with this mindset the future looks dim

[Amberion]

You know, I remember the days when MMOs were all about being social. Y'know, back when you'd get in a random group, people would start chatting casually with each other, and nobody flipped their **** because "U DIDN'T REED THE GIDE U SCRUB! GTFO!" I love explaining fights to players, because I realized very early on something that so many elitists have ignored: You create the community you play with.

You did not do end game fights with random people. You also didn't have random people teaching you those fights.

All that was handled in your guild/linkshell or whatever the game of choice was.

So what is the rush? I understand not wanting to lose but once you are fully maxed geared will you leave the game voiding your hard work for virtual items or bum around till new content?

Let's say it like this. Someone ends up 3 or 4 times a day in an instance where he would have to teach someone. That is 15-20min in one day. Now multiply that with 365. That is a lot of time that could have been saved if those people instead did that themself.

[Mysteltain]

You did not do end game fights with random people. You also didn't have random people teaching you those fights.

All that was handled in your guild/linkshell or whatever the game of choice was.

I appreciate the massive assumptions. It really shows just what kind of person you are, as well as how wrong you are. I've done the majority of end-game content with random people before ever running with my FC/guild, I've been taught everything from Garuda EX to T4 by random people, and will usually only run with FC/guild members when they set a day/evening aside for it. I return these favors (because that is what they are) by teaching other new people these fights.

Let's say it like this. Someone ends up 3 or 4 times a day in an instance where he would have to teach someone. That is 15-20min in one day. Now multiply that with 365. That is a lot of time that could have been saved if those people instead did that themself.

I also appreciate the massive over-exaggeration here. I'd be curious to know why someone played every day of the year doing the exact same thing every day--or something comparable to it--without changing their routine.