I got defensive(no pun intended) there and I apologize, to be honest I read posts like that on the forums and in the past they’ve made me feel like I’m a bad player and I should quit the game when I had to come to the realization that just because I don’t live up to everyone’s standards it doesn’t mean I’m a bad player and if my friends and most random period in meet in DF think I’m doing good I might not be the best but at least I’m alright and I can live without instead of falling prey to paralyzing anxiety. I have a disability that effects of focus and hand/eye coordination and I try my best to pop a cool down for tank busters(even try to time with a clemency so the healer doesn’t have to do anything but sometimes I loose focus and the defense from the stance does help in those moments. I don’t even have time to see if other people are “bad” I’m struggling enough my self, I even turned on the option to hide others dots just so I’m able to see my own Gorging Blade timer and make sure it stays up. I know I’m not the best, and not even good by most standards here, but I know I’m not bad, but I’m trying my best with what feels right to me and that’s what counts, I’m not in your savage runs getting you closer to enrage timers and I don’t want to be.

That being said while I don’t need to prove myself to anyone, I have cleared every Stormblood ex, it was hard because of my disability but a friend helped me with callouts and we got the clears, I know that’s meaningless to a lot but to me it was important.