Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
Well, the solution is simple: don't listen to these people. And if you were about to join an average random group or static and they refuse you because of your job, then you dodged a bullet, because these players were probably terrible.
I really wish it was that easy. I really do.

I was busy with RL towards the end of heavensward so I missed the brunt of it there, but not so with stormblood. It's really not pleasant. There's plenty of people are that civil about it, but... they're pretty clear about wanting an ast (even if they might take you because they can't find one). And yes, there are bad players that adhere to the meta without understanding it - but a lot of very skilled players do it too. To them, you're still the difference between that 94th percentile and 99th percentile they've been hungering for.