MOP’s Carlo recently brought this question to the MOP team after he suffered through a particularly bad PUG – that he put together himself using volunteers in Discord.
“After an hour and a half of attempts, we got to the boss, but we didn’t know we had to run to the boss, and we ended up dying. After that last time, I was too tired to continue and we called it a day. This was the first time I didn’t use any sort of matchmaking to clear content in years, and I think I forgot some of the etiquette around it – namely, if you make a PUG or ask for help, what’s the proper amount of time you should spend with them? Is there a minimum? A maximum? I’m thinking three or four games or 90 minutes is a fair amount.”
I thought it would be a fun thought experiment to pitch to the MOP readers this morning because I’m not sure of the answer – it probably varies by game. I’m more shocked that the people he recruited in Discord to help clear actually stuck with it more than an hour. “People aren’t usually so reliable,” I opined. “I’d probably try to give the other dudes an out if we knew it was not going to happen in a reasonable time frame” – rather than abandoning them myself.
So let’s break it down. How long do you stick with a failing MMO PUG? How long do you expect other people to stick through it? And what if you made the PUG yourself and are the de facto leader?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
