EXPerienced or not EXPerienced?

Okay, so basically my question/discussion topic is this:
If a person says, for example "EXP Tank LFG for MISSION!!!" would you be more inclined, or less inclined to get that person.

Personally, whenever I see someone spamming the EXP word, I'm less inclined to accept them. I've had experience with these people where they just continually crap on about how much experience they have, only to watch them die in front of me.
What're your views?

It's a tossup. I'd rather judge on whether or not the person is patient or impatient in getting the party going. Often, impatient people tend to get the party into situations where they will lose a mission or will have a lot of grief along the way.

Now, if someone starts shouting their experience(points), then I don't normally look for that person. Experience says a lot about farming capacity... but not anything else.

Everyone dies at one point or another. However, I would probably tend not to include such people. I see it as they are trying to hold themselves up as being better or higher than others and that they are trying to sell themselves into a group. I'd rather just take someone who states what they are, and why they are there. Then once invited into the group chat with them and determine from conversation if I've got a lemon or someone to keep.

I usually don't group with them or the people who are shouting with cap lock on...

"UBER GODLY *INSERT CLASS HERE* LFG FOR MISSION. I COULD SOLO, BUT WANT TO HELP OUT ALL YOU MORTALS!"

uggh makes me look elsewhere for a party.

I saw in the Citadel a few nights ago "2 MONKS LFG FOR SKILL CAPPING" sounds good on the surface but these two monks were lvls 10 and 11
I was also on my monk and the lvl 11 said to me "*insert name of lvl 10 monk* will be our healer"

I left that group quickly as I am not about to trust all the healing to someone who is half my lvl...

The problem is people just use whatever language they like unfittingly so it gets to the point where a word or phrase does'nt mean anything. Anyone and everyone can say exp for experienced or expert, pro etc so that when somone fitting their claim comes along and says it then because of all the morons that spam it undeservedly it means little to alot of people.

I dont mind exp personally (but i hate pro) it just means little to me in choosing my team. If I need a tank, ill get a tank.

personly he could be not telling the truth. he could be a noob just trying to get into the group.

Hehe, if it's a mission, my question to them is: experienced in what? failing this mission?

far less inclined. it could go any way.

1. is in fact experienced and fun. yay
2. is experienced, but thinks he knows it all... makes life hell if you put one foot out of line
3. is experienced... at screwing it up. has tried it 20 times and never done it
4. actually has no clue and is hopelessly trying to hang onto his "no honest i've done it" facade
5. actually has no clue but is fun

Personally (if i even still took groups that is, long live henchies!) I'd be far more inclined to go with a "Warrior LFG " or a "tank needs group to beat mission"... or even something creative. About the only thing you can believe is that someone who spends a lot of time both looking for the group (instead of 1 sec spams of war LFG) and also getting ready to set out (instead of gogogogogogogogo) then they're *99% likely to be* a good team member.

I'd rather have someone who's nice and willing to learn than someone who's intent on showing off. I don't care if a mission takes 3 hours longer than it should (unless its Elonas ) as long as its fun. Being told to "step here, don't do that, use this skill, i know what I'm doing" just isn't fun.

Of course one of the main problems is everyone is so darn elitist that you have to play the exp tag just to try and even get a chance of being looked at.

I was in an group composed of "experienced" people once. Everybody went their own way thinking they were the leader, and we were subsequently wiped.

How about this:

Nub tank LFG for mission!

i thik they are just desperate to get into a group but who isn't these days.
i just pick whatever proffesion the team needs.

However if they had alot of experience it would mean they have done that mossion so they would know what to do.

however there would be no way to check to see it that is the chase.

I don't know, when I advertise myself as experienced it's probably because I am. I have FoW armour too, but hey, I could be a noob ebayer, argh!

I agree with what someone said about patience in getting the party going, that says everything about a player, imo, 10 hours or 1000 hours, it's all about attitude in the end.

it all depends where you are at. if you are going thru the missions in the game and someone says "exp blah blah LFG for mission" ill usually try to get them in my group.


but when you are in TOA and you see "exp blah blah lfg for uw/fow" i dont look twice at them. from my experience with those people they are the NEPs just looking to get into any group


.02

Its rare to see people who actually ARE so experienced in a mission/farm spamming ALL chat for a PUG. Thats just simple fact; if they're as good as they want you to think, they probably have a guild to farm with or can run the mission with henchies.

Joining groups with a leader like that, you can be assured that the build you prefer will recieve only lip service as they insist you play "their" way. Picking up such people for your group? You'll get a gear farming tank with Shield Stance 9 times in 10.

When I do feel like a pug farm, I do so unassumingly. I grab my build and go, call my proffession and play style, or look for a group thats looking for me and whisper them.

Im less inclined to accept them. Saying you experienced is one thing. Being experienced is another. On a side note anyone that says gogogogogogogogo gets the response of byebyebyebyebyebye.Never let those impatient ones in the group, they are most likely rushers and heavy aggro'ers

"Experienced" is a relative statement of individual opinion. It holds no credibility other than an arbitrary way of finding another individual who percieve themselves as an expert. Some people think that opening the Guild Wars box was an experience in itself...

*nods franitcally*


*head drops off*

omg roffles, I get the damn gogogo alot, I'm gonna take your advice from now on.. thanks chaos dragoon


byebyebyebyebye.

The same. What I like even less is when someone adds "Tank with 2mill XP LFG" or some such. Two million XP for a warrior is pocket change if they farm a lot, and says nothing if they're actually experienced doing anything other than farming.

FYI, whenever I look for a group I try to inject a bit of twisted humor into my LFG spam. Like: "Masochistic shutdown/interrupt mesmer who has done this mission too many times for fun LFG" (Abbadon's Mouth), or "Housebroken & Obedient Tank that can listen to instructions LFG!" That last one got my warrior into a group in less than thirty seconds at the Ring of Fire. Went on to beat that mission too.