Zerging Guide anywhere?

[TitoJ]

Is there an informative guide you can refer people to, who apparently see ZERG! in an lfm, and are shocked at what is taking place inside the dungeon.

Like, chances are we are already inside the dungeon, and nobody is coming back out to show you where it is, if you can't find it after explained 1000 times.

Like if I skip an optional...don't keep acting like I didn't know running for 3 years that way for 300xp was available to me?

Like, if you die, you still get XP if I decide to not come back for you. And now you don't even get negative xp so just chill. (apart from a 10% bonus lost, that you were bound to kill from the get go anyway)

Like, "No, we don't need a rog." And yes, I'm just taking the first players who click on my lfm.

Like, I know what difficulty I ran in on, and I know that just using a hireling clr will be fine.

I just want something to refer people to so they'll be able to read that, instead of be annoying on the mic.

[mediocresurgeon]

You can probably write a guide for Standard Rules of Zerging.

But be aware that it will receive hundreds of posts declaring that you are wrong.

[TitoJ]

You can probably write a guide for Standard Rules of Zerging.

But be aware that it will receive hundreds of posts declaring that you are wrong.

I'm surprised I haven't been wrong yet! lol.

And I need less of a guide on exactly how to zerg, and more on...what a zerg is...what to expect...why people don't need to relentlessly say "hey, there's a chest here..there's a chest here"

[Gulnar13]

What is "zerg".

1. Be Efficient. Kill things that HAVE to be killed, skip everything else.
2. Be Fast.
3. Skip optionals. Optionals have usually a low xp/time ratio; it's better to just repeat the quest instead of make a optional.
4. Know the quest. Otherwise you can't do the point 2, and usually the 1.

Also, the optionals.
5. BYOH - bring your own healing. Sometimes, peoples can't bring a dedicated healer; so you should be capable of self healing.

[Xaearth]

3. Skip optionals. Optionals have usually a low xp/time ratio; it's better to just repeat the quest instead of make a optional.

This isn't always entirely true...
Quite often one good player can solo the optionals while the rest of the party finishes the quest without a significant increase in quest time/difficulty. And considering optional xp numbers seem to be trending upwards...

That said, I wouldn't do it if you're the only caster or without a quick check with the group first.