish the job. Afterwards I take a shortcut and jump off the 2nd floor balcony. He did the same, not knowing how to do it safely - splat, he missed the water and nailed the concrete. He asked me why I didn't warn him where to jump.
"Well guy, you didn't bother asking whether I'd party with you and just hit me with an invite. So I figured you were rude enough to where you wouldn't be bothered if I was a bit rude. Have a nice day." /ignore
As someone else said up above, it's usually considered polite if you ask first. If you're trying to initiate a party without asking first, don't be shocked if people click NO instead of YES. While it's no big thing, it's annoying to have it pop up suddenly when you're not expecting it. And sometimes you simply don't want someone else along (ever hear about the tank who complained about the DPS who wiped the run?). It's a whole lot easier to just run fast without having to worry about the other person you dunno and don't trust.
Post by
Sarilyn
Try whispering before you invite someone to a group, that may help.
That's the single biggest reason I decline group invites.
No "Hey, wanna group for this quest?" No speech at all. Just Pow! Invite! About 8 times out of 10, it's when I'm already fighting something, in which case I'm concentrating on other things rather than your group invite.
I'll also decline group invites if I'm nearly done with the quest. Or if I'm tired of the region and just want to go somewhere else. Or if I'm tired of playing altogether and want to go do something else. Or if I'm talking to someone via whisper and I don't want to juggle two conversations at once (assuming that the people in the party speak at all, of course). Or I'm not doing any quest at all, just out exploring and killing things/mining/herbing. Or I've had a bad day and don't feel like socializing. Or I'm playing slowly -- pulling foes out one by one, surviving just fine, and don't want to deal with the Leeeeeeroy tactics I've seen the other player do.
I really enjoy the persistent areas. I like helping people out, and I've had my hind quarters saved by others several times. That's great. But that doesn't mean I want to form a party every time I find someone else in an area.
I'm not in a hurry to get to 80, I don't think others are gold farmers (unless they spew websites at me), and I don't care about splitting experience. I always pass on need/greed in the groups I've been in so far, so sharing loot isn't the factor either. I still have lots of reasons why I may decline the party invite.
On the flip side, I'll often join a party if there's a quest to kill a specific foe, and there are lots of people in the area. Murkdeep in Darkshore, for example, has a long respawn time and sometimes lots of people doing the quest. Easier and faster to form a party to get it accomplished, without fears of kill stealing.
Post by
Murrdurr
Whats funny is alot of people (newer players usually) will beg you for a invite if you have a bunch of heirlooms, I once had a dude in ghostlands think he could benefit from the 20% exp I was getting from my shoulders and chest like he thought it was a aura like how paladins have. Even after explaining to him I only get it cause I have the stuff equiped and that i dont feel like grping cause I was also doing stuff around my house, he kept on trying to re-invite me after I declined. I got very annoyed and havent bothered grouping with anyone since.
Post by
Strandvaskeren
It's about effort and "responding in kind"..
If someone pops me an invite without bothering to speak with me first, I don't see why I have to bother responding before declining. You clicked a button, I clicked a button.
Others do "group?" and pop an invite at the same time. They get a "no thx" and a decline. They took the time to write me something short, I took the time to reply something short.
Finally some do "Hey, are you doing ? Mind if I join?" and then wait for my reply before popping invite. I like those people and they get a kind reply back, either I invite them with a "Sure, welcome aboard" or say "Sorry mate, but I'm almost done here and moving on". They threat me like a person, I threat them like a person.
Basically, if you want to group with me, ask me first and wait for my response. Anyone that doesn't wait for my response gets declined. Only exception is if I'm busy killing that quest mob with the annoyingly long respawn time, I will accept a blind invite at that point to let you score the kill too, but I'll probably leave the group once the mob is dead and looted.
Treat people polite by asking first, wait for their response and accept if they don't feel like it..
Post by
craftyard
One time leveling my warlock in elwynn, was doing the quest where you need to kill the "collector" person.
The NPC you need to kill is surrounded by a number of mobs which can be tricky to do on your own when you don't have heirlooms and such... so this paladin was trying to solo the 3 of them, as well as forth random that came running in...
I threw an invite at the paladin, hoping they would have some sense, but they declined (even when they had 4 mobs on them ._.)
The paladin died. I nabbed the npc and got the quest completed.
As for the paladin, he had to wait for the NPC to respawn, as well as pay a repair bill.
So... yeah :/ Should prolly make it a habit to just click accept in the future. That paladin found out the hard way.
Post by
Drefanator
The only time i like to party up when i'm questing is for a group quest, or if it's a "Kill X mobs" And usually then only if me and someone enter a cave at the same time, so then i'll throw them an invite, we go get our kills and get out and leave. I'll say thnx, throw them a /wave if i see them again.
I don't party because i have a very fast rate of leveling, most azeroth quests i can do blindfolded, even if someone is a higher level, or has heirlooms, i don't feel like pulling someone along with me.
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