The irony of telling people who don't want to zerg to just start their own parties is of course that the first roflstomper to join their party is gonna rush to the end regardless, so unless the person posting the "no zergy" lfm is also keeping a list of players they don't want in their party, they're gonna have to recall, disband, and reform the party at least once during any givin session. Or they're gonna have to let the roflstomper run their chain for them.
When I join a party I move at whatever speed the party leader is moving. The character with the star by their name. If the leader hasn't entered the quest, I don't enter it, unless asked to. If it turns out the party is moving too slowly for me, I typically continue the run at their pace, and after that run I politely leave the party. It's simple courtesy. If you don't value courtesy, then you don't value it. Why you don't value it is entirely your business, but the fact that you don't value it becomes the business of everyone you interact with.
Some people have written that this is why they don't post LFMs opting instead to run with static groups or other friends. That may help them manage their own exposure to discourteous players, but it reduces the number of LFMs posted by groups looking for people to do slower, more group oriented runs, which reduces opportunities for new players to join groups where their new characters are, instead of being carried or left to wander around aimlessly until they get killed, actually helping the party they joined to reach a goal.
I like a good zerg, but I'm not gonna join someone's party and just run the quest without them. I'm certainly not a paragon of courtesy or of curating the new player experience. Well, there are also experienced players who also prefer a less zergy style of run, and sometimes I like that, too. I try to be helpful, and I try to be courteous. We all have bad days, but I try not **** on anyone elses party, and if I do I try to admit, at least to myself, that acting like that is poor reflection on the quality of player, if not the character.
