Players Who Don't pull their weight.

[BorisDaBlade]

TLDR thread.
Let's play out this scenario...... I main smn. I love it, but I wanna try something else for a change. So I level a blm. After a bit of a grind I finally hit 60 and lo and behold, I can use the same gear as my smn. BOOM! Insta i220. Wait, what the hell is fire 4?!?! I can't keep eno up anymore because my rotation changed. Because I'm learning, does that mean I'm not pulling my weight for the week or two it'll take to learn the new rotation? Do I deserve to be harassed because the only place I can learn my new rotation is in ex level content?
Give players a chance.

[Chiramu]

TLDR thread.
Let's play out this scenario...... I main smn. I love it, but I wanna try something else for a change. So I level a blm. After a bit of a grind I finally hit 60 and lo and behold, I can use the same gear as my smn. BOOM! Insta i220. Wait, what the hell is fire 4?!?! I can't keep eno up anymore because my rotation changed. Because I'm learning, does that mean I'm not pulling my weight for the week or two it'll take to learn the new rotation? Do I deserve to be harassed because the only place I can learn my new rotation is in ex level content?
Give players a chance.

There is a training area you can practice rotations on in Dravanian Hinterlands. You shouldn't need to head straight into EX content on a new level 60 without knowing your rotations.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

TLDR thread.
Let's play out this scenario...... I main smn. I love it, but I wanna try something else for a change. So I level a blm. After a bit of a grind I finally hit 60 and lo and behold, I can use the same gear as my smn. BOOM! Insta i220. Wait, what the hell is fire 4?!?! I can't keep eno up anymore because my rotation changed. Because I'm learning, does that mean I'm not pulling my weight for the week or two it'll take to learn the new rotation? Do I deserve to be harassed because the only place I can learn my new rotation is in ex level content?
Give players a chance.

You can practice your rotation on a dummy or with friends. I fate grinded DRG from 30 to 51 in a day and immediately was looking through youtube, reddit and here for the best rotation I could use along the way. I even went ahead and adapted a 60s rotation at that time just to help myself weave in the new abilities as they came since I already knew where they would fit. Basically, with a little effort, you can learn how to play your job without too much difficulty. Nevertheless, it's quite easy to tell people who are inexperienced but trying from those simply being lazy. Inexperienced healers, for instance, may slightly overheal or change to and from Cleric Stance rapidly because they're not yet comfortable. Lazy healers either won't touch Cleric Stance at all or simply stand around doing nothing when there isn't any damage to heal.

You'll find players far more tolerant if they notice you're trying.

[RiceisNice]

TLDR thread.
Let's play out this scenario...... I main smn. I love it, but I wanna try something else for a change. So I level a blm. After a bit of a grind I finally hit 60 and lo and behold, I can use the same gear as my smn. BOOM! Insta i220. Wait, what the hell is fire 4?!?! ....
Give players a chance.

Again, back to what I said about players being sensible on what to expect. At this point, you should at least know that enochian gives you a flat damage boost, and that you can refresh it with blizzard IV. Nevermind that you should at least know how Fire III and Blizzard III works on swapping your astral/umbral state.

Your train of thought does not excuse BLMs at level 60 that alternate between casting fire I and blizzard I to conserve mana, waiting on transpose to swap those states and only using III spells, straight up not using enochian at all, or being an ice mage.

There's playing optimally, learning, and just not giving a shite to your party. Out of those three, it's the last one that bugs me and it's very obvious when it's the case.