I'm calling it the Epidemic. (This is a rant, if you dont wanna hear it, don't click)

[Crysten]

The only epidemic is the playerbase defending the MNK in Sohm HM with an Antiquated i170 and the WHM with crafting gear in Haukke NM healing through Cleric Stance.

This. This. This. This. This.

I've slowly but surely come to the realization that the people who defend bad play and promote mediocrity like it was some kind of academy award are just as bad, if not worse, than a terrible player.

Terrible players will continue to fester in the DF for as long as the community enables the behaviour. For every Willy White Knight that tells me to lay off the DRG wearing iLvl38 VIT accessories in a Level 60 duty, the BRD that lost his voice, and the WHM with a terrible case of the Sylphies, that's yet another duty these players have completed on the backs of everyone else and another step to endgame they're woefully unprepared for.

Human nature dictates that we will always take the path of least resistance. If given the choice, any bane of a good player's existence will pick "queue up for the thing" vs "Hrm, I should probably see how I can improve myself."

That is why my mentor crown is in the bin, and I leave any duty with deadweight players on sight. I personally refuse to be an enabler for the behaviour anymore.

If you want to be the person to coddle these kinds of players, then good for you, but then you have no right to moan when those players are shitting up your Zurvan/Savage Party Finder runs.

[Skyrior]

This. This. This. This. This.

I've slowly but surely come to the realization that the people who defend bad play and promote mediocrity like it was some kind of academy award are just as bad, if not worse, than a terrible player.

You're assuming the enablers even care or run savage content lol