Quote Originally Posted by Outfoxed View Post
0.0012% damage increases
Of course. I do it for three reasons.

1) Hobby (sad, I know but yolo)
2) To ensure there's a gap between myself and other able players, so outsiders can differentiate ourselves from the good and bad players.
3) Dragoon #1 DPS or bounce outta here.

One thing I don't do is belittle other players or resort to troll-baiting, especially players who are trying their hardest or are willing to learn... With the exception of troll-posts or absolutely dumb posts.

The thing is, I agree there needs to be a platform or at least something community based so people known who is who, but that's already there. A lot of players actual skill level is shown in raids. There's players who, no matter how hard they try, don't have the skill capacity to reach numbers "elite players" can reach. It doesn't take 1 hour. 2 hours. It could take weeks for average players to reach levels you're capable of achieving. Why is it I can parse 1k on a fight, but other players struggle to break 800 on the same encounter? Player skill.

You mention all of these little tricks to excel your DPS for "1-2 DPS more". Yes, that's what a top player does. He/she wants those little bits of DPS. He/she wants that DPS milestone to flaunt their e-peen and other players gaze upon his/her amazing 1337 skills.

And here's another thing. Just because it's easy for me, you, thendiel, auirily, sunny, krietor, Aikaal, sleigh, hack, Ricky, odowla, pands and many, many more amazing players in our respective communities to pick up and learn boss fights, rotation tips to be an effective player in raids in any given situation, this does not apply to the community as a whole. Majority of the players you see post in these forums ARE the elite players. The parses and posts you see here ARE high and very little variation between them all, because a majority of the best players flock to these forums.

Just because the average height is 5ft 10 and you're 6ft3 doesn't automatically invalidate this fact that the global average is lower than your height.

And besides. This thread and that Reddit post are ebola as there's toxic posts all over the place.