Stop Player Bashing

[Cream_Soda]

People aren't worse players because of the gear they choose. They're worse because of how they play. Whms that don't do anything but cast cure, no matter how great the gear they have on are still bad Whms.

Actually, I'm going to correct you on this.

Gear they have available and gear they choose are two different things.

For example, Triumph earrings were like 600k on my server back at lv 75. Merman's earrings were 200k.

Merman's earring was a better earring for TP and WS for mnk.

If you chose triumph, then yes, you'd be a bad monk.


I look at it this way.


Gear + Skill > anything else.

Having skill isn't enough. You can be the most skilled person in the world and let's say use all lv 50 gear and you just won't cut it.

You can have the best gear in the game and no skill, and still be horrible.

If you have good gear and know how to play your job, combine the gear and the skill, that's where you get the best players.



Here is my perspective.

Gear = Potential. The better gear you have, the better higher potential you will have as a player. Your skill level = how much of that potential you are reaching.

[Naturebeckles]

Actually, I'm going to correct you on this.

Gear they have available and gear they choose are two different things.

For example, Triumph earrings were like 600k on my server back at lv 75. Merman's earrings were 200k.

Merman's earring was a better earring for TP and WS for mnk.

If you chose triumph, then yes, you'd be a bad monk.


I look at it this way.


Gear + Skill > anything else.

Having skill isn't enough. You can be the most skilled person in the world and let's say use all lv 50 gear and you just won't cut it.

You can have the best gear in the game and no skill, and still be horrible.

If you have good gear and know how to play your job, combine the gear and the skill, that's where you get the best players.



Here is my perspective.

Gear = Potential. The better gear you have, the better higher potential you will have as a player. Your skill level = how much of that potential you are reaching.

I really think you're one of those people who just like to "hear yourself talk". The original intent of my post had nothing to do with a high level whm wearing level 50 gear and discussing how skill alone doesn't make a good player. I never said that to begin with anyway, so I don't even know what you're correcting.

[Cream_Soda]

I really think you're one of those people who just like to "hear yourself talk". The original intent of my post had nothing to do with a high level whm wearing level 50 gear and discussing how skill alone doesn't make a good player. I never said that to begin with anyway, so I don't even know what you're correcting.

People aren't worse players because of the gear they choose.

Actually, I'm going to correct you on this.

Gear they have available and gear they choose are two different things.

For example, Triumph earrings were like 600k on my server back at lv 75. Merman's earrings were 200k.

Merman's earring was a better earring for TP and WS for mnk.

If you chose triumph, then yes, you'd be a bad monk.

Everything after that was just a general statement and nothing specifically to you.

[rog]

Actually, I'm going to correct you on this.

Gear they have available and gear they choose are two different things.

For example, Triumph earrings were like 600k on my server back at lv 75. Merman's earrings were 200k.

Merman's earring was a better earring for TP and WS for mnk.

If you chose triumph, then yes, you'd be a bad monk.


I look at it this way.


Gear + Skill > anything else.

Having skill isn't enough. You can be the most skilled person in the world and let's say use all lv 50 gear and you just won't cut it.

You can have the best gear in the game and no skill, and still be horrible.

If you have good gear and know how to play your job, combine the gear and the skill, that's where you get the best players.



Here is my perspective.

Gear = Potential. The better gear you have, the better higher potential you will have as a player. Your skill level = how much of that potential you are reaching.

Pretty much this. While having good gear is important, it is not quite as important as having gear that makes sense. Using the example CS gave, you'd actually be better off using an nq coral earring, which is dirt cheap, than using a triumph earring. It's fine if you can't manage to hq every single peice of gear you have, but it is not fine to use nonsensical gear sets, such as tping with 0 haste. Anyone can get a proper nq gear set, very, very quickly and easily, without spending much. However it does require you to understand some very simple game mechanics, otherwise you might end up fulltiming 0 haste, and chr gear.