It depends on the experience they have had in a dungeon. When I first started back in Cata, I got kicked out of LFR because I rolled need on a green. It took me a long time to go back into LFR because of it. So if these folks run into mean people, I can understand why they might not want to go back into a dungeon. Especially if that isn’t something they actually enjoy to do.
I always did PUG Dungeons and Raids which left a really sour taste because of all the awful way people got treated each other. In my case there are more important things to do in game that doesn’t need to have feedback from foul mouthed people.
If you’re leveling then sure, but why would you do a normal or even a heroic now? It’s basically a waste of time unless you need a power or something from there.
Same reason why people play Overwatch and can’t shoot nothing, I would wager. Some things are just not meant for me to understand. People’s spending decisions on games they don’t play well or attempt at improving in being one of them. Same goes for Monster Hunter. It starts simple but it gets brutal. Which is why you see a lot of people in the simple areas and cannot do the brutal monsters. I think people just play it cause it is popular. And WoW is popular…so they just play for the connections. You play Skyrim. You are alone. Some people want to play Skyrim and see people playing beside them. Not really working with them or doing things with them…just there. And that’s WoW for those people. That’s how I always saw it.
I don’t do dungeons (though I love them) because nobody - not even my kids - let me take the time to explore them. I’m told where to go and how fast to run and where to stand and … I stopped having fun the first time you told me to keep up.
I don’t do them often but when I do it’s usually on a class/spec that’s suited towards speed running.
Anything with good AOE
Like, I’m not a fan of dungeons on my rogues unless it’s my outlaw.
But on like, my destro warlock I enjoy them quite a bit more. Throw cataclysm, rain of fire, rock monster, and sprinkle in some chaos bolts and everybody is happy.
Some classes are just more in tune with dungeon speed runs now.
On my shadow priest, I find them painful.
I do not have dedicated play time. Thus most people aren’t really crazy about someone going afk half the time for 1 to 20 minutes… (Definitely can’t blame them!)
And, frequently I only have 1/2 to 1 hour to play, well wait time can be over that on occation, or at least a large chunk of it leaving not enough time to group with others for a dungeon.
And… The ascerbic playerbase does not help. I don’t do “go go go go go” I do like to stop and smell the roses, enjoy the scenery, maybe do quests… This is not a popular concept, thus I end up holding back others or being left behind. Neither of which is fun.
I love the questing (usually, not so much in SL.) I enjoy the game in my own way. But if I can’t solo it then I don’t do it. Meaning a large chunk of the game I never encounter. Makes the game much less fun, but I do still have some fun. (Though currently I’m on a break from the game, got a bit burned out doing the same stuff over and over.)