I understand completely and i'll tell you this i can manage to hear the majini's even with the mute button,Hell i even heard the exacutioner swing on me with my t.v mute and i got out of the way
I'm not one for teams though i've been a Lone Wolf my whole life (gaming wise and not)
But i agree the Japanese are the ultimate at RE5. I manage very well on my own and do better as well but i've been put with so many ungrateful people i refuse to be on a team (mostly why i insault my own teamates)
Put i still end up saving their *** everytime
There are ungrateful people in the real world also but at least you can block the gaming ones and dont have to worry about them again lol. It's just something we all have to deal with, there is no guarantee that you will get a perfect partner during every session. I guess you do what is best for you and continue to play mercs by yourself if these players upset you so much. If this is the way you enjoy then by all means continue to do so.
Some of my best moments of gaming have been due to the online portion of video games.It's very fun to play with people from all around the world and meeting new people to play with while showing you different ways to improve your style of gameplay and coming up with different types of strategies to complete an objective . As of matter of fact, online gaming has helped me improve in a game just by playing with people who are better players than you and who and would kick you off of there team if you were not up to par (MOST JAPENESE PLAYERS DO THIS ON MERCS). Not all players who are better than you are like that but most are (lol) but I've met quite a few who would give me tips that would help me improve which would then lead us to be gaming friends and would then improve in playing better. And it's not like I'd be random messaging people searching for tips but if something that seemed like it would be impossible to have happened or surprising I would say or send a message like "Where the hell did you come from" How the hell were you the only one to survive". These online situations would also affect my offline gameplay as well because the A.I. would now seem sort of easier than playing with/against a human because your skill has increased.