Thread: Been Playing On BW For About a Week Now

Been playing here for about a week, on several different characters. I've decided I'll be sticking with my warden. I noticed that a lot of the players are very un-friendly. For example, I asked around in lff and glff for about an hour for some help doing quests in the Shire area. As expected I got no responses, so I opened up the social panel to see who was in the area, and I asked nearly all of them. It's not that they didn't help me that was rude, it was just that most of them never bothered to even tell me. Some went as far as ignoring me, even if I was standing right in front of them.

Is this the attitude of most the players?

P.S.

Apart from that, I'm enjoying my time here. Also, your GLFF channel is about 1000x better than Imladris's. xD

Probably they are afk. I know many people afk in Shire, farming, crafting, or just simple port to MD from moors and afk there (like my hunter). Seem like people like to leveling in Celondim or Bree, even if they roll a hobbit, so the Shire is dead. When i'm leveling a new toon, I rarely ask for help on GLFF. Think as a lv 75ish on GLFF, you see an newbie ask for help with a quest in a middle of nowhere. Even if you idle at that time in Galtrev or Stangard, would you port, stable, and run all the way to that area to kill a couple mobs then com back? I know some nice guys here might do that, but i dont want to put them in that troublesome situation. So... just ignore fellowship quests if they're too hard.

Keep in mind that in the starter areas (Bree, Celondim, Shire, Archet, etc) a lot of people are also figuring out the game still. And like the previous post mentioned, a lot of people are AFK. Best bet is to try to find a kinship with some toons around your level--kinnies are more likely to help out rather.

most random people are not going to just help with easily soloable quests. wardens shouldnt have any problems with anything in the shire. in the time you spent asking everyone in the zone and spamming lff for an hour you could have easily tried the quest(s) a few times and knocked it out. like the above person suggested, your best bet is to find a kinship with others in your level range, but dont assume folks on the server are rude because they dont respond to requests for quest walkthroughs in low level zones. if you need help finding a location for a quest or directions these forums and google have always been helpful for me in the past

Originally Posted by Snoman73

most random people are not going to just help with easily soloable quests. wardens shouldnt have any problems with anything in the shire. in the time you spent asking everyone in the zone and spamming lff for an hour you could have easily tried the quest(s) a few times and knocked it out. like the above person suggested, your best bet is to find a kinship with others in your level range, but dont assume folks on the server are rude because they dont respond to requests for quest walkthroughs in low level zones. if you need help finding a location for a quest or directions these forums and google have always been helpful for me in the past

They aren't "easily soloable" quests if I cannot complete them. Please don't assume that because I'm a warden I can solo everything right off the bat, I have no self heals yet and my ICMR is pitiful.

I did try the quests, several times in fact, which is why I had to ask people.

Guess it's a matter of how we define "friendly". If I saw a /lff post asking if I wanted to do something, and I didn't want to do that thing, I wouldn't feel like it was my duty to respond to a private message asking me again if I wanted to do the thing that I clearly didn't want to due, which should have been apparent by my lack of response to the /lff ad.

Then again, that may be the New Yorker in me. The world often sees us as rude, because we're bombarded by people trying to sell us stuff, trying to give us free stuff, people trying to put ads in our hand, people asking for money, etc...and we eventually tune everything out. It's gotten to the point where I feel like a saint for *just* ignoring the guy following me trying to give me a free newspaper, instead of telling him to go shove it for interrupting my train of thought.

New players sometimes run into this issue in the Shire. If things ever seem too slow there hop on over to Bree-land and quest for a while. IT is always way more busy. The Shire is a pretty sleepy starter zone. Sometimes you will see some people there but Bree-town usually has more than 100 in the social page whereas the Shire usuallu has 15-25ish.

Also, you might have just picked a bad night/time. There are many friendly people on Brandywine. If I were on and you needed help in the Shire I would help a fellow Hobbit out.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by TheOrcsBane

They aren't "easily soloable" quests if I cannot complete them. Please don't assume that because I'm a warden I can solo everything right off the bat, I have no self heals yet and my ICMR is pitiful.

I did try the quests, several times in fact, which is why I had to ask people.

I don't mind helping out all--just that I'm usually on the wrong toon to be doing it. Why won't I bring a high level down to help people? Well, I use to do it A LOT and I eventually got tired of people assuming I have nothing better to do with my game time other than get them to level __ (fill with level number goal). Not too awfully stimulating to mindlessly kill something that's 60 levels lower over and over for several hours.

And like Jeffor mentioned--not a lot of people in Shire. Mostly sleepy cooks AFK crafting or people consumed with farming (don't want to break their rhythm ^_^) If you need help just hit me up and be understanding if I switch to a level 15 Champion.

Also something else to consider--there are some that don't want to group pre-level 20 because of the undying deed. Seems it's harder to get in group when you feel pushed to keep up rather than pace yourself and survive.

Like the other posts, go the kin route and your kinnies will help you find the places to go, help you thru the difficult quests and group together. Sometimes just being in vent with others is enough help to set u on the correct path of using a character Etc...

Best of luck.

Brewstyr

They aren't "easily soloable" quests if I cannot complete them. Please don't assume that because I'm a warden I can solo everything right off the bat, I have no self heals yet and my ICMR is pitiful.

I did try the quests, several times in fact, which is why I had to ask people.

Hi there! I'm Archaldar, 67 RK, and I was in the Shire this weekend getting my Innocence virtue up from questing. I got a request from a fresh toon, I remember him being a warden. Was that you?

If so, I found your approach to be very respectful and appropriate, I replied to your tell saying I couldn't help, and you thanked me for replying. No need for you to change your behaviour.

I have found the players on Brandywine to be pretty friendly most of the time. Granted, you will always find that minority of players that are not, for one reason or another, as friendly or personable, but that is not the norm. I play on both Dwarrowdelf and BW, and find BW to be a bit more friendly as well as active. I know I do not usually group because I have a 10 month old and 3 year old sons that require me to be able to get up from the computer at a moment's notice to take care of them and that is not conducive to grouping. (A group usually frowns on the tank going afk all of a sudden. ) I would say keep giving BW a try and you will find more people that will help as you level.

Originally Posted by Sturmwulf

I have found the players on Brandywine to be pretty friendly most of the time. Granted, you will always find that minority of players that are not, for one reason or another, as friendly or personable, but that is not the norm. I play on both Dwarrowdelf and BW, and find BW to be a bit more friendly as well as active. I know I do not usually group because I have a 10 month old and 3 year old sons that require me to be able to get up from the computer at a moment's notice to take care of them and that is not conducive to grouping. (A group usually frowns on the tank going afk all of a sudden. ) I would say keep giving BW a try and you will find more people that will help as you level.

I found the opposite for this server. Seems to many who think there better then others. I prefer some other servers over this one.

It seems like every time I'm on one of my level 75 toons in a low level area I get at least one tell asking for help. I see this as people wanting to be power-leveled through content and ignore them. If I get a tell on a level appropriate toon then I try to be helpful and will definitely respond.

Originally Posted by Yosoff

It seems like every time I'm on one of my level 75 toons in a low level area I get at least one tell asking for help. I see this as people wanting to be power-leveled through content and ignore them. If I get a tell on a level appropriate toon then I try to be helpful and will definitely respond.

This is almost ALWAYS the case for me. I've been in the same area with my lvl 25 and then my 75 and the 75 gets the tell... Sorry, can't help.

I also think that Kins are key in a game this old. Most are at level cap and those that aren't are probably new players with the alt exceptions.

I wouldn't take it personally or hold it against the entire server. I've had TONS of good pug groups and help from random players (the same way I help).


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