Instructions:

If you choose to participate please be sure your answers are sent to me, or that I am aware of where your answers are located. I will only provide a follow-up to this post analyzing the responses when I have a sufficient pool of answers to draw from. Note that this is not intended to be a detailed personality test/analysis.

• What type(s) of character(s) do you play most often?
• What attracted you to the(se) character(s)?

For the following questions choose the response that most closely matches your initial reaction:

1. Your raid is wiping on a boss repeatedly. There have been grumblings about the tank continually dying, leading to the rest of the raid being killed off quickly. You think:
   1. The healers are not doing their job.
   2. The tank is obviously not geared for the encounter.
   3. The DPS is too low and should be replaced.
   4. The raid leader is not using the appropriate strategy.
   5. What can I do to make a difference?
2. You see a person continually standing in fire/getting hit by some type of boss mechanic that is avoidable. You:
   1. Call that person out and tell them they are a pathetic excuse for a raider.
   2. Whisper a message to that person asking why they are not getting out of the way.
   3. Voice displeasure that some people cannot seem to do things properly.
   4. Whisper the raid leader and demand the person be replaced.
   5. Ask the raid leader to speak with the person in question.

Choose the response that most closely matches your preferred method of dealing with those who seem lost (affectionately referred to as “noobs”).

1. Ask the struggling person if they need any assistance.
2. Tell the person who is having difficulty what they should try to do to make things easier.
3. Ignore the person and let them figure things out on their own.
4. Wait for the person to ask for help, and if they do not it is their own fault.
5. Mention that there are a couple of things that could be done to make things easier and ask if the person would like you to show/help them.

Choose the response that you feel describes your general demeanor best:

1. Outgoing
2. Reserved
3. Judgmental
4. Perceptive
5. Friendly
6. Unfriendly
7. Right
8. Wrong

Choose the response that you feel others would use to describe your general demeanor best:

1. Outgoing
2. Reserved
3. Judgmental
4. Perceptive
5. Friendly
6. Unfriendly
7. Right
8. Wrong

For the next series of questions please keep answers to a maximum of three words:

1. What word would others be most likely to use to describe you?
2. What word would you be most likely to use to describe yourself?
3. What word would you use to describe a typical healer?
4. What word would you use to describe a typical tank?
5. What word would you use to describe a typical dps character?
6. What is your favorite color or the color you most identify with?

For the final series of questions feel free to be as long or short-winded as you like:

1. Do you prepare in advance for raids/dungeons, and if so what do you do to prepare?
2. What is the most frustrating cause of wiping (I know, but try to pick one)?
3. Describe the ideal type of player to group with.

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Disclaimer: I’ll add my own responses in a later post. I expect it will take a while to gather enough responses to actually analyze the data gathered.