Comments on: Warhammer: Introverts & Extroverts http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/ But what will you do when you catch one!? Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ask not what your guild can do with you « Stylish Corpse http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-110046 Ask not what your guild can do with you « Stylish Corpse Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:16:23 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-110046 [...] count myself as both very solitary and very sociable. That part of it has been discussed here and elsewhere of [...] [...] count myself as both very solitary and very sociable. That part of it has been discussed here and elsewhere of [...]

]]> By: Ysharros http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109946 Ysharros Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:11:50 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109946 Oh Thallian that's bad! What times do you play and what timezone are you? The Founder-Officer guys on Order side are all overrun in RL with RL stuff, but there should be 2 or 3 of us around, if not at the same time. Havelock should be officered soon too and will help spread that availability. I've been trying out various alts, though I usually try to let people know who I'm playing so they can send me a tell - doesn't take long to swap to Amariel and shoot someone an invite. Sorry for the hijack, Pete -- want us to take this to the boards instead? Oh Thallian that’s bad! What times do you play and what timezone are you? The Founder-Officer guys on Order side are all overrun in RL with RL stuff, but there should be 2 or 3 of us around, if not at the same time. Havelock should be officered soon too and will help spread that availability.

I’ve been trying out various alts, though I usually try to let people know who I’m playing so they can send me a tell – doesn’t take long to swap to Amariel and shoot someone an invite.

Sorry for the hijack, Pete — want us to take this to the boards instead?

]]> By: Thallian http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109941 Thallian Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:15:23 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109941 I hear ya all.. I kinda need my soloing time and WAR doesn't excel at this. I enjoy grouping a lot but when enough is enough I retreat to lotro for a bit lol. BTW I cant seem to log on at the same time as any CoW's. Maybes its just bad luck but I haven't gotten into the guild yet Ysharros. :( I hear ya all.. I kinda need my soloing time and WAR doesn’t excel at this. I enjoy grouping a lot but when enough is enough I retreat to lotro for a bit lol. BTW I cant seem to log on at the same time as any CoW’s. Maybes its just bad luck but I haven’t gotten into the guild yet Ysharros. :(

]]> By: Pete http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109939 Pete Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:10:48 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109939 Copra, that's correct. Open Groups are kind of the inverse of Blind Invites. You flag a group as "We're doing X" and "Anyone is welcome" and then people come and go as they please. Or alternatively you can just do PQ's without even joining an Open Group. For RvR scenarios you get put into a group by default when you enter the scenario. Lisana, be sure to let us know if you decide to give WHO a try!!! Something about everyone doing RvR makes it feel less... testosterony. :) And there's a ton of lore and unlocks and things to do in PvE too. So you can really control when (and even if) you expose yourself to RvR. Copra, that’s correct. Open Groups are kind of the inverse of Blind Invites. You flag a group as “We’re doing X” and “Anyone is welcome” and then people come and go as they please. Or alternatively you can just do PQ’s without even joining an Open Group. For RvR scenarios you get put into a group by default when you enter the scenario.

Lisana, be sure to let us know if you decide to give WHO a try!!! Something about everyone doing RvR makes it feel less… testosterony. :) And there’s a ton of lore and unlocks and things to do in PvE too. So you can really control when (and even if) you expose yourself to RvR.

]]> By: Copra http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109934 Copra Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:35:19 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109934 I'm a sociliser by Bartle (ESAK or SEAK, depending on a day), but in Briggs-Meyer I'm an introvert (INTJ), the two of which seem to be somehow contradictory. But I can see it in my playing (WoW currently): I seek company but don't want to group unless asked politely first. In WoW there is this plague of just inviting people without asking them a thing, which really bugs me. I suppose in WAR I could get into a PQ or RvR without saying a word and just play around the people. Right? Besides, like I wrote in my blog, I enjoy the silent, effective type of groups the most. Killing just for killing's sake. I’m a sociliser by Bartle (ESAK or SEAK, depending on a day), but in Briggs-Meyer I’m an introvert (INTJ), the two of which seem to be somehow contradictory. But I can see it in my playing (WoW currently): I seek company but don’t want to group unless asked politely first. In WoW there is this plague of just inviting people without asking them a thing, which really bugs me.

I suppose in WAR I could get into a PQ or RvR without saying a word and just play around the people. Right? Besides, like I wrote in my blog, I enjoy the silent, effective type of groups the most.

Killing just for killing’s sake.

]]> By: Ysharros http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109928 Ysharros Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:33:38 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109928 @ Lisana. Don't hold back. I hate PvP, and I'm not just saying that. Always have, always will. But RvR isn't quite the same, and there's a greater *point* to it that was sufficiently motivating to at least get me to dip my toe in. I won't say I wasn't awful at it to begin with, but I'm getting better and, more to the point, I'm having fun. Yes, I'm shocked too. The great thing about WAR is that scenarios only last 15 minutes, so even when they go horribly wrong they eventually end. And dying is just a Chumbawumba chorus -- you get knocked down, but you get up again. ;) Not saying I'm 100% RvR 24/7 now, God forbid, but I actually like it as long as it's when I want and I can give up when I feel like doing something else. And here I thought I was the only one who made lowbies just for a bit of solo quiet time! Wow! @ Lisana. Don’t hold back. I hate PvP, and I’m not just saying that. Always have, always will. But RvR isn’t quite the same, and there’s a greater *point* to it that was sufficiently motivating to at least get me to dip my toe in.

I won’t say I wasn’t awful at it to begin with, but I’m getting better and, more to the point, I’m having fun. Yes, I’m shocked too. The great thing about WAR is that scenarios only last 15 minutes, so even when they go horribly wrong they eventually end. And dying is just a Chumbawumba chorus — you get knocked down, but you get up again. ;)

Not saying I’m 100% RvR 24/7 now, God forbid, but I actually like it as long as it’s when I want and I can give up when I feel like doing something else. And here I thought I was the only one who made lowbies just for a bit of solo quiet time! Wow!

]]> By: Lisana http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109927 Lisana Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:08:00 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109927 I think that was kind of my problem with Dark Age of Camelot. I do like my alone time (boy, bet you had me pegged), and I do solo a lot, usually on low level characters, which I tend to remake or just delete and try something different on a regular basis. The RvR stuff in DAoC just wasn't for me; I don't tend to like PvP to begin with because I think I'm terrible at it. I have another friend who picked up WHO too and he keeps talking about it and it's piquing my interest, but the whole RvR thing just has me holding back. Well, that and I currently have a few friends back in EQ that I play with regularly. Still, consider my interest piqued, and I can definitely relate. I think that was kind of my problem with Dark Age of Camelot. I do like my alone time (boy, bet you had me pegged), and I do solo a lot, usually on low level characters, which I tend to remake or just delete and try something different on a regular basis. The RvR stuff in DAoC just wasn’t for me; I don’t tend to like PvP to begin with because I think I’m terrible at it.

I have another friend who picked up WHO too and he keeps talking about it and it’s piquing my interest, but the whole RvR thing just has me holding back. Well, that and I currently have a few friends back in EQ that I play with regularly.

Still, consider my interest piqued, and I can definitely relate.

]]> By: Ysharros http://dragonchasers.com/2008/09/21/warhammer-introverts-extroverts/#comment-109920 Ysharros Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:25:40 +0000 http://dragonchasers.com/?p=856#comment-109920 I *totally* understand, being an introvert too. No, really. I'm wildly sociable, but when I've had enough I've had enough. I also know my limitations now (well, more than I did a few years ago), so I try to do both: force myself to socialise sometimes, because I have a tendency to be sociable only when I'm at arm's length (eg chat but not group), and force myself to take a break when I know I'll get really crabby if I don't. Maybe some low key company will help. Or someone to talk to without being, like, NEXT to /grin. Mort and I spend a lot of time duoing not because we're sappy or antisocial or whatever, but because I absolutely *cannot* play with other people all day every day. I love my herd, but I need my space. You won't like me if I don't get my space. We can take this to PMs on the CoW boards if you like - if our playtimes coincide even slightly, maybe we can help you not be *entirely* alone without feeling like you have to be a performing group monkey. A lot of the time we just "putz about" meaning we do whatever we feel like. If that means just standing around chatting, that's what we do. We can putz separately or together. Just wanted you to know you're not unique. Oh well you know, a unique flower snowflake thing and all that, but not freakishly unique. Err... yeah, I'll stop digging this here hole now. I *totally* understand, being an introvert too. No, really. I’m wildly sociable, but when I’ve had enough I’ve had enough. I also know my limitations now (well, more than I did a few years ago), so I try to do both: force myself to socialise sometimes, because I have a tendency to be sociable only when I’m at arm’s length (eg chat but not group), and force myself to take a break when I know I’ll get really crabby if I don’t.

Maybe some low key company will help. Or someone to talk to without being, like, NEXT to /grin. Mort and I spend a lot of time duoing not because we’re sappy or antisocial or whatever, but because I absolutely *cannot* play with other people all day every day. I love my herd, but I need my space. You won’t like me if I don’t get my space.

We can take this to PMs on the CoW boards if you like – if our playtimes coincide even slightly, maybe we can help you not be *entirely* alone without feeling like you have to be a performing group monkey. A lot of the time we just “putz about” meaning we do whatever we feel like. If that means just standing around chatting, that’s what we do. We can putz separately or together.

Just wanted you to know you’re not unique. Oh well you know, a unique flower snowflake thing and all that, but not freakishly unique. Err… yeah, I’ll stop digging this here hole now.

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