Why do so many people FAIL at dps.

[Kosmos992k]

*sigh* i give up, another uses those logs against me for speaking out. Unless i play perfectly they will only use those logs i have no voice and should not speak let alone, do.

The forums are not the most compassionate, constructive or respectful places, take heart and enjoy your game. Unfortunately, poor DPS will continue to happen as long as there are players of this game. Even if everyone typically played well, there would still be people who don't feel well, are tired, having a bad hair day, distracted, bored, drunk, etc... Broadly speaking I think most posters would agree that players should be held accountable, unfortunately they do not agree on the methods of dealing with that.

My sports team analogy was more in regards to casual teams that the average person would join, rather than professional games. I think even in those casual leagues, it's important to try your best. I agree that the effort one needs to apply does correlate with the difficulty of the content. That said, I think providing minimal effort (auto attacks, spamming 1 skill etc), is never acceptable.

I'd like to note that I never harass anyone for poor play, and simply get over with the dungeon and complain about them to my friends. I think it is ridiculous that people play like that though.

I understand and can agree, though I'd still like to hold out the example of a group of friends kicking a soccer ball around in the park, as the most casual form of a team sport that doesn't really require folks to be serious, because it is literally just for fun. A lot of content in FFXIV falls into that category imho.

Imagine if everyone just tried their best to perform and improve, have fun and treat everyone respectfully and compassionately. How diferent a world it would be.