ohmikeghod the Venerable wrote:
Both Alliechrusher and beebsman need to read the tradeskills FAQ. The answers are there, and there is no reason whatsoever to re-state them. So why do people fail to read FAQa?
- I am a unique individual, therefore no one has ever thought of this question before!
- I know the game so well already and FAQs are for those that don't know how to play.
- I crave attention, and asking a question that may or may not be in the FAQ (I don't really care) is my way of getting it.
I have nothing but contempt for people who ignore FAQs.
I'll tell you a little story that might give you some insight into why I'm going to respond to you the way I am.
I was in Nagrand last night waiting for my party to form up for a quest. Someone asked in /1 where to find a specific lake. (The one next to Sunspring Post). I was too busy organzing with my party to respond but I glanced long enough at each line of the exchange to get a grasp of what was going on.
So someone looking for a location to do a quest asks where that location might be in /1. Some overly-full of himself jamtard replies north of Nagrand.
Wait a second...how can a terrain feature
in Nagrand be
north of Nagrand? This confused the hell out of the person asking the question (and rightfully so) so they asked something to the effect of, "You mean in Zangarmarsh?!"
No reply.
A few minutes later they asked again.
Still no reply.
A few minutes later? They ask again and all of a sudden it's on. Half the friggin' zone starts jumping down this guy's throat because:
a) He asked a simple question.
b) He was given garbage information.
c) He was trying to sort out the confusion.
By now my group had done our quest and I had an opportunity to look a little more closely at what was going on. North of Nagrand? Ok, give the guy who provided the answer a little credit and assume he got Nagrand and Telaar confused. Even still, north of Telaar is 90% of the friggin' zone, and if you look at the map, straight north of Telaar doesn't give you the lake the guy needed, it gives the one next to the Throne of Elements.
Guess who was the first jamtard to go after the person who asked the question? The idiot who supplied, "north of Nagrand" and didn't bother to follow up. The gist of the criticisms against the person who asked the question?
"Don't be lazy the first thing you should do when you enter a new zone is expose the entire map."
"I'm sick of you lazy ***** asking your questions."
"My mommy and daddy didn't love me enough so now I feel powerful by putting other people down for no reason."
Ok, all but the third one. That was implied.
Funny thing is, I had done a quest
in that lake, so obviously I'd been there. More funny still, having already been there, when you mouse over it on the map you don't get a description of the lake. That means it's entirely possible that a person could go there and a few days (or a week or more depending on how long the spent in the zone once they explored it) and have completely forgotten which lake it was.
I offered more clear directions to the person scrambling for clarification. Took all of 10 seconds out of my day.
The FAQS on Alla are frequently well written. They're also frequently disorganized, poorly thought out, difficult to search, and otherwise next to useless. Coming down on people for not memorizing the FAQs before they come here to ask a question is pretty weak. If you really want to be helpful, just answer the question or give them a section in the FAQ where they can find the information.
Otherwise, kindly stfu.