im wondering if you change servers

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Maxximvs

But - if you arrive where someone / others are there already and you just start taking for yourself or they decline the offer of assistance but you interfere anyway - now thats considered inappropraite (as in frowned upon by most of the community).

I wish more of the "community" would take this into consideration.

Some people don't believe in being polite and asking.
Meanwhile, im alot more receptive to those that ask versus those that just jump in and take over.

I've been told by numerous pirates when I mentioned it, that "asking" was just stupid, and that I should get over it.


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[Steely Jim]

I suppose my reaction to Tormenta and Kingshead relates to my own idiosyncratic style of play.

I admit it's me that refuses to do rotational sharing. Whether I was in the area first, or arrive to find someone else there, it is going to be me that leaves without a word. If I'm standing around in the game, then I should be standing in the backyard working on grooving my golf swing. To me, Kingshead is a wonderland of groupings of 3 officers; sometimes I forget that way down below there might be people fighting over 6 Veterans.

Help is a tricky business for me too. On one hand, especially since I seldom encounter that many people in the places end up, I'm usually happy to stop whatever I was doing to help someone out (these are always people that talk, but not necessarily that use some form of "help me" exactly). However, I also understand the flip side, as I prefer not to be helped myself. In fact, one of the reasons I pursue MMOGs instead of offline games is that persistent online worlds are generally more apathetic toward my character; I prefer that my character not be the focal point of all the game's content.

[Lucy]

I get similar responses 9 times out of 10 SamuelMcMalley

[Steely Jim]

That's always a contentious issue anywhere there is multi-way combat/resource extraction. As a social network, it seems like normal etiquette should apply; however, the programmers really can't assume that everyone will share a common definition of "normal etiquette," so they try to balance the game as though people will just walk up and join in at any time (this game is also particularly keen creating the perception that it's always the more is the merrier).