The new raiding meta is making me want to quit.

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Cleric Stance is an excellent example of this. Yours truly simply *could not* learn to stance dance to save her life. If I'm not required to use CS, I kick ass as WHM.

I don't get it, how can you be a kick ass Whm if you can't read the fights well enough to know when there is downtime, kick ass Whm's know the rotation of the fight they are doing. There is always downtime and openings, CS doesn't have to be a 6 hit rotation either, it can literally be DoT or two, you don't even necessarily have to be in Cleric either e.g. using Stone 1 on an Add to slow it's movement down, Fluid Aura to knock an add in place. No one outside of your static should expect you to be dpsing in your downtime as it's really not needed outside of A3-4 progression. Personally I love dpsing as a healer, keeping my GCD moving throughout an encounter helps me keep track of the timing of my own abilities.

I don't get it why people want to do solo heal in a fight, where so much can happen. Especially in the phases after the spear, most mistakes will lead to a wipe if no second heal is available.

If the damage is that bad with 4 DPS players, they should begin to train for it or do content that match their skill level. The DPS checks in this fight are ways easier than faust in A1S.

Because it's fun, It's a challenge, it's not something I would do for sales but it's something I enjoy to try with friends.

It's the same as speed running games etc, no real point to it outside of personal enjoyment.

Just a random thought: Why will you aim to be TOP in your role? I mean, we are playing a game to have FUN, dont we?
There is no highscore, so why forcing savage to be one? If you like to compare your Skills maybe you should consider to play a FPS and not a RPG genre!

If you spend so much time practising and doing something you get enjoyment from progressing at it, people want to be the best they can be at the things they love and enjoy, I think most of us are well aware that we aren't going to be world first players, but that doesn't mean we don't get satisfaction from a perfect run or beating an old parse etc.