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Being self sufficient is one of the best ways to earn the respect of your guild mates. The game of World of Warcraft is a dynamic game that allows you to join in all kinds of activities such as questing, dungeons, raids, professions and PvP to a name a few. Probably your goals are leveling to 80, improving your gear and maxing out a profession. If you're in a guild, you're part of a group of people who also have their own goals. We all have only a limited amount of time to work with, and while it's nice to help others out when we can; it simply isn't feasible to do every single time.
You should know what we are talking about if you are in a leveling guild or any guild with alts. It is hard to get a group together for Gnomeregan or Sunken Temple, but that does not give you an excuse to beg in guild chat asking for run-throughs. Is there only one tank online in your guild? That does not automatically mean they want to tank the daily heroic for you, or any other instance.
It is very expensive to gain mount training but asking for a handout is not the way to get there. Do you need 1000 wow gold for your flying training? You must go out and earn it. It is a lot more and more rewarding that way. You can grab a mining pick, skinning knife or whatever implement you need and get to work. They aren't called professions for nothing.
Being self sufficient means you meet your goals while you are helping other people meet their goals. It's not hard to get to level 80 without taking your guildies away from what they want to be doing. It is a better idea to use the Looking for Group system or ask if anyone in your guild has an alt that would like to run with you, instead of asking for someone to run through the Deadmines. If you are lucky, someone might offer to run you through anyway. When we see someone constantly asking to be run through dungeons, we are very unlikely to help them.
Learning how to play your class is another benefit of being self sufficient. When you ask some people run you through a dungeon, you're not only asking them to take time away from what they were doing but you're looking to get XP and loot without any effort. This doesn't give you a chance to improve your game play. It will take longer to complete a dungeon with people your own level, but the experience you will gain playing your class will pay off later on. It's not hard to tell who has never done a dungeon the "regular way" when you are in a raid like Naxxramas. It's the DPS who is constantly pulling aggro, the healer who doesn't dispel, or the tank who can't find the taunt button. You should spend some time learning how to play your class without asking for help, and you will become an experienced player who has earned the respect of your guildies.
You should know what we are talking about if you are in a leveling guild or any guild with alts. It is hard to get a group together for Gnomeregan or Sunken Temple, but that does not give you an excuse to beg in guild chat asking for run-throughs. Is there only one tank online in your guild? That does not automatically mean they want to tank the daily heroic for you, or any other instance.
It is very expensive to gain mount training but asking for a handout is not the way to get there. Do you need 1000 wow gold for your flying training? You must go out and earn it. It is a lot more and more rewarding that way. You can grab a mining pick, skinning knife or whatever implement you need and get to work. They aren't called professions for nothing.
Being self sufficient means you meet your goals while you are helping other people meet their goals. It's not hard to get to level 80 without taking your guildies away from what they want to be doing. It is a better idea to use the Looking for Group system or ask if anyone in your guild has an alt that would like to run with you, instead of asking for someone to run through the Deadmines. If you are lucky, someone might offer to run you through anyway. When we see someone constantly asking to be run through dungeons, we are very unlikely to help them.
Learning how to play your class is another benefit of being self sufficient. When you ask some people run you through a dungeon, you're not only asking them to take time away from what they were doing but you're looking to get XP and loot without any effort. This doesn't give you a chance to improve your game play. It will take longer to complete a dungeon with people your own level, but the experience you will gain playing your class will pay off later on. It's not hard to tell who has never done a dungeon the "regular way" when you are in a raid like Naxxramas. It's the DPS who is constantly pulling aggro, the healer who doesn't dispel, or the tank who can't find the taunt button. You should spend some time learning how to play your class without asking for help, and you will become an experienced player who has earned the respect of your guildies.
