Why are people so spectacularly bad at playing their classes?

[Yula_the_Mighty]

Here is the problem and the answer as I see it...

Most, not all, PUGs do not take the time to explain what is expected of group members. They just assume (and we all now what that means) everyone knows what they are doing.

My issue when I join a PUG with my Minstrel. I am not willing to spend two hours doing a Grand Stairs run as I explain to them what to do.

I still have fond memories of joining a group before instance join. Telling the Captain summon me. What is a summon? Can we get In Defense of Middle Earth - Let me look - I do not have that skill. How about motivating speech - do I have that? You should. Let me look for it. That is followed me assigning parry and other buffs from the Captain - who did not know what these were. The other members were clueless as to what they preferred. The Captain did know what I meant when I asked them to transfer shield buddy to the Guardian instead of to their Herald.

Next it was time to start in on the Guardian. Who never used a threat skill or protected a buddy.

We got as far as the first boss where people refused to back up to the barricades. The Guardian one other were kicked over the edge. We lost everybody except for the Minstrel - me. I ran up the stairs to reset the boss. I had enough of this. Left after rezzing folks that were in reach.

I really do not mind explaining the Turbine scripting for a fight. Having to teach people to play in a group is a hassle at the same time - so much of it is getting them to use skills that they do not have on quick bars - do not what they are - do not what they do.

The problem is that they soloed to this point. In some cases, they may have only used six skills. Even ones that are useful in solo play - like motivating speech - do not get used. Most solo stuff is pretty easy. If you know how to use your damage skills you got it licked. I am sure the Captain I am picking on knew how to use all the damage skills.

You get Champions that do not know how to use Rising Ire, Ebbing Ire, Challenge - solo play - they are useless. You get Captains that do not know how to Combat Rez and summon. You get Hunters that do not know how to manage power, use Beneath Notice, manage aggro.

Some of them are very talented solo players. They are not all like that Captain that I been maligning - was not all the Captain could be because the Captain did not use Captain's buffs.

Bottom Line - When I am in a PUG like this. Nobody wants to wait for instructions. They want to do it. The group members can not work together to complete the content. You end up with - shut up Yula. I know how this is going to go. They are all going to die before getting to the first boss. This situation is only going to happen once. After I use Still as Death to survive. I am leaving.