You want Common Courtesy? Try this.
Don't insult other people simply because they don't all follow your personal code of ethics.
Suck it up, people. Very few people actually *enjoy* having to "share" a resource point with anyone else. But apparently the Devs feel that locking a resource point is unfair to the vast majority of players going on clicking sprees throughout the land. Whether you agree with the Devs choice in this matter or not, point sharing will happen, and can be considered in some ways to be encouraged (because of the conscious decision on their part to leave it intact).
Don't complain at other players who are just as unhappy as you are to have some stranger race up and snag a bit of your point - complain to the Devs who made it possible, and did so on purpose.
What do I do? If I spot a point all by it's lonesome, I'm going to snag every little bit up. If I see a resource point already in use, I run off to the next spot.
I may be unhappy if someone races up and takes a bite out, but I never actually EXPECT anyone to live by my personal moral code. I'm always surprised when others not only expect it, but toss around insults because the world at large doesn't live up to their expectations.
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Also, people stole mining and logging points in FFXI all the time.
I never said they didn't, I just said it was much rarer to find a point thief in FFXI than in EQ2... where everyone "shares".
Call me nuts, but "all the time" doesn't sound the least bit rare to me. I played on Diabolos for a bit, and I gotta tell you, it was actually RARE to get a point that no one else took a bite out of. Perhaps it's rare when there's... no one else around. But when there were other harvesters about, it was a flat out surprise if any were willing to wait their turn for a new point.
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It's interesting that people consider it rude for others to harvest from "their" point. It's actually not theirs, as it's not locked.
Nice logic, how old are you.. 5? 6? Yes.. It must be alright because I can!!!!
I understand it's not alright for you, yourself, to use this to your own personal advantage, but again - don't throw your expectations at other people who are in the same boat you are. Apparently it is alright for them, or they wouldn't be doing it.
And finally... flames get flamed. You can't expect a great outpouring of sympathy when the thread gets titled, "What is wrong with your people?!". So you're unhappy with everyone else's behavior, and end with, "You all hate me. I'll sink to your level now." Welcome to the locked downward spiral.
Set an example by sticking to your principles.