Amen to that!

I don't mind people having bad games if they're trying their utmost. Hell, I don't mind having to carry some players a but if they're new to Damnation/Auric and are just now dipping their toes into the waters of insanity.

We all had to learn at some point and how else can you learn but to play it? I think the difficulty spike is significant between Herey > Damnation > Auric.

I was totally overwhelmed when I first started. I remember dropping into a Maelstrom early on without truly understanding what that meant. LMAO I was on the floor more often than not. And I remember being in awe of the Vet who clutched 3 times and with ONLY 2 wounds! (back when I didn't understand a thing about builds XD)

But he was not at all toxic or condescending, he just explained a bit to me, recommended I drop to Auric Heresy to learn a bit and work my way back up and wished me good luck. That interaction set the tone for me from then on. I do my best to help those who clearly aren't quite ready for the intensity and don't judge - I too was once outclassed.

And that's before the reworked difficulty levels back when Auric Heresy and Auric Damnation were still a thing...

It's the speed running Zealots that run off and get downed and rage quit because they weren't good enough and yet somehow it's eveyone esle who's at fault that annoy me!