Buying carries in Guardian Raids?

[hoofawted]

What. The. Hell. players are posting in LFG's offering anywhere from 300-500g for them to carry others... and players are ACTUALLY BUYING.

My note to the people purchasing these "carries"
-press space to dodge
-watch 2 min youtube vid of mechanics (saves around 2 hours of wiping not understanding why you are dying)
-keep eyes on screen (attention span of 2 minutes minimum)
-press buttons on keyboard; preferably the keys that use abilities
-gg

[Kamltoe]

yeah but how do you dodge when you are knocked down

[Dex]

That's as old as mmos, no point fighting it.

[Marosh]

I'll add pinging stuff. holt the ping combo down and you have different pings. An alert, when something dangerous is about to happen, helps. Or targeting a specific enemy

[Marosh]

Originally posted by Kamltoe:

yeah but how do you dodge when you are knocked down

you press space.
To clarify, you don't use quick back up, unless you are about to get hit by a combo. Keep the CD for something dangerous. The CD is long for a reason.

[Tenoshii]

Time is money. If people are willing to pay the game maker real life currency directly for items that speed up progression, why wouldn't they pay other players to speed up progression with in game currency?

[Lollash]

Understandable that people do it.

[rolandarx]

This isn't anything new. It happens in all MMOs (i.e. WoW, FFXIV, etc.) FFXIV has recently started cracking down on people paying real life money for carries, but if they use in game resources for carries, this game or another, who cares; their time and resources to do with as they please.

[ElectronicPhoenix]

***Laughs in FFXIV Savage***

[Nyxtus]

Imagine spending money to NOT play the game. The people buying carries are clowns beyond measure.

[Sykar]

Originally posted by Lollash:

Understandable that people do it.

No not really. If you do not want to play the game, play something different.

Originally posted by Nyxtus:

Imagine spending money to NOT play the game. The people buying carries are clowns beyond measure.

I could not have said it any better. People who buy carries are pathetic.

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Nyxtus:

Imagine spending money to NOT play the game. The people buying carries are clowns beyond measure.

Fantastic point, the average player logs so much of their time doing Guardian Raids that doing them faster is basically not playing the game.

[Sykar]

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

Originally posted by Nyxtus:

Imagine spending money to NOT play the game. The people buying carries are clowns beyond measure.

Fantastic point, the average player logs so much of their time doing Guardian Raids that doing them faster is basically not playing the game.

They are not just doing them faster. They pay someone who is hilariously overgeared that he can solo it basically. They have to not learn a thing, just watch someone else do the works. That is the epitome of not playing or is your definition of playing the mere act of logging onto a character?

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Sykar:

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

Fantastic point, the average player logs so much of their time doing Guardian Raids that doing them faster is basically not playing the game.

They are not just doing them faster. They pay someone who is hilariously overgeared that he can solo it basically. They have to not learn a thing, just watch someone else do the works. That is the epitome of not playing or is your definition of playing the mere act of logging onto a character?

You're right, it's not possible to learn anything by getting carried and I'm sure that player will spend more than 90% of all their playtime being carried and learning nothing about the game.

Great points, thanks for sharing!

[InsertCoin]

so you want a carry then? 500g :)

[Neo]

Paying gold doesn't guarantee not wiping. People make mistakes even when they know the mechanics.

This is especially true with the 8 man raids.