How has your mindset changed with regards to other players since your started the ga?

[Dogempire]

I don't really expect anyone except me, the people I know, and people with ultimate titles to be competent really.

The only person whose performance is consistent across all my random groups is me, so I just focus on being as competent as possible so even if there's a few baddies I can carry if needed.

[Mansion]

people with ultimate titles to be competent really.

That's not even a guarantee. You can be an ultimate-clearing DPS and be a terrible healer in a dungeon, or have no clue how to play any other job. I've seen this a lot so I don't have "higher" expectations towards anyone really. And people can have their own reasons for being bad on a specific day or whatever. That's an MMO, you have to show some flexibility on your own side, otherwise you are poisoning yourself if you expect anything from anyone you don't know.

I must admit, I've never had as bad experiences as I see people tell here on the forums. Maybe I don't notice because I don't really care... In most DF content I play as a healer so I don't see notably bad healers (unless I see a pre-pull medica II, that's a clear no-no sign).
I don't use PF anymore, but the last times I did, I was with nice players, quite competent too. I've never seen people actively harrassing people in chat, I've never noticed evil undermining players. I've been around for almost 5 years now.
But I do agree that I see people that are just bad, and it's a bit annoying when you are max level to see people with blatant issues with chore game / job mechanics when you're supposed to have 80 levels worth of experience in the game.