Common Courtesy in FFXI

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Common Courtesy in FFXI
Topic Started: Jan 13 2008, 12:59 AM (87 Views)
cavellia	Jan 13 2008, 12:59 AM Post #1
Wandering Soul Posts: 598 Group: Impossible to Gauge Admin Member #1 Joined: December 21, 2007 Skype Name fatalillusion501	Courtesy in Parties * First and foremost, it's always good to have your subjob at an appropriate level. Having an underleveled subjob tells the party that you are lazy and unwilling to play to your best. * Unless the whole party is doing so, keep language appropriate. No one wants to hear the F-word ten times in every sentence you type. * Gear is obviously not as important as skill, but it's also courteous to your party to come with at least moderately good equipment. Go with what feels right for you. This includes appropriate foods and medicines, such as echo drops when fighting mobs that silence. * For Mages, equipment should be the last thing on your minds. Keep up the spells. Some spells are less important, but try to keep up-to-date as best as you can. "I'm too poor" isn't a really good excuse. * Know what you're doing. Playing White Mage and being Power Leveled all the way to Lv60, then not knowing how to Cure is a surefire way to get your party killed. * This one may seem obvious, but it happens a lot. Don't go away without informing your party. * If you're tired, tell the party. Either disband and find a replacement, or warn them of how tired you are so they can keep close watch over you. * Concerning replacements: Don't leave a party without at least a few minutes' warning and at least an attempt at finding a replacement. A good rule of thumb is to give 20-30 minutes notice prior to leaving. If you absolutely need to leave immediately, tell them so, rather than faking a disconnect; it causes a long delay wondering if a DC is coming back or not. * Try as hard as possible to make sure your party is going to stick together if you do manage to find a replacement. It's very annoying taking a ten minute run, only to find out you need to Warp back anyway. * Keep the levels of your party members close together. Having a party that ranges from Lv35 to Lv40 is not going to be very good. The Lv35 would experience a huge exp loss, and the Lv40 wouldn't get kills as fast. * Set your Home Point accordingly. Don't have your Home Point in Whitegate when you're partying in Valkurm. This especially goes out to the tanks and healers- the most likely to die. Courtesy for Everyday Things * Spamming anything; whether it's in /say, /shout, /tell, /em, or /random it's all very annoying. * Spamming an advertisement for teleporting, when there are other mages 'tele-whoring", is a sure way to upset the other mages, and will often cause them to start advertising free tele's just to get you to stop. * Don't put tons of words in your macros. Just get the point across. * If you have Cure or anything of the sort, solo players often appreciate a buff or a little Cure. * Same thing goes for Raise. If you're not in a hurry, don't just run past a KO'd player if you have time to stop and give a quick Raise. * 'Please' and 'Thank you' are nice words to use if someone just helped you. * If you're selling things in your Bazaar, please don't block the Auction House windows or the entrances to Mog Houses. Remember, other people need to get to these areas, too. * Likewise, if you're crafting items, it's a good idea to move over to one side of the shop so that others can purchase their components too. One good idea is to move up against a wall or even go outside and find an out-of-the-way spot near the shop, but not blocking the entrance, so that others can enter and exit without tripping over your character. Once you've made your purchases, it's only polite to make room so that other players can also make purchases. * If someone is already harvesting from a harvest point that has multiple items available, don't start harvesting from the same one. Generally if they are standing there facing it just pass it by and wait for the next to spawn. * When farming, try to select areas that do not interfere with EXP parties. Don't be greedy and chain all the mobs, when you know there are other people farming in the same area. * Do not annoy people who are fishing. There are a lot of things to watch and the last thing they need to do is tell you they aren't a fishbot. * When putting together an event, if you have not had experience with the event, make sure you do your homework before inviting X other people to join. This means having the right items/key items/jobs/skills and making sure all other quest/mission/event prerequisites are met. It is really annoying to get to an event and the person who scheduled the event doesn't have a required item. * Likewise, when joining an event, bring silent oils and prism powders when needed, rather than relying on the mages to sneak/invis everyone. Relying on the mages slows down the event, and may cause problems such magic aggro. There is a lot of courtesy in this game, and that's what separates us from the savages of World of Warcraft and most other MMORPG's. There are a lot more measures of courtesy out there. Don't hesitate to add anything you see missing. If everyone followed this little page 100%, the game would be the best game in the world.



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