Quote Originally Posted by Nixxe View Post
This may be true of some people, but I think it's a rather uncharitable and inaccurate interpretation generally. I strongly suspect that a lot of these players are simply new to MMORPGs and are coming from more traditional single-player RPGs and the like. Those games are generally a gigantic pass/fail system where you either win or you don't. You might be shown damage numbers for your abilities, but you typically won't have anything like DPS reported. There probably isn't much of anything in the game to help theorycraft stats or ability choices. The games themselves generally aren't terribly difficult and may very well have multiple difficulties. This means that you can kind of just do what you want and play your way, but it also means you probably have little to no idea how much of a difference it makes to play one way versus another. After all, the only feedback the game gives you is if the boss dies or not. FFXIV and other MMORPGs borrow enough from those older games that they at least superficially resemble them, so players probably bring their same basic approach with them into the game, where they're going to stick with it until they have their eyes opened.
Oh yeah. I mention that in my post. Players who are actively attempting to get better and adjust and learn from their mistakes are, imo, not bad players. Being new has never been an excuse in my eyes as to playing extremely poorly. We all started this game with varying amounts of knowledge, but of no actual experience playing FFXIV and many of us have improved. If a player is new, and you mention they should do something or x is better than y and they straight ignore it or argue with you then they are a bad player, if they respond and/or ask questions and want to learn the game then they are a good player.

Some people may say they are bad, but if you suggest to them something or give them tips and the response and improve then they are not a "bad" player.

This is all my opinion btw.