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Good Communication & Teamwork

By Sputnik

Team success may mean restraining your naturally abrasive Dwarfish personality - for once.

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Category: Characters, Co-op, Gameplay Basics, Multiplayer, Secrets, Story or Lore

Languages: English

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11 Mar, 2023 @ 4:35pm

15 Apr, 2023 @ 3:19pm

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Guide Index

Overview

PLANNING

MINING

COMBAT

COPING WITH SETBACKS

DEBRIEFING

Banned Reading List

A closing point on Dwarven Etiquette:

Comments

PLANNING

Be respectful of any strategies conflicting with your own. Avoid this kind of talk:

I don’t have the time or the crayons to explain this to you.
Of course I’m talking like an idiot… how else could you understand me?
I'm sorry if I offended you with my opinion. You should hear the ones I keep to myself.
Since you know it all, you should know when to shut up.

MINING

Encourage your teammates and share your expertise. Putting down fellow miners won't help them learn at all. For example:

Greenbeard, I’ve forgotten more about mining than you ever knew.
If ignorance is bliss, you must be the happiest person on the planet.
You're the reason DRG has to put directions on their beard shampoo.
I’m not insulting you, I’m describing you.

COMBAT

Remember it's group solidarity that increases combat morale. Not this:

Don't just stand there - you useless LAWN ORNAMENT!
Never be ashamed of your fear. That’s your parent’s job.
What doesn’t kill you, just makes me disappointed.
Get fighting YOU COWARDLY, BEETLE-HEADED, CLUMP OF COMPOST!

COPING WITH SETBACKS

When things go wrong, trash-talk like this does nothing to foster team solidarity:

You should really come with a warning label.
You’re not stupid! You just have bad luck when you’re thinking.
If genius skips a generation, your children will be brilliant !
If your brain was dynamite, there wouldn’t be enough to blow your hat off.

DEBRIEFING

Drinks back at the tavern give valuable opportunity for reflection on your last run. Don't discourage useful feedback with these kinds of childish quips:

Well, aren't you the grey sprinkle on a rainbow cupcake Sunshine?
Good story, but in what chapter do you shut up?
I will ignore you so hard you will start doubting your own existence.
Stupidity isn’t a crime, so you’re free to go.

Banned Reading List

These kinds of materials only serve to reinforce negative Dwarf stereotypes. Keep them out of the hands of your team.

Dwarf insult Generator [www.dndspeak.com]

A closing point on Dwarven Etiquette:

20 Comments

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daliymonster412 13 Apr, 2023 @ 6:04am

this is a good one ty

Heimdall 31 Mar, 2023 @ 8:03pm

*joins solo run* *gets everyone killed instantly* *Leaves immedeately*

Sputnik [author] 27 Mar, 2023 @ 5:15pm

Sorry about the confusion

Orthallon 27 Mar, 2023 @ 1:34pm

Sorry, I thought all jokes aside, it was about Good Communication and Teamwork.

Sputnik [author] 27 Mar, 2023 @ 12:30pm

Wrong guide Orthallon.

Orthallon 26 Mar, 2023 @ 11:32pm

You should really add a suggestion regarding ready "r" checks. So many newer players starting drills, calling drop pods, etc. these days without checking if the team is ready to go.

Maybe a note about double dipping ammo too. Some choice words for those people who join my game, kill 3 bugs and then take ammo to top off those 12 rounds they just fired...

Sputnik [author] 25 Mar, 2023 @ 9:42pm

For KARL's sake! I certainly did not expect this advice to be misused!

DaffyDwarf4001 25 Mar, 2023 @ 9:37pm

this guide was very helpful thank you for helping me insult my friends (outside DRG of course)

Antte 23 Mar, 2023 @ 7:41am

Hey, friendly fire isn't actually friendly

Connoristic 21 Mar, 2023 @ 3:47am

nice

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