Help Request Guidelines

[typh]

DISCLAIMER: This post is not to scold or offend anyone... this is simply to tell you how to give yourself the best chance of getting help with things.


The best way to get help with something is to convey that you know what you're undertaking. If I see a request for help and there's no information on what's involved or what's needed from me and others who may volunteer... chances are, I'll pass the post right by without a second thought. It's not that I'm unwilling to help, I just have other things to do besides research your goals.

Make it easy for us to want to help you:

• Choose a day and time... or suggest a range of days and times... no one wants to guess at when you'll be available for them to help you.
  
• Know the details of your mission/quest/battle/what-not... tell us how many people you need, what jobs you need, strategy, zones, pop items, etc etc.
  
• Tell us your status... are you ready to enter the battle? Do you need help completing prerequisites or acquiring items? How much time are you asking from us?
  
• Provide a link for your mission/quest/nm/what-not. I'm very likely to click a link that's been given to me and look for more information.
  
• Preparation, preparation, preparation... do as much as you can on your own to minimize the amount of time you need from us... not because we're lazy or uninterested, but everybody's got stuff to work on and it's just plain courteous.
  

It's all about feeding us information and making it as easy as possible to want to help you.

[nyona]

Ahh.. That's what i did wrong when i was looking for help with Windy 6-1. I just assumed The higher ranked Windy people knew about it. So I waited for replies for the day and times, before planning on what i needed. Would explain the no replies. TY

[oldgrif]

Actually Nyona, from my perspective, I forget a lot of details of Missions I have completed. I did the Rank missions a long long time ago. Thats why its great to see a requestor being prepared, helps us to remember deails we forget.

[nyona]

Very true.
Also, Rank mission limit the help one can get as well. With most having to be done by those of the same nation, and all. So i totally agree.