On the lack of humanity in our community.

[Ashkendor]

I contributed to the gilbuying problem in our game until I realized it, and eventually stopped answering calls for sell runs.

This in particular bothers me when people say it this way. Sell runs don't contribute to gil buying any more than crafted items and housing do. Don't get me wrong, I like teaching content. The thing is, some people don't want to learn it. They just want to get through it for the title, the pony, whatever, and they'll pay to have you kill things for them while they eat wall and tab out to watch anime. There's nothing wrong with either way of going about it.

As far as your main, if you enjoy AST then play it. If it's truly underperforming as compared to the other two healers (which I believe it is) we should see some adjustments soon. Don't completely write off endgame raiding because of what happened. Remember that right now we're very much undergeared for the content, so yes people are going to be very picky about what classes they take. As time goes on, people will gear up more and it'll create a little more wiggle room in party composition. Just stick with what you like. It's a game. You're supposed to enjoy it.

In any case, I agree with wanting to remind people that there's a person behind every character you run into and they should be treated accordingly. There's assholes everywhere, sure, but there's good people there too.