What's the point of being elite at your job?

This is the mantra we go by in one of my LSes

http://i.imgur.com/8ItfENb.gif

(I'm dead serious lol)

I'm going to pretend that isn't supposed to be Sonic.

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Originally Posted by m3eansean

Ur so l337 brah.

I award you special snowflake status, here is your gold star sticker.

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I read that as "I award you special Frosted Flakes"..

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Originally Posted by scarebearz

On FFXIV Reddit you made the same post and replied to someone by saying this:



Now your saying:



lol...



Myself and anyone reading this thread/Reddit can see quite enough about your views to give our opinion.





Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...e_at_your_job/

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Lol! Ty for this link! A great laugh!

Okay I don't usually go on Reddit but thanks for this, needed something entertaining during maintenance.

The elite players in MMOs, basically are the ones who realize that its a team based game.. not a solo one meant for you alone to stand out.

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Originally Posted by Ronzeru

The elite players in MMOs, basically are the ones who realize that its a team based game.. not a solo one meant for you alone to stand out.

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Nice, I love cheesy motivational crap stated as fact.

Well I can't wait to hear how you are the worlds first to beat Savage Alexander tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Dyvid

Well I can't wait to hear how you are the worlds first to beat Savage Alexander tomorrow.

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Yes, please also record you and your team going through Alex Savage, no wipes, first try.

Thanks.

This can actually be an interesting discussion. Eliteness in PVE takes skill too, just a different set of skills when compared to PVP games.
You mentioned: knowing your rotations (practice), study the fight timings and mechanics (comprehension).
I'll add: knowing how to gear properly (mathematics), being able to feel a boss encounter's rhythm (experience), being able to work with your team (teamwork).
And then: put all these together during the actual fights.

There are reasons why a lot of groups can't clear final coil before echo, and more haven't cleared savage coil even though the base game is the same for everyone. Those that can are the elites.
Even if you can, there are groups like Lucrecia etc battling out for world firsts. Those are the super elites.

And the reward for being the elite? You set the trend, and the bar by which everyone else is measured against:
Who figured out the optimal rotation for your job?
Who devised the strategies you read to tackle those boss fights/mechanics?
Who set the DPS bars other people try to match?
There are probably more. But if you are an elite, people copy and learn from you.

This entire thread is Ebola.