Quote Originally Posted by Yuyuka3 View Post
"Oh, if they don't want you because you got nothing to offer to them, don't worry, you dodged a bullet! Just search a group that doesn't care at all, even if they are horrible."

Right.
If that group thinks that they wouldn't be able to get a clear (or that it'd affect their clear rate) without your very tiny raid DPS increase, then yes, good riddance.

Edit: Oh, and, WHM has a ton of things to offer. Raid DPS utility is simply not one of them. And it doesn't matter.

Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
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.
Let me get this straight. The world first group in UwU had a DRK, a WHM and a MNK. No AST, no DRG for their bard, no Warrior. So when the best players in the world don't even care about the meta, anyone who does (outside of the speedkill community) is someone you don't want to play with. Because these people simply don't understand how this game works, and simply go with whatever people told them, without an ounce of critical thinking.

If you, and everyone would stop caring about these people, FFXIV would be a better game to play. Unfortunatly, by making this thread, you show that these people who dictate things that are completly irrelevant even to them are still in the front of the scene. It should be time we turn of their spotlight.