"This is my playstyle" is a poor argument for being bad.

[KingOfAbyss]

We felt terrible about it... really happy we didn't say anything to him. I was tanking and my wife was the other healer so we knew the issue was with him on the run. My wife nearly cried when she found out she was upset with someone doing poorly when they had an actual excuse.

If you look around on youtube you can find videos of people who have some serious physical limitations that still manage to play games at a decent level.

That's the thing: we don't know who's actually behind the Character. Some might play this game just so it's the only thing in life they have left to enjoy..

Yet people with a short fuse will harm them in ways worse than actual real-life conversation..

It's a me-me-me life nowadays, so 80% of peeps just don't care, we need to git gud or to play another game. Really? That irks me you have no idea.

[Avidria]

How in the heck is 1000 dps on a bard bad?

Am I missing something here? ._.

[FeliAiko]

How in the heck is 1000 dps on a bard bad?

Am I missing something here? ._.

"I'm looking at you undergeared, DPS stanced tanks who think they can hold aggro using taunt, Ice Mages, and 1000 DPS/second BRDs."

Not 1000 DPS, but 1000 DPS per second. OP was just making a Reddit joke reference, based on a BRD who wouldn't play Foes because "[I] lose 50% DPS when I do 1000DPS per second without it" or something stupid.

[Luciano_Bozzelli]

Well you sucks, I play my BLM better.
*ice - ice - flare - mega ice - enochian - giga ice - ice*

LMAO 10 char.........

[TouchandFeel]

If you look around on youtube you can find videos of people who have some serious physical limitations that still manage to play games at a decent level.

There is a member in my FC that is nearly fully paralyed, Multiple Sclerosis I believe but I'm not sure, that has had to adapt to be able to play this and other games. They have downed AS3 and are part of a "hardcore" raiding static. They never let their physical situation hold them back and instead just saw it as something to work around or overcome.

In my experience, people with actual handicaps IRL tend to be very dedicated and strive to not make excuses for themselves as they don't want to have that one aspect of them define their entire being. Such an attitude is worthy of respect and I wish more people in general would be as proactive and positively focused.

[Avidria]

"I'm looking at you undergeared, DPS stanced tanks who think they can hold aggro using taunt, Ice Mages, and 1000 DPS/second BRDs."

Not 1000 DPS, but 1000 DPS per second. OP was just making a Reddit joke reference, based on a BRD who wouldn't play Foes because "[I] lose 50% DPS when I do 1000DPS per second without it" or something stupid.

Ah ok. Thought the phrasing was odd but didn't get the reference. Thanks, heh.

[Nadirah]

Had 2 bards yesterday in nevereap and none of them wanted to use wanderer's minuet. But they sure as hell used foe requiem on every monsters they could see even though we did not have any magical dpsers. I mean, I understand WM isn't their favorite skill right now, but a 50 minutes run in nevereap is never a good thing.

So yeah, I agree with op.

I use Foe Requiem for my DPSing healer.

Except I use minuet.

[Nadirah]

In my experience, people with actual handicaps IRL tend to be very dedicated and strive to not make excuses for themselves as they don't want to have that one aspect of them define their entire being. Such an attitude is worthy of respect and I wish more people in general would be as proactive and positively focused.

I'm severely visually impaired with hand/wrist issues that flare up at bad times.

Normally I use addons for audio cues and decluttering the interface and making it easier to see *only* what I need to see, but I can't do that here, so I pretty much need someone to do major ability callouts or I'll just miss them.

I'm actually switching jobs(again) because I've been healing on SCH and despite best efforts, its just not going to happen. Too much attention to detail in too many places at once.

Learning your limits is key to dealing with disability. Can't heal on one job? Try another.

[RiceisNice]

That's the thing. Some players aren't even aware that they should be upgrading their gear and that they should look for specific stats. The game does poor job when it comes to teaching the players important knowledge.

Unless there is gear gate for instances these guys are not going to bother researching basics on their own...

There should be at least some kind of helpful reminder that you are doing something wrong... idk, something simple like a moogle following you around and mocking you in the chat till you fix the issue. Maybe even a lil bit annoying that starts cut scene interaction.

You get gear as you level from MSQ. Unless it's your secondary class (which gives even less of a reason to go into something undergearred because they should at least grasp that by now), there's absolutely no possible way to go into a level 44 dungeon with lvl 30 or lower gear.

[Nestama]

If I MET an ice mage, or a tank that couldn't hold their aggro, I'd probably just talk to them instead of,ranting on the forums about how individuality is a sham and we must all be and do the same in lockstep.

If i met a bard that did 1000dps, I'd proabably not notice. Sorry brds.

The 1000dps BRD thing is a Reddit in-joke of sorts (basically, a BRD claiming Foe's Requiem takes away DPS and then claiming they do 1000DPS, but not per second). I've also tried talking to "ice mages" and tanks incapable of holding agro... people rant about them here because they don't listen to given advice.