Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
/applause

Honestly I think OP is just on a trip to indirectly praise themselves. It's pretty awful they view anyone underperforming as a leecher.

We don't know these strangers we're grouped up with. They might not have played that class in a long time, they might not have done that instance in a long while, they might be tired after a long day, they might be having a bad day, they might be disabled so it limits what they can do, or that performance that you think isn't great could actually be their best. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt. During my time in mmos I have personally known some bad players and among all of them only ONE was intentionally leeching. The rest lacked knowledge, experience or had a low skill ceiling. The first two can be fixed, but the last one...well not everyone is fortunate enough to have a natural ability for this sort of game. Personally in DF I'm happy as long as no one's performance is causing trouble that forces someone to work much harder, and as we know in DF the game doesn't require greatness for success. I reserve my higher expectations for ex and savage because that content demands it. In normal mode my expectations are not high because they don't need to be.

Some people here need to adjust their expectations and stop assuming the worst possible scenario for anyone not playing well. And for those who cannot well you can make a premade group. It's not as if the tools aren't there for you to get the experience you want.
I've not once praised myself in this thread. Like I said several pages ago, I am average at best amongst my peers. It is objective fact that if you are not contributing to the best of your ability you are leeching. While there are valid excuses for this, they are absurdly rare. The majority of the time it is pure laziness. That's what boggles my mind, it is absurdly easy to be decent at this game yet a large portion actively chose not to be. Furthermore, I refuse to accept "DF is just bad, just deal with it" as the status quo.