Something need to be done about BAD DPS.

[BreathlessTao]

OP made quite a valuable suggestion and you come with what? Throwing around scripts and body ripping..
There is absolutely no way to improve some players except taking them by hand and showing them what to do, asking developers to do that is somehow ok, especially when they introduce mild dps checks that some people cannot pass.

Yes, I come with that, because I'm fed up with all these threads whining about bad DPS.

On one hand, there's more than enough teaching in the game - all people need to do is actually read and practice. Quest and item descriptions, conversations, tooltips: everything is there. Low level dungeons, and especially guildhests: everything is there. And yes, there is a lot to learn in guildhests, actually, with much less time to invest and much less risk than in dungeons - of course that would require not charging blindly and listening to what the NPC is saying...something 4 out of every 5 new people don't do, because oh well just charge in and beat things up. People choosing to overlook those as "trivial" or "unimportant" or "who cares" - that can't be helped. People not wanting to actually learn - that can't helped. People choosing to burn through FATEs to level up and not bother with anything else until they get to "endgame" - that can't be helped.

On the other hand, I've had just about enough of different DPS classes cursing each other out. Different DPS that might not even actually know/play another job, just simply dissing whoever's playing it for not doing enough damage. Like, go play that job if you know it so well, and do better damage if it hurts you so much. I've also had just about enough of tanks thinking they're DPS and failing not only even noticing changes (more enemies showing up, de/buffs applied, etc) but also to hold aggro to the point where enemies are ripped off them left, right, and center, without even making much of an effort - and then of course it's the DPS being blamed again for "not being able to dodge", even though that isn't even the problem. I've also had just about enough of healers DPSing more than they heal, so much so that health bars drop so fast you blink once and everyone's dead.

I'm fed up with all this crying for parsers, as if DPS is the key to everything - because everyone's too lazy to do mechanics, so it's easier to think that everything can just be burnt away without giving a damn about any of details. Newsflash: that's not the case. Because that guy that's not doing as much damage as you, or even as much as another DPS, might actually be doing mechanics and helping the party to avoid a wipe, y'know. (Typical example: off-tanks and melee DPS in A4 with tunnel vision, only focused on hitting the legs/boss, and not even noticing balls or dolls or lasers.) That guy that's not doing as much damage as you, or even as much as another DPS, might actually having issues with their connection, the jerkiness resulting in stop-motion, bad input lag, higher latency, what have you - it is all too common, sadly, and has especially been common since HW. That guy that's not doing as much damage as you, or even as much as another DPS, might actually be dodging more AoE, giving healers less of a headache about whom to heal, not to mention resurrect.

And yes, things like Bismarck Extreme with its arbitrary and apparently very high DPS check are bad. The fact that they can't even be attempted solo in the DF makes them even worse - especially considering the other fact that PFs are never about practice/learning, only about clear or farm. And even the clear parties turn out to be abysmal, of course, because everyone only expects a clear, not wipe after wipe, so about three tries, all of them vote abandon and then disband. And farm parties with the "no law bonus" condition I'm sure discourage even more people to even try. I've been in one PF party that actually was advertised as practice, and did practice too - we went on for about 50 minutes, never getting the clear, but doing a lot of practice and getting closer and closer. You can read all the guides and watch all the videos, but it's not the same as actually being in there and trying to do the thing - not to mention the fact that someone might be doing perfectly, but that doesn't amount to much when the 7 others barely know what to do yet. Because, y'know, nobody's doing practice, only clears and farms. Because it's easier to cry about bad DPS than actually creating the opportunity for people to learn.

I know there are bad DPS out there, but DPS is not the alpha and omega of everything. It's usually one actual bad one in any party, if any at all, and it's not even noticeable because the content can still be done if the others are actually good (with exceptions ofc, but still). And whoever's bad, trust me, they know. (If they just don't care, that's different thing, and as pointed out, can't be helped, no matter what.) In any case, lower your expectations when in a random party. In a static, or even a tight-knit FC: sure, you know each other, you do pretty much everything together, you can work together, you're familiar with what everyone can do. Random parties are different. You'll never be grouped with 7 other people who know and can do everything as perfectly as you.

So just - stop this whining about DPS already. It's bloody annoying. Bloody annoying to see thread after thread after thread popping up about this. Trust me, I could create threads about dumb tanks and awful healers as well, and I'm quite sure I'm not the only one. Yet you don't see those festering on p1 on a pretty much daily basis.