Player skills, gears, mechanics and random thoughts.

[Kassiekane]

Yeah, it's called a skill cap.

IMO, this community would be a lot better if people stopped focusing more on the skill of an individual, than the skill of a group. Because it's a group effort to clear content. It doesn't matter how good of tank I am, I can't prevent anyone getting hit by plumes. Alas, all of this is goes right over the common player's head.

[RylaiBluecrow]

It doesn't matter how good of tank I am, I can't prevent anyone getting hit by plumes.

this everytime.

[Garlyle]

Because it's a group effort to clear content. It doesn't matter how good of tank I am, I can't prevent anyone getting hit by plumes. Alas, all of this is goes right over the common player's head.

No matter how good of a healer I am, I can only raise people so much. The most I can do is do my best to conserve MP and raise Piety, but there's a point at which it won't matter how good of a healer I may be, I just can't.

So yeah. Similar thing.

[kyuven]

Yeah, it's called a skill cap.

IMO, this community would be a lot better if people stopped focusing more on the skill of an individual, than the skill of a group. Because it's a group effort to clear content. It doesn't matter how good of tank I am, I can't prevent anyone getting hit by plumes. Alas, all of this is goes right over the common player's head.

Preach.
Just because you have a bard, for example, doesn't mean you have license to go insane with your MP and TP.
My philosophy for content, especially difficult content, has always been than it's less getting the exact right people who are OMGSKILLZ in a group and going, it's more about getting people who can shut up and listen into the same dungeon at the same time consistently.
You don't win fights because your tank or healer are twitch gamers, you win because everyone was able to do their jobs together.
Which is why i get so exasperated at people saying content is "easy." Just because something is easy for you doesn't mean it's easy for everyone. And you matter less than the group's dynamics when it comes to doing group content.

[Crysten]

Yeah, it's called a skill cap.

IMO, this community would be a lot better if people stopped focusing more on the skill of an individual, than the skill of a group. Because it's a group effort to clear content. It doesn't matter how good of tank I am, I can't prevent anyone getting hit by plumes. Alas, all of this is goes right over the common player's head.

Exactly. The majority of fights in this game aren't as much a fight against a particular boss than they are the rest of your party.

Nothing infuriates me more than being in a Titan with a guy who fell off at 80% saying "gg, easy" at the end of it. Even more so if that guy is my co-healer.