Rude and unhelpful people

[case-rigantis]

I have recently (over the weekend) started an alt on Mid/excaliber..i usually play my paladin on alb/prydwen

and i have to say i am disgusted at the way i have been treated by people in the realm!

i am used to nice friendly people helping each otehr out and grouping for fun ..ala albion/pryd however on mid/exc it`s a different story.. yeah ok there are always going to be some iddiots who treat people with disdain or won`t group but hey guys every other person i`ve met on here is like this!

it seems no one knows what they are doing..no one has a clue about teamwork.. the number of people listed as looking for group when i`ve asked them they ignore me or just plain join a different group without saying a word is impossible to count!

along with mass arguments over nothing this has ended my foray into anothetr realm forever

Bronn lvl 11 thane no longer

 

[DeSlisser]

Hi Idticp,

I recently started an alt on Mid/excal aswell, with my main also being in Pryd/alb. Not being able to log in with my main since the server crashes on monday i played him a little more.
I play a shadowzerker, not the most groupfriendly char. But i must say i on the most i only met nice and helpfull people.

At lvl 5 a total strager came up to me and gave me some very nice magic boots. At lvl 10 i grouped up with some Flemish Fury peeps in Nisse who i kept playing with till lvl 12. Great peeps.
At lvl 12 i got a group in Gna yesterday evening in which i was lowest apart from a healer. (very late in the night actually)
Lots of help during my lvling from NWO guild aswell.

What i do agree with is that when u approuch people to /send (for groups) or /br (for crafters) respons is very minimal. But i do think this holds for prydwen aswell.. Though on pryd the crafter community seems to do more marketing of their wares and skills than here on excal.

One thing i like to add is that the prydwen boards here on barry seem more alive than its Excal counterpart.. but thats just an observation over a short period, since i only started reading them after i started my char.

Give it another go, u'll see there are some pretty decent and helpfull peesp out there. And what might help is to do a gold trade with someone on mid/excal for some of ur pryd/alb gold. This way u get to know someone and might even be able to do some interrealm magic item trading.

 

[old.Ebeneezer]

I'm sorry to hear that you've had such a bad introduction to a great realm.

To be honest, I had a similar experience when I tried some alts on Alb/Pry recently. There were some real idiots flying about; I too experienced rudeness and had some rather unpleasant people leeching in Mithra

However, I stuck it out and I'm glad I did I have a lvl 22 fire wiz now and a lvl 13 minstrel. They are great fun.

I remember it was the same when I first joined Mid on excal as I remember. I think you will find idiots everywhere. It gets better at higher levels: people figure out what to do and the idiots get left behind as nobody will party with them.

Don't be too harsh on newbies as we all have to learn sometime. Of course rudeness I agree is intolerable.

There are a lot of experienced high level players with low level alts now, so there's every chance you will party with people who know what to pull and how to fight.

Give it another shot. I have a couple of low level alts who will happily party with you and show you that there are nice people in our realm.

 

[old.chesnor]

I noticed that generally Middy was a bit more rude than Hibby. My current theory is if you the kind of person that will play a Firbolg, you probably have a nice sense of humour and some humility. Midgard certainly attracts the more testosterone driven gamers, must be the lure of those scary looking troll models or something.

That said, I played on Middy/Excal for 46lvls with a Healer, sure there were some muppets (there are on every realm) but there were also some really nice people.

Also, because this game is ALL about levels, you will be treated poorly by high level players as a general rule. This is absolutely and totally true, I have seen it in action on many, many occasions. Sucks, but there it is.

Don't give up, look for a nice guild and you WILL find nice people playing, you just gotta put up with more assh*les in Middy thats all...

 

[Release]

I myself had a very nice intoduction to midgard, people gave me gold and helped out, some nice people helped with my first epics, there are some f00ls out there though that are just moody rude buggers just ignore them is what i say

 

[case-rigantis]

thanks for all the helpful replies here guys..

yes i agree there will always be these types of people and i have met my fair share of people who look down on newbs or lowbies
i just find the sheer number of these people (and muppets) intolerable on this server/realm

i am quiet an easy going friendly person generally as anyone who`s grouped with me on Alb will testify ..i don`t think it is my attitude that is the problem i`ve only ever encountered these problems a couple of times before on alb..at first i put it down to teh large nos. of europeans/scandanavians on this realm

"maybe they don`t undertsand?".."maybe they are busy..or only group with people from their own countries"

but after putting in the hours to lvl 11 aswell as spending quite a bit of time exploring the realm (wow did i get lost loads but hey thats all part of the fun) i`ve realised that it`s just a fundamental attitude problem with mayeb 80% of the people here..

i will give it a few more hours and work towards my lvl15 ..i will try relocating south as previously i`ve based in the north around vasud and down to Nisse

cya guys happy hunting

 

[ghostspawn]

mutter. most of the euro's I come across manage to speak better english than me.
I've never seen one single issue caused by a communication barrier. Like you say, it seems to boil down to attitude.
It does amuse me that I can spend an evening hacking away in a full group, and 90% of the communication is 3 or 4 letter words anyway.

group chat usually along the lines of...

lop
inc
add
add 2!
mez!
ooe
oop
fook!
phew!
rtg
rdy
r
inc

rinse & repeat.

 

[old.chesnor]

Midgard (like the other realms) has moron hotspots. Vasudheim and Fort Atla are definately no-go areas for high level players for fear of getting chain begged. A friend of mine has started stealthing through lowb infested regions to avoid the swarm of beggars. Relocating to higher level town definately cuts down the amount of unpleasant tossers you will meet.

Wonder how much rudeness and >1g begging (you gotta love the beggars who ask for like 20s ) goes down on the PvP server ?

 

[old.yaruar]

Originally posted by ldticp
but after putting in the hours to lvl 11 aswell as spending quite a bit of time exploring the realm (wow did i get lost loads but hey thats all part of the fun) i`ve realised that it`s just a fundamental attitude problem with mayeb 80% of the people here..

I think you've just been unlucky. There are some rude and ignorant people on mid, god nows I've met a few ;-) although some people we thought were being selfish/rude were ok after a few stern words.

If you come on and see any of the ghosts give us a wave we have a few in the low teens who are always happy to group ;-)

Although the ghosts were actually started as a reaction to people who were clueless so we do pride ourselves on our friendliness and grouping abilities (and good humor when we carpet the floor...)

 

[old.yaruar]

Originally posted by ghostspawn

group chat usually along the lines of...

lop
inc
add

<snip>
rinse & repeat.

LOL
our group chat usually consists of taking the piss out of each other...

Although we have guild chat for general banter a lot of it goes on in group too. but most of the people I group with I have been lvling with since 5th lvl or have joined in the fun!

I hate soloing because there is no banter to distract me, the downtime can be just as long with group sometimes, but chatting gets over it.....

 

[old.mili]

dont agree

i have my main on alb/pryd and made chars in mid/excal. upto now i must of been given about 60 gold over all. people walk upto me and just give me money for no reason. the other day with my lvl 5 shaman i did a weapon buff on a lvl 40+ zerker cos i like the graphics and he gimme 10g

 

[old.Grymshadow]

I and a few friends moved from Alb/Pryd for a change of scenery, and we have encountered alot more rudness here in general. I've never seen so much bickering over drops either, gets a bit out of hand at times. Also theres quite a few who will drop from group without warning cause they can get 2xp/day more somewhere else. (I'm an SB= happy to be in any group )
Saying that however, I've also managed to get groups with some outstanding guys and had a good laugh. Stick it out, it's a good realm to play in.


ps, Dont try to sell Albs-On-A-Stick, or Glazed Lurikeen Ears when waiting on telepad for Relic Raid.

 

[Marcus75]

In Midgard on Prydwen I have had rather good luck with players. Groups that are helpful and loot given to the ones that needed it. There HAVE been times when you've met idiots but then I usually leave the group. Getting angry over highlvl or lowlvl idiots aren't worth it, they will in most cases still be idiots after you have screamed like crazy for 10 minutes...

I have to say that when you switch realms and server then you switch from a place of known faces and good friends. At first there are times when it's hard to find good groups but that will be less of a problem when you get to know wich apples are sour and sweet.

I recently was in a group on Prydwen with my Shadowblade alt. and at around lvl14-16 we were pulling spiders and stuff. The group played really, really well and everyone stopped pulling stuff just to say how great the teamplay were.

You'll surely find those kinds of guys and gals as well if you act they way you do here in your posts.

Good Luck!

 

[old.MikhailGudlik]

Yes its true lodsa self centered selfish ppl in mids...
Thats why i try help newbies when i meet em. Me and my friend oncle we have given away more than a plainum to new players + we take em to spindel and item farm for them or i craft for them.
THe only problem is higher lvl peeps who wanna exp in spindel give us a hard time
But i guess u gotta have a bit of luck to meet ppl like me. Most of us play late at night or very early in a morning - 5am GMT is the most common time we are online.
The times when i log on during the day i do vitness bad treatment of lower lvls by high lvls players ...
but i blame general boredome due to us being way behind in Patches to US servers

P.S. i have observed on numerous ocassion that the most successful way for lowbies to get soemthing of high lvls is to complement them. Say something like: Nice Guild, COlours, Weapons, Level... Feed the EGO
Usually softens those peeps and they give money and items away

 

[old.Jonas]

I sure agree that midgard isnt that bad.

Started a seer kobold yesterday and was doing some soloing outside haggerfell, when a lvl 20+ came and sat down and looked at me while fighting. So I waved at him and he gave me 2 gold just without any reason exept being nice.
And all know that 2 gold for a lvl 3 is much money. It gives a full set of red con armor and hammer and still I have 1.5 gold left
That makes you feel warm.

I also do the same, I usualy farm spindelhalla for items , and when my bag is full, I go and sell regular loot, and then try to catch some lower lvl ppl that have use of all the rm staffs, cloth, leather, rings and whatever I got.
Btw, Mikhail have been my über stuff supply since the start, thanks alot m8.

But there are as said always asswhipes among 1500+ people, just ignore them and move on


Take care, and enjoy the midgard realm, I sure does

Jonas Hund 42.9 thane - Red Guard
Spix 30 hunter - Legends of Midgard
Trosa 4 shaman wannabee

 

[old.Ozwin]

Originally posted by chesnor
Midgard (like the other realms) has moron hotspots. Vasudheim and Fort Atla are definately no-go areas for high level players for fear of getting chain begged. A friend of mine has started stealthing through lowb infested regions to avoid the swarm of beggars. Relocating to higher level town definately cuts down the amount of unpleasant tossers you will meet.

Wonder how much rudeness and >1g begging (you gotta love the beggars who ask for like 20s ) goes down on the PvP server ?

LMAO chain begging what a great expression Lol.
I wouldnt worry to much i had exactly the same exp after playing on pryd, mid i moved to alb, excal and to be quite honest i very nearly left because i thought the attitude of people stunk. Now i know a great many nice people, although there are a few tossers who arent exactly helpful to new players or too full of their own self importance however u will learn to spot them and there are a great many people who make a habit of helping people new to the realm. To be honest although i have a fairly high character on mid when i first came on alb i felt a total newb and we all need help to start. Good luck anyway

 

[Arthwyr]

 

[Negura]

I have played some on this server and yes when you are very low there are many chances to meet stupid ppl.
I was exping my lvl 14 alt at Askheim and a lvl 30 (or so) retard, self-considered high lvl compared to us started to pull whole camp trying to get us killed.
When I was his lvl maybe he was still playing Diablo.
But most highlvl ppl I know are very nice and you can have real fun with them.
Many of them are exping their alts and if you are lucky you can find very good lowlvl groups. Only that they exp fast and if you are not holding the rhytm with them you will be left behind.

 

[old.Foldroll]

Lets be fair, these stupid people may be people who have never played a MMORPG before. And these ppl are the life blood of the game. A little patience may mean that the player stays. A bit of help might get him (or her) over those fustrating few hours when you first start playing.

There is a differenece between stupidity and inexperince, although when you are on the sharp pointy end, its difficult to see the diference.

I remember when I first played a MMORPG, it felt like I was intruding in someones private club. Everyone talks in code and it took a while to figure out the "unofficial" rules of the game.

I started out in DAoC in albion, playing a cleric, and got everyone in my group killed a few times, even though i had played UO for nearly 2 years (combat mage- is there anything else?), and EQ (Shamans and Clerics) for another 2 years, mainly because I took time to get used to cast times and ranges.

Now I like to think I can make a difference in the survival time of any group I am in. But if I had got abuse when I started I might not have bothered, and gone back to EQ.

BTW Thanks to the Covenant of Zak. A great Alb/Excal guild. sorry to leave you guys.