Things to think about before you call someone "Bad"

[Nestama]

To be completely fair, sometimes when one is sick a distraction is more useful than rest. And if that means underperforming then I personally will stay out of higher end content. Normal raids and various roulettes are typically fine though. I can't speak for everyone though, this is just how I've gone about it before. Again, sometimes a distraction is the best medicine.

I guess the only real 'sicknesses' I get (every so often) are headaches, which playing a game (or staring at a screen at all) doesn't help at all. So lying in bed is the best option here (after taking Panadol or whatever). Might do the same with a cold, since that's annoying and I want it gone ASAP.

Guess it really depends on what kind of "sick" you have. If you're well enough to play games, then whatever illness you have probably won't impede your playstyle too much (unless you have to wipe your nose and refuse to make nose-horns with your tissues). If you're sick to a point where you should be resting, well... stop playing FFXIV and go to bed. You're only making things hard on yourself.

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Sometimes you have to inform a player they're doing something wrong, otherwise they'll never know they're doing something wrong. About a week ago, I was in a Suzaku EX party with a SAM who wasn't doing their positionals. Someone advised they should try to do this since they would get more Kenki and the SAM went "oh I didn't know! Thank you!"

Only time giving advice would ever slow a run down is if the bad player doesn't take it, since at that point you've wasted your own time (and others) talking to a brick wall. If a player does take advice, the run can potentially speed up and go smoothly. Toxic players, to me, are those who try to make a player feel like trash (not giving advice, or what they could do differently. Just telling them they're bad).