Originally Posted by
alt-ithist
You are either very naive or pretty damn altruistic or just acting dumb. In wow if I see someone killing a rare I will stand back and cheer them on and if they need help I will happily grant it, unless they are alliance in wich case I will kidney shot them just as the mob is doing its special.
In GW2 I go out of my way to help others as I get nicely rewarded for it. However I'm am fully aware how people abuse the mechanic of that system. I have no problem with people helping me get reward and in wow unless the person has the same quest and in my group, they don't which sucks. However I have huge problem with people leeching of the "work" others and I put in. "Auto shotmy mob for 5k dmg" and moving on isn't helping, my overkill damage tend to be way higher. Pumping out damage with me till the mob is dead is helping. If you don't get the difference your moral education failed you somewhere along the line.
Wow promotes competition and GW promotes cooperation, both valid models for an mmo. Atleast in wow I screw over leechers who try to tag things as I'm about to pull them, in GW they can wait till I've done damage to it then tap away and sit back and watch as I do all the work for them.