Quote Originally Posted by Valic View Post
See, there's a difference between elitists and hardcore players who understand it takes a good level of competence and optimization to do savage content... and just doing the BARE MINIMUM of your job that you should have known for 70 levels now.



This for example.... should not be a thing. You shouldn't be allowed in an expert roulette with gear that isn't 80. You shouldn't NOT know by now that you've had aoe skills for 70 levels now and use them in every single dungeon to clear trash mobs and mass packs of enemies. But, because there's no content in the MSQ that forced the player to go "oh, I can't do this, I'm too weak, maybe I need better gear" or "well, I'm not able to kill these for some reason because they keep respawning, maybe I can kill them all at once?"... or ANYTHING that requires a player to think. This is what we're subjected to. I'm sorry but no, it's not okay that at this level and this far into the game after this many dungeons/instances a player is allowed to be a complete idiot and be rewarded for it. This could be said that just the player's fault here.... and it is. But SE isn't helping by making content more and more "casual friendly" and giving people all this room to just stomp on everything with less than bare minimum. PF or duty roulette, you'll find people that are this bad and they're allowed to be and again... REWARDED for it. Imagine doing a normal trial roulette (one without a platform you can fall off of) and dying every single time to anything, you don't do dps, you waste the healer's mana in ressing you, and its all because you either A. didn't bother to put on armor because somehow you can get away with doing this... or B. decided "eh, I don't care, if I die, I die, it's just another roulette. I'm sure everyone else will handle this just fine".

Trying to learn and still dying, fine, you're giving effort and power to you if you actually chat and ask how to not die to a mechanic. But purposefully not trying to utilize your tools given to you by the job you picked? You're hindering everyone's time and progress doing that.
You really didn't address anything I said. I understand the gear requirements and that people should have the right level gear for certain dungeons, so I will agree with you on that. However, people retain information differently (I can't retain it at all) and people learn differently. Also, as I said this is a GAME and your frustration while warranted, is not accounted for in this game's design. People have right to be great just as they have every right to be awful and not care. While this can truly be a bone of contention for players who want to swiftly clear content and move along, it is just part of playing an MMO.

Thankfully, despite my issues remembering dungeons and mechanics I am at least completely geared and augmented, so I am not a complete failure in life.