Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
Being able to clear solo duties shows that you yourself are able to meaningfully contribute. I’m not directing this directly at your friend but just in general this game hides how poorly people perform. If you are playing a WHM and kinda just face rolling your keyboard and the WAR is doing 90% of their own self healing you can feel like you are “contributing” when really you are just kinda there. Same as if they were a DPS. How are they aware they are meaningfully contributing? It’s very easy to feel like you are doing your rotation semi correctly only to be told that you are being out DPS’ed by the healer.

If you feel like you are meaningfully contributing in a group setting but are getting walled by solo duties there is a good chance the game is simply hiding your lack of contribution. There needs to be checks every now and then that YOU are reaching the adequate competence level, not that collective group is
I mean, I sort of agree with you, but: 1. who determines that minimum level of competence; 2. does it matter provided that MSQ group content can be completed with NPCs? (Like you can make a case for content being gated when playing with other players.)

I'm really disturbed by the idea that people can play this game for years, get invested (both emotionally and financially) in their character, the story, and communal activities with their friends, then this huge hand comes down a la Monty Python and a voice booms: "Thou Shalt Not Pass."