Why do people avoid getting better at the game?

[kaynide]

Well here is like Haseo told Atoli in .hack GU I don't have time to look at the pretty things in a game I am here to get better and stronger. People who afk in Limsa or any other city just to sit there and BS all day should go play another game catered to them. I don't have time to carry a incompetent player who can't carry their weight in a fight to wipe everyone and not only waste my time but other's players time because you refuse to get better. If you have time to gossip and talk in a city you got time to get better. If I notice you mess up mechanics not once twice but multiple of times and been told how it happens and still refuse then you don't deserve to play. This isn't the game for you. Find something better that is suited for your skill level.

This is literally that game for them. To BS around and play casually. And screw up mechanics if need be. That’s why the ToS is as protective of newbies as it is. SE likes the casual crowd and the money they bring in.

You have other games you can go hardcore in and play to a high degree of skill. Diablo 4 has free beta weekend now. Path of Exile is also quite rewarding to high skill play, and has a built in ladder so you can waggle your epeen around, if it’s so important to be so good.

Play them on hardcore mode to your hearts content, where 1 mistake deletes your character entirely. It’s fun, if not stressful.

There is literally no point to being very very good or having BiS in this game outside of personal accomplishment because once you have it, there is no super secret ultra hard content requiring such gear.