Pretending to dps in dungeons, is this a new fad?

[Cherie]

If you give them a pass for doign so, they'll keep doing it. That's why if I'm an instance, I'll probably be the first to point out if someone (dps, tank or healer) is slacking. If they want to justify it and continue doing so (espesically when it's something as trivial as keeping ninja poison or Fists of fire on, or just auto attacking with no weaponskills), you can have fun with waiting for a tank, healer, or a 40+ minute run if the DPS that's taking my spot has your exact mindset.

I'm not terribly good with words or confrontation. If you notice, I had to edit my opening post a couple times to make it make more logical sense... :/ Also, I guess I'm worried about hurting someone's feelings like, maybe there is some reason they think this is how to play? If someone was just outright trolling I'd say something or leave of course. Really the people that do this, atleast in small 4 person content like this, only are wasting their own time (well mine too I guess).

[RiceisNice]

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I doubt they'll get geninuely offended if you call someone for doing less than auto attacks. I mean honestly at level 60, you'd have to have a basic understanding of your job at this point. The only way you can't is if you absolutely did not read anything, which also won't get you far in life in general.

[LurkerREM]

The problem with reading on forums is misinformation. I lucked out on Dragoon as someone put up a priority system instead of a rotation, and that is wonderful when level sync neuters you and takes away key abilities instead of just weakening them.

[Odett]

The problem with reading on forums is misinformation. I lucked out on Dragoon as someone put up a priority system instead of a rotation, and that is wonderful when level sync neuters you and takes away key abilities instead of just weakening them.

A rotation is just an ideal way of handling your priority system. Every job has a priority system and you can correctly execute a good rotation when you understand why you're using the skills you're using, and why you're using them in the order you're using them. Blindly using a set of skills without knowing "why" is very foolish, so I definitely agree with you.

[Amantisa]

(...) Also, I guess I'm worried about hurting someone's feelings like, maybe there is some reason they think this is how to play?(...)

In Google's era if someone at 60 think auto-attack is the way to go they're just not giving a -fawk- that they're not valuing your time and prolly thinking you're a npc of some sorts. Why care?