I usually lead parties in my clockwork runs. Although I don't technically say "hi" I always do the / wave emote to everyone I meet in game. If I don't say anything its most likely because you or someone else joined in the midst of a fight. It's insanely hard to talk and fight at the same time.

People going afk for 5 minutes/picking up crowns doesn't bother me because Im actually patient. This goes in great lengths when I play with those I deem as "friends".

However for the second part you mention about carrying others most people don't want to admit it, even if its blatantly obvious. It just hurts more egos than it does more good. The person admitting to being the dead weight on the team is an entirely different story.

All in all, those old days are gone as most players nowadays would go out of their way to make the party leader furious. An example would be joining at the start of a deconstruction zone, grabbing the key and jetting straight for the prize room. Stuff like this can turn players off from playing with randoms(like it did to you, OP) and just kills the team aspect of the game tbh.

I agree that players should do some basic greeting ("hi", /wave, etc.) and farewell ("bye", "thanks", etc.).

Keep in mind that many players are not native English speakers, and hence may have trouble doing more conversation than "hi" and "bye". They may not understand your small talk. Or they may understand it but not know how to respond.

For example, I have a friend who is extremely warm and whose English is quite good. But even he takes a while to type his English. So I always have to remember to give him extra time in conversations.

Come join me in a run. I like when I can have a conversation or crack jokes with people. Makes the run all the more better.

Maybe the problem is expecting other players to act and behave like ourselves?

Let me put it another way; How would you respond to a player who thinks "I don't really like talking to other people while playing this free game, so I'm just going to ignore this party member who started chatting us up after he joined up." "Ugh, he's getting into it, but I'm not going to tell him to [Oh noes bad wordies] off, even if he's starting to get on my nerves." /ignore

Or perhaps the more polite thing to do is type "please stop talking:D"?

I usually just give people a salute (/sal) rather than an oral greeting. I don't mind people wanting to start a conversation, I quite welcome it, but you won't find me initiating conversations on my own so much. I'll confess that I am a bit lazy when the time to disband comes, however.

And since VOIP was brought up I'll chime in, too. I don't see much use of this feature as the majority of Knights I come across either have a really bad laptop mic or some such that picks up on the fan or other loud background noises, and the biggest offenders are those who play music without a headset. I generally mute these before they get a chance to speak. As such I keep it on push-to-talk as not to disturb Knights who don't wish to converse using VOIP. (Though it's pretty hard to tell when anybody does, as it usually takes somebody to speak up first.)

If I'm not in the mood for chatter I'll usually reply that "I don't feel particularly talkative at the moment."

So yeah, that's me in a nuthsell. I'm open to expeditions should you see fit to invite me along for a chat or just to maul some enemies. Name's the same as on here if you want to send a FQ, just leave a message you saw my post on the forums if you do.

Gianor post #14:
"MMO's: Where maturity and good grammar go to die.

Its even worse when people have lag.

I say hi, but when I start conversations I sometimes get kicked because of how slow I type. So I either type during loading screens or at basil.

You've just been extremely unlucky :P. Most people I've partied with are generally social, but you yourself need to be more social-ish.

Though, sometimes you're in an anti-social group and you should just concentrate on playing the game. However, if I'm asked a question, or if anyone talks, then I ALWAYS respond. It's starting the conversation for some people like me. Comment on the situation esp. a funny one; try commenting on deaths, derping, lagging, updates, rarities found, funny/ridiculous situations (multiple people going after the same enemy, hiding in the Jelly Mound in RJP :D), etc.
Be more expressive and talkative. If you lol, chances are someone else will lol. It starts with a "LOL" and ends with a friend request. :)

Get some "friends". Even if you don't know them, they will generally be much more talkative then just some random folks. (Personally, I just assume whomever is on my friend list is a friend as I can't remember everyone :P)

And as stated before, sometimes when someone joins you during battle, the last thing they are going to do is say hi.

However generally (in my opinion), most of the "social people" you'd like are now grinding the missions as there is little incentive to run the clockworks atm. (Like me)

I gauge how talkative I'll be depending on who I'm with, as odd as that sounds. Some people don't like chatty partymates and I just wanna cooperate, so I'll /wave, if they say hi, I'll say hellooo, etc. etc.

oh, and I usually laugh if I die in a stupid way. B)

It's pretty rare that I find somebody who won't even greet or say "gg" but I suppose you've just been unlucky.

I can vouch for the 2nd post, I'm too lazy to say hello to people.