Quote Originally Posted by KaldeaSahaline View Post
How about this - do you think it's ok to be active approx. 30% of a dungeon? Is that fair to other party members who may be trying harder?
I've been in many runs where not everyone does the same damage. Some people might have worse equip, some might be practicing a new class, some might just be having a bad day. And it's never mattered; the run is always completed all the same. Luckily, even if many people seem obsessed with numbers and stats, this game has never put much weight on competing to see who is doing the best damage, or in making people feel like rubbish if they don't meet whatever the community's new standard is. There are some DPS checks, sure, but they tend to be passed even if not everyone does super shiny damage.

I'm talking about normal content, however. I understand that Savage/Extreme content is more for competitive players, so I guess I wouldn't complain if parses were allowed there. But I'm personally happy that such a system isn't implemented for everything else, as I don't want to be dragged into that kind of competition and pressure. I'm sure I'm not the only one who simply wants to enjoy the content and have fun.

And just for the record, I always try to do my best when I DPS.