Quote Originally Posted by Hitome View Post
No I haven't done anything.

Except sat in DF HM Titan pre 2.1 for hours upon hours helping new players to the fight. I didn't care what kind of gear they had, what prior experience they had, or anything else. I had no expectations: it was Titan HM in a DF group. Know how many fights I won prior to 2.1 in DF? Three. Three out of 108 fights.

Now, if the players in those 111 groups had taken the time to do their research ahead of time, come prepared to the fight with the appropriate food and gear, and asked for advice if they were new, I imagine the success rate would be higher than ~2.8%. Post 2.1, the success rate is perhaps 10-15% due to the mandatory ilevel. This is basically saying, "OK guys: this is the minimum level of gear you should have before entering this. If you're very good at this game, this is all you will ever need."

What it is also saying is, "If you wipe consistently with this ilevel, you probably shouldn't be here and should be gearing up."

Yes, not everyone learns by videos. I assume many were able to get a little bit of experience in all of those fights even after dying so much. However, as you can see by the success rate, doing your research is probably a wise idea.

I assume many of those players in the failed DF Titan HM groups are some of the ones posting in this thread. There really is no excuse you can give that will cover up your laziness.

When you wander into our PF/shout groups, at least you won't need to know the reason why you were booted. You can simply blame yourself for being lazy and unprepared. Many of your reactions to doing research on a fight beforehand speak about your actions in the real world. Are you also an irresponsible student who does not read the chapter(s) before going to class to discuss them? Are you an irresponsible adult who doesn't do any research on a company before an interview with that company? My guess would be yes.
So...let's break it down a little more.

When you were DF-ing Titan HM, how long was it when teams were starting to first clear Titan HM? If you were DF-ing that much, say 1 week in after the first few teams were clearing Titan HM. That might explain your abysmal clear rates. It's definitely much better on my server however. Don't be expecting everyone to magically know the fight. This game is aimed at casuals after all. Not everyone rushes in 1 week in of a new content to clear it.

I just got my first Titan EM and Ifrit EM clears last week, 4 weeks after my first Garuda EM clear. And it was done through Duty Finder. With pugs. By your logic, that might be impossible, no? I mean you seem to get trolls, and uncooperative players all around. Then again, it might be because I'm queueing with Japanese players. I see you are on an American server.

Yes, I go into classes knowing nothing, and walking away with something. It would be foolish for me to be knowing something I'm expected to know by the 13th week of class, on a discussion on the 1st week of class. Baby steps.

Yes, I go into an interview with a company, knowing what their company is about at a basic level, besides my own level of skill. I do not expect to know their sales figures, profit margins, employee names, head of departments, etc.

People here seem to want other people to know all those little details. They expect people to be born knowing these stuff. And when they don't, they flame them for being bad.

If people want to experience the content, I am up for it. I also highly support watching videos or reading guides, but only to supplement what you have already experienced. I don't support being forced to watch videos or read guides without having actually experienced it. I would like people to also speak up if they are new. Not hide it or attempt to wing it. But that's a different case altogether.