Why I Decided to Become an Elitist

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I had my first moment today where I truly stopped and called myself an elitist.

I was running Thousand maws of totorak as a WAR. I queued in with a BLM, a THM, and a WHM, the two job classes being level synced. I main heals normally, but am working up the tank for my static. So, I thought to myself, "okay, I can run this on the fast side, and we should be fine. That level heals, has the ability to handle it." so, I let the party know my intentions, then start running off and collecting two to three groups at once. when I do so, I see the WHM sitting there, healing only once every 7-10seconds, and just sitting afk otherwise. I have to pop my cooldowns (Really?), and then on top of that, I get killed. I went off on the whm, telling him to git gud or get out, and essentially just destroyed him on playing his class wrong. he cried and left, and then I realized that I was being an elitist prick, and felt bad. the next healer came, a conjurer, so I slowed down a bit and we cleared it fine.

Figured I would share my story. Even the nicer people can sometimes become elitists, when they see someone isn't playing the class that they main right.

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Yeah, I felt actually pretty bad at the end of it. Although I didn't use the exact "git gud" phrasing, I did tell him that "Dude, my dog could heal better than you. learn to play your class, or find a different game." I was having a bad day.

So, to that person whose feelings I hurt, if you see this, I'm very sorry! If it helps, I don't actually own a dog, so you actually heal at least marginally better than he/she does!