Why do so many people FAIL at dps.

[Craiger]

The game not telling you how to play your job, or how well you're doing, is a pretty bad excuse for some players... Sure, I can understand not everyone will get maximum DPS because of that, but at least decent DPS shouldn't be too much to ask for.

Like everyone else, I was new to the game once too, and I did pretty bad in the beginning too, but at least I listened to people who tried to help, and by the time I got more serious in the game, I was doing pretty good DPS. It isn't really rocket science.

You can literally just use a couple of skills, and still do more DPS than most people in dungeons... simply by actually using skills.

Also, while FFXIV doesn't teach you very much of how to play your job, why is it so hard for players to just look for a guide? Back when I was new, and I didn't know what rotation I should use, I simply searched for it on internet, and found out... I felt like I was holding other players back, by not knowing how to play correctly. That feeling should occur for all players. If you want to figure it out by yourself, you better be good at it, otherwise just follow the ones that do the math and put time into it.

Maybe some of the cases in dungeons are just players being lazy... but so what? doesn't change the fact that they're doing bad, and while dungeons doesn't require much DPS at all, you should still put a decent amount of effort into it, since you're not alone in there, you have 3 other players there who most likely wants to get through it in a timely fashion.