Focusing everything in to not making this a rant. Just looking for helpful suggestions =).
I realize the title is a bit broad. Let me explain the problems I’m having. Well first I have to be honest; some times I have problems with authority figures. I don’t know why, I’m just one those people.
Often in groups you have friendly leaders. They make suggestions on how to better handle something. This I have no problems with at all. In fact generally if someone has a suggestion and has taken their time away to better assist me or another I will get along with that person.
Other groups sometimes you have that bossy brat in the party (again sorry it’s just the way I feel) that wants everyone to play their way. I seem to get involved in parties under this category a lot. I’m just trying to figure out the best approach for this situation. I should state I rarely get parties at the times I get to play, so I must take what I can get.
Let me set this up for you on what I’m talking about.. I play a tank. and 99% of the time I pull. I will pull when I feel the party is ready. If I pull prematurely bad things will happen. It’s a big responsibly to pull correctly. If it’s not done right then you’re going to have to answer to a group of people.
So a real example. I join a party and lets say a mage is telling us were going to do this or going to do that. That’s fine, I’m ok with that. But after I pull I don’t need the mage to state “Med up” I mean an obvious thing, but yet that person feels the need to state it every time. My all time favorite is “Pull” or “gogogo”. This get’s old very fast. Again I know when to pull, if the templar in the party is at 21% mana and were pulling hard mobs I will not pull and you will wait…. Period….. anxious boy.
That’s just one example. So here are some of the things I have done to try to handling my problem. The first time it happened was a few levels ago. This wizard kept spamming pull pull pull gogogo (while I’m searching for a mob). Till finally I snapped. I started with “No sh%# wizard”. He insisted that we non-stop pull. So against my better judgenent I said your wish is my command. Well rather then rest like we should have I pulled again so I wouldn’t have to hear him, after the fight was complete and we almost died he stated “Never pull when were that low on power again!!”.
After reminding him per his statement and his awful badgering he got his way and now he didn’t want it? Needless to say the rest of conversation got ugly.
I didn’t handle that well, I though. So I came up with another idea. If I join a party and someone tells me to pull I place them on the ignore list. Not forever but just until the party is over. This has been the best solution so far. I don’t get upset with the person and I enjoy myself with out the pointless no brainier spam. As soon as I leave, or that member leaves I remove him from the list. All is well.
There is however one problem with my solution. If the person goes afk I don’t know. So normally I tell the party leader and give him a quick heads up. But sometimes it easy to forget. Also that person may want me to pull a certain mob for a quest he needs to finish, or if they state “ADD”.
The only other option I have is tell them how to do their job over and over. I thought about it but that could just **** them off as it does me. I’m not looking to upset anyone so that wont work...
Can you think of any other ideas that may work?
Cheers