Something need to be done about BAD DPS.

[elemental10]

It would be good to find out how I do. I main tanks and healers so as a DPS, I tend to suck. I go with the usualy weaving oGCD between GCD stuffs because that's the rule of the game but when it comes to "optimal" rotation, I just can't do it because I tend to forget about it and roll with whatever I have at the time.

I have no comment on parsers but jerks will always be jerks with or without it. Parsers just give them another excuse to be one.

It's a game with a myriad of kinds of people. There's bounds to be people that doesn't play the game as you do and you have to respect that. If he pulls the team down or make mistakes that costs the group, tell him that and if he doesn't step it up, kick him. He'll learn what he did wrong or not, but at least he's out of your life.

I've seen many DPS who straight up refuse to play the job efficiently because they refuse to take advice from other people. They are nice people but when I say "Can you please at least Flare once in a while? We need very big aoe." and they flip their s**t. It's what people do. They mistake every criticism as an insult and tunnel their ideas into this one big sentence: "I am the Best."

[rzr22]

Get rid of console players. They drag the game's design down anyways. We can't even have TP meters because this game has to be developed to run on toasters.

[elemental10]

Get rid of console players. They drag the game's design down anyways. We can't even have TP meters because this game has to be developed to run on toasters.

[Krr]

Get rid of console players. They drag the game's design down anyways. We can't even have TP meters because this game has to be developed to run on toasters.

[Krr]

realtalk tho here's your fix to bad dps:

-help them understand how to improve
-kick them or leave if they're buttheads about it or very obviously not trying
-stop pugging and go outside or something. meet some friends. talk about women's undergarments in idyllshire. i'm sure you'll find capable players to party with that way

[Kathryn]

Get rid of console players. They drag the game's design down anyways. We can't even have TP meters because this game has to be developed to run on toasters.

That's complete and utter bull, Console players usually work harder and are sometimes better than PC players & I use both.

[sucht]

only a parser that would be tied to dummy would be a nice especially if it would show average DPS for each job.
There even could be a quest when your job master would send you to a dummy and you would have to reach a certain number to finish that quest. He could give you a few advices how to reach that DPS.

Of course the quest wont say don't come back untill you do 800 DPS. It could be - fight the dummy until it is nearly broken.

to make something like that with your Master/Sensei/Trainer would be best, maybe even within a solo Dungeon your Master/Sensei/Trainer send you to, that is basically a "base" DPS check(depending on the DPS role you play) and could be made right before you "Unlock" the "Hard mode/Savage Mode" thing or something like that.
and the same should also be made for all other Jobs and Classes(Tanking and Healing)

just my 2cents, i don't know.

[MeiUshu]

their ideas into this one big sentence: "I am the Best."

this sentence applies to anyone on both sides of the fence....

Mei

[Kat_Manx]

I run into bad tanks and bad healers far more often than I run into bad DPS.

Not only are they unable to play their job properly, they are constantly whining and blaming someone else. Surprisingly, if they actually leave the party instead of spending 30 minutes standing still inside the dungeon yapping about how much everyone else sucks, once they get replaced by someone else, we usually win.

I'd rather play with a bad DPS than an holier-than-thou tank.

[Darkstride]

There really needs to be some sort of in-game guide on how to play your class atleast somewhat competently, perhaps tied in with the job quests. It is incredibly frustrating how regularly you meet DPS who cannot even out-dps a PALADIN IN SHIELD OATH.

I don't think bad players are exclusively DPS. I see plenty of bad tanks who can't (or don't bother to) hold aggro. I see plenty of healers that I have to raise (as a SMN) because they don't dodge stuff.