(08-04-2015, 03:27 AM)Graeham Wrote: 'lol go watch a video'
So! This may be preaching to the choir but it's well worth noting that different people absorb information in different ways. Whilst some people can soak up information simply by watching a video on Youtube other people prefer to read a detailed summary written in a blog instead.
Then there's yet other people who learn best through actual first hand experience in-game. I'd like to think that I'm very good at adapting and learning from my mistakes - but I need first hand experience before I can reliably succeed at a task. Watching a video or reading a blog just doesn't work for me.
Sometimes it does - for the more simplistic content, that is - but for the more complex stuff out there? Nope!
I'm curious as to how many other people here are in a similar position.
This is me. I can watch every variety of video on an instance until I am blue in the face but the mechanics of the fights make zero sense to me until I actually am doing them. I remember for T7 in coil I watched both Mr. Happy and MTQCapture's videos over and over and over and all it sounded like to me was "blah blah blah, hide, blah blah blah, move quickly...." and that is how all videos sound to me. They teach me nothing no matter how many times I repeatedly watch. I need to experience the mechanics (OMG that's so insane right?! Like how we used to do in games before the interwebs took over) and actually learn.
Sadly, most players in this game have no patience for my style and thus, why the PF is as ridiculous as it is today. "Must have ilv 1 million gear, parsed DPS of 1800, and have cleared at least 2/3 of the fight. KNOW THE FIGHT OR GET SHAME-KICKED!"
And that is the super kewl way to play the game and surely how the SE developers intended.