Quote Originally Posted by Lumivyory View Post
Oh, I'm not speaking about the obvious bad performance issues that usually come from newbies or just people that don't know what they're doing. I'm speaking of people that are doing fine but not "good enough" in some people's eyes.
In most instances, you won’t see people even mention underperformance. Most don’t care to bring it up—instances I’ve seen brought up are usually ones that are fairly deserving of being called out (e.g., AFKing in Alliance Raid Roulette when it’s any of the Crystal Tower raids; DPS not AOEing when they really should be; a healer being basically AFK—rarely are they called out for not dealing damage, despite the consensus of the community that healers should always DPS when they aren’t having to heal). The only times where you will see underperformance really brought up is generally in scenarios where it matters when a person isn’t pulling their own weight (Party Finder for EX/Savage/Ultimate). And even then, I don’t see it brought up with this overwhelming amount of toxicity a lot of people insinuate happens. Does it happen on occasion? Yes. I’m not saying it never happens. But it’s not nearly as prevalent as some would make it seem.

My favorite part is when the majority rushes forward and I'm the tank/healer that is not prepared neither mentally nor gear wise for a giant pull and then we wipe.
Well, I was already avoiding Expert/8-man raids/Savage and now I know I should keep avoiding them. Though it's starting to feel like no content is casual anymore.
If you are uncomfortable with larger pulls, say something. You can’t expect the group to know right off the bat that you aren’t confident in larger pulls as a tank or a healer. If you did say something and they rush ahead, then perhaps you can have an argument for being mad about it. But if you’re silent and just expect them to know, well, they aren’t clairvoyant. Big pulls are generally the standard on NA/EU servers, and they are rarely threatening in most dungeons. Hence why groups automatically assume that’s how things will be done.

Plenty of content is plenty casual still. Most content in this game is causal—and said casual play can have higher or lower degrees depending on things like your Data Center. However, people wanting to be efficient with their time when it comes to things like capping or the like doesn’t mean that they aren’t still casual players.

If you want to relax and take your time—and don’t want to deal with randoms in DF raining on your parade—form your own groups dedicated to that. This game has multiple platforms for that (FCs, PFs, Fellowships, Linkshells, etc.). Or just run with friends and goof off—I used to spend most of my time just running with friends and memeing in leveling dungeons. Less so now because we’re all on different work schedules, but that’s how I played for a very long time.

Majority rules in DF. In a game where you are playing with other people and not computers, that will always be the case. Go with it, or branch off and have your own parties that are designed to do things the way you prefer them be done. The same goes for people who want to “speedrun” Experts (which has always been a thing—it’s not a new concept and has been around since ARR). If they don’t want to deal with potentially getting 3 people in DF who want to take the scenic routes, they can form their own groups. It’s truly not that hard to do, and it will save you a lot of grief in the long run.