Why do so many players not buff themselves?

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Why do so many players not buff themselves?

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Bulwyf

07.09.2012 , 08:06 AM \| #1	Quote
One of the things I like to do when running into players that I'm not grouped with is check to see if they are buffed. If they are missing any of the buffs I can give them then I buff them. I have seen a large number of players and it appears to be growing that are out running around doing quests and fighting that have zero buffs on them. How do you not know that your class has its own buff? It just makes me shake my head to see how many people are running around hurting themselves by not doing something as basic as buffing. Has this been something you guys have encountered as well? I used to feel a little irked when I would buff a person and expect them to return the favor with a buff I didn't have but after seeing so many people running around with no buffs I've stopped being irked by it.
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Azure_Prower

07.09.2012 , 08:23 AM \| #2	Quote
I like how buffing once gives me all class buffs.
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Denyus

07.09.2012 , 08:42 AM \| #3	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Azure_Prower I like how buffing once gives me all class buffs. QFT - Probably the best thing they implemented in the game.
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Bulwyf

07.09.2012 , 08:49 AM \| #4	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Azure_Prower I like how buffing once gives me all class buffs. Yes, I like that as well. Unfortunately it seems a large number of players don't even know how to buff themselves let alone work to unlock the ability to get all four class buffs.
Such a lot the gods gave to me�to me, the dazed, the disappointed; the barren, the broken. H.P. Lovecraft, "The Outsider"

Denki_

07.09.2012 , 08:55 AM \| #5	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Bulwyf One of the things I like to do when running into players that I'm not grouped with is check to see if they are buffed. If they are missing any of the buffs I can give them then I buff them. I have seen a large number of players and it appears to be growing that are out running around doing quests and fighting that have zero buffs on them. How do you not know that your class has its own buff? It just makes me shake my head to see how many people are running around hurting themselves by not doing something as basic as buffing. Has this been something you guys have encountered as well? I used to feel a little irked when I would buff a person and expect them to return the favor with a buff I didn't have but after seeing so many people running around with no buffs I've stopped being irked by it. I thought I was the only one doing this. Now I know I am not alone.
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Widgits

07.09.2012 , 09:02 AM \| #6	Quote
Even Jawa's buff themselves..
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Emned

07.09.2012 , 09:10 AM \| #7	Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Bulwyf Yes, I like that as well. Unfortunately it seems a large number of players don't even know how to buff themselves let alone work to unlock the ability to get all four class buffs. So there is an ability to get all four class buffs?

bekkilyn

07.09.2012 , 09:11 AM \| #8	Quote
I do buff myself, but here are some of the reasons I don't always return buffs: 1. I am afk. 2. I am preoccupied with something else and do not notice that someone has buffed me, particularly if I have vendor, skill, crafting, etc. windows up on my screen. 3. Someone randomly decides to "help" me kill something, effectively stealing my kill and making me take longer to do my quests, and then buffs me thinking that I'm going to be eternally grateful for what they did. 4. I am afk.

Newyankalt

07.09.2012 , 09:15 AM \| #9	Quote
I always buff myself but it seems alot of people dont even know what a buff is.

Cerilynn

07.09.2012 , 09:25 AM \| #10	Quote
Why is it that I might not have my own buff on me? Two main reasons. - I recently logged in, or recently died, and forgot that I needed to refresh it. - I didn't notice that it had faded, as it is not a permanent buff, but does hang around a long time before it needs to be refreshed. Gripe follows: Spoiler As for the "all four buffs within one" - you assume too much. Not only am I a fairly recent player, but I rarely put in more than about 10 hours a week, AND am an alt-oholic. I have several characters, and none are above 40. While it is an impressive (to me) accomplishment that you have at least four characters at 50, please try to avoid implying that it is a requirement, and that those who don't are somehow lesser. In another game (and not the one you likely just thought of), I was a fairly hard core raider. I have since lost interest in that kind of stress in my game. I am now so very casual that even casuals tend to call me casual. I will try to remember to buff myself, but I'm no longer worried about every little detail, and sometimes they escape me. Oddly enough, I really like helping others, and what reminds me to buff myself is when I go to buff others and then realize that I needed to rebuff myself.

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