The Five Stages of Mechanics

Stage 1: Denial:

•  I can stand in the fire, it won't really hurt.
•  Why can't the healer just heal me through it?
•  I am sure there has to be a way we can ignore this mechanic.

Raiders often found in this stage:

1. The New Raider: 
2. The Bad Raider:
3. The Slow Learning Raider:

• I don't know how to do this.
• Can someone explain the mechanic?
• I'm not sure how much of a help I am going to be.

Stage 2: Anger:

•  I moved but it still killed me, this game sucks.
•  This game hates me it keeps targeting me.
•  I give up /ragequit.

Raiders often found in this stage: 

1. The Carried Raider:
2. The Overconfident Raider:
3. The Instant Gratification Raider:

• I never wipe with my group like this.
• You all suck, I am 7/8 HM25 on my main.
• How are you even capable of typing in your log in information you are so stupid.

Stage 3: Bargaining:

• Please just target me for once instead of the mage or we will wipe again.
• If you don't target me this time I will never complain again.
• Please let us just beat this once, once is all I ask, please.

Raiders often found in this stage:

1. The Casual Raider:
2. The Part Time Raider:
3. The Hit or Miss Raider:

• Lets just have some fun with it and we will down a few bosses.
• It we get lucky with the xxxx we can get this down.
• Lets try a different approach.

Stage 4: Depression:

• I'm never going to be able to do this.
• I don't think I want to play this game any more.
• I don't think I want to play any game now.

Raiders often found in this stage: 

1. The Hard Core Raider:
2. The Not as Good as They Think Raider:
3. The Superhero Raider:

• We did not get world (server) first, we are just not good enough.
• I don't care if we wipe 10,000 times, we need to get this down tonight.
• If you are not perfect then you shouldn't be playing.

Stage 5: Acceptance:

• Okay, this is what it is going to do and this is how I need to react.
• I am ready for it this time, so it will not take me by surprise.
• Once I learn it I will never need to learn it again so I am ready to learn.

Raiders often found in this stage: 

1. The Competent Raider:
2. The Ex Hardcore Raider:
3. The Better Than Casual Casual Raider:

• Okay, here is how the fight goes for those that do not know it.
• If you look for this action it will help you.
• Little known fact, this ability really helps during phase 2.

When learning new mechanics, we all go through phases.