Why don't skilled players help people who are struggling?

[Rufalus]

The person who was offering to help for a payout of 4,000,000 gil said I should stop being lazy and put in the time to find helpers. I see a contradiction, he says I should put in more time, but he expects 4m gil for 10 minutes work. It would take a long time to make that kind of money through normal gameplay without robbing a fellow player. I already put in enough time to find good groups without success. I don't want to play a waiting game any more where all my time is spent seeking suitable helpers who have the same goals in mind. Since endgame content is off the cards I just have to wait for v2.3 for the next set of main scenario content in order to have something new I can progress with.

[Raenryong]

The person who was offering to help for a payout of 4,000,000 gil said I should stop being lazy and put in the time to find helpers. I see a contradiction, he says I should put in more time, but he expects 4m gil for 10 minutes work. It would take a long time to make that kind of money through normal gameplay without robbing a fellow player. I already put in enough time to find good groups without success. I don't want to play a waiting game any more where all my time is spent seeking suitable helpers who have the same goals in mind. Since endgame content is off the cards I just have to wait for v2.3 for the next set of main scenario content in order to have something new I can progress with.

Firstly, if someone wishes to pay 4m, then the person receiving the money is not "robbing" them. They are receiving money and providing a service in return.

Secondly, your estimate of the time taken ignores several factors. The people selling the fights have likely spent a large amount of time learning the fight thoroughly and have invested their effort into extremely high performance. Just because each run takes in the region of ten minutes does not negate the many hours of work prior to that.

If you don't wish to pay, then yes - form a static or join groups and learn the fight to the point you can defeat it. It takes time to learn and best a fight in an MMO, and if you've barely put the effort in then you can hardly complain. Unless you perform perfectly, never getting hit, and maintaining a very high output, you still have more to learn.