Coping with PUGs in WoW: A Reality Check

Me try to type.

Me typing not good.

I don’t think of this like they are preaching, it just seems like common sense and a realistic way to deal.

Just like how they say WoW has established norms and expectations, it shouldn’t be the norm that spreading common sense and a positive attitude on the forums be considered preaching logic into the howling void lol. Not calling you out or anything but yeah…

We as a community should really check the people that post these negative toxic rants.

The forums have been so terrible and toxic for so long but we should actively be trying to fix that.

OP made a good post and I think it should actually be pinned by a blue and set as a gold standard for pugging in wow lol

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This is a good post, I read the whole thing.

The people who have challenging experiences with PUGs already know how to cope with them.

We just want better.

And wanting better doesn’t mean better players. People are going to do what they’re going to do, and we can’t control that.

We want better design for group content.

There are design decisions that can encourage more pro-social and more pro-group behavior, and it’s a worthy goal.

But I feel like this advice, while technically correct, missed the mark.

We play games to have fun.

If a part of gameplay isn’t fun, we could certainly quit.

But we could also speak up and ask for improvement.

When life hands you lemons, hand them back and ask for something you actually want.

This is why I quit M+ after season 1, had nothing to do with pug members. The DF dungeons and the seasonal affix weren’t fun.

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