Mentor Players Kicking newer players from Duty Ques for low DPS

[Alex_LoneWolf]

After skimming through a lot of these posts, I really must admit that both sides have some pros and cons to their points. But I don't think that the kick (if it was started by a mentor) was justified.

Gear: I dungeon grind a lot for gear, have been for quite a while. If the OP bought tank gear, could be on accident. I've messed up and bought the wrong gear before, even for my Summoner.

What to run/average iLv.: The debate on requirments to get into instances aside, I don’t think it shouldn’t matter what you run as long as you can meet the requirements and try. I usually do daily roulettes, then a few dungeons each day so that I can get some tomes. I don’t see why it should matter where they come from, as long as the person getting them is at least attempting to do something in the dungeon.

Cross-class skills: Trust be told, as a Summoner, I didn't have Raging Strikes for some time and I still don't have Quelling Strikes. Yes, the skills do help in dungeons, so I wouldn't ignore them, but I've never gotten kicked cause I didn't have cross-class skills. I do some pretty decent damage and should invest in Quelling Strikes, but haven’t yet.

The terms “Casual”, “Elietest”, etc: Usually these are terms I stay away from. There are very few people that I call “casual” players and probably even less that I call “elitest”. To me, how much someone plays and how long they’ve been playing doesn’t matter in this conversation. They’re in there for the clear, so a mentor should be helping them learn or giving tips, tricks, and suggestions, else not trying to do the things a mentor would do.

I think Talya’s comment here reflects what I’ve heard from many mentors in my FC and what I would probably end up doing if I was a mentor:

As a mentor who mentors, when I load in one of the first things I do is look at other players' gear, especially those I didn't queue with. And let me tell you, sometimes my response is, out loud, "oh my god. Oh my gawwd." OP's gear isn't the worst I've seen. First week of Xelphatol my party had a BLM with the Bismarck weapon. Not the crafted one.

Though I've never initiated a vote kick against someone for pulls taking forever, I have loudly suffered (my poor partner and TS mates) through dungeons that can be cleared in 20 min taking 45-50 min instead.

I’m not attempting to ridicule the Mentors who are out there and who are trying to get through Lv. 60 content with what I’m saying, but as a caster DPS, I think DPS is just not something that should be a factor when clearing content with new people.