Quote Originally Posted by Gaethan_Tessula View Post
I do think about and critique my own performance. Here's an example: I often get lazy on hitting Lucid because WHM can nearly ignore MP management in a lot of fights, if they go well. Meaning when things go south, I can suddenly find too much spell left at the end of my mana. But being introspective doesn't make me ignorant to poor play from others.

It's a lot easier to get a big increase in results from improving a heavily suboptimal player than a decent or better player. For a more specific example, it's easier to get X000 more DPS from the player with a bad rotation or who only wants to heal, than it is for someone in the 75th percentile to squeeze that number out of further optimization.

Sometimes, in regards to specific tasks or knowledge sets, people are superior to others. Everyone has equal worth as a human being, but the value they bring to specific circumstances is variable.

There are a lot of bad things that can happen when this difference between specific value and intrinsic worth is forgotten, in both directions.
I see, well, it can't just end there. It will lead to a deeper discussion, what exactly makes one's playstyle superior? Sure, in some cases it will be rather obvious to tell (for example, I would say that Paladin A is a superior tank to Paladin B if they use their defensive CDs and Paladin B never does), but in others, not so much. Is it maximizing damage? Is it player comfort? Is it maximizing safety and mitigation? Do not just automatically say "hurr durr big deeps duh", it's not that simple. There's a lot more that goes into making a run enjoyable and comfortable than just killing stuff fast. The problem with just automatically assuming you're superior is that you're ignoring other possible options, it's "your way or the highway", essentially. And that is narcissistic behavior. Not saying I totally disagree with you, just wanted to give you something to think about.