The absolute best players?

[Issac]

So I've farmed atma pieces since release, don't even want to state how many hours and I have 3? But there are players that had all 12 on day one and some on day two? So the best players in the game is decided by RNG? Hmmmmm.....

News flash. There are no "better" players. Just cocky ones.

B-but Kyth! Some players are better at raids! Some players outclass others with their mad MMO skillz!

1. All difficulty is determined by:
a. Your reaction time, this gets worse with age.
b. Your latency.
c. Whether or not you are a competent human being.

2. Your "mad skillz" are determined by:
a. How much time you have to sink into this game. (Be it memorizing patterns or RNG, I don't flippin' care.)
b. Your latency.
c. How much of a prick you tend to be to other players.

Better players don't boast. Better players don't bitch about those with less time getting gear in alternate ways. Better players contribute to their community in positive ways. Better players aren't jealous nor disdainful of other players that choose to sink more hours in.

Neutral stance. Be a better player.

[Marxam]

1. All difficulty is determined by:
b. Your latency.

2. Your "mad skillz" are determined by:
b. Your latency.

I'll have to disagree with you there because just because your internet is crappy or live really far from servers doesn't mean you are a bad player. That is an external variable that is potentially out of your control. If anything someone who knows that they have lag and finds ways to get around it or even use it to their advantage is a much better player because they are literally maximizing what little resources they have. That being said as a PS3 player I have been in numerous instances where the mobs appear a second or two late so I adapt and react ahead of time. Often times I'm much quicker to react than my pc mates because I'm always think of whats not on the screen rather than waiting for it to show up.

Example:
T4 in the 2nd add phase when the solider and knight drops. I see their life bars first before I see the actual mob. So I throw a flash and OP and as soon as they appear on my screen I have full hate. If I was to wait until it showed on my screen they would be wailing on the healers.

[Issac]

just because your internet is crappy or live really far from servers doesn't mean you are a bad player.

I think you misunderstood me, or made assumptions about my motivations to declare such things. I never intended to say that high latency makes you a bad player. I was pointing out that, in the end, being a prick makes you a bad player.

For what it's worth, I live in the US and play on Masamune. Oh god do I know latency. But this is by choice.

[Mindylou]

News flash. There are no "better" players. Just cocky ones.

B-but Kyth! Some players are better at raids! Some players outclass others with their mad MMO skillz!

1. All difficulty is determined by:
a. Your reaction time, this gets worse with age.
b. Your latency.
c. Whether or not you are a competent human being.

2. Your "mad skillz" are determined by:
a. How much time you have to sink into this game. (Be it memorizing patterns or RNG, I don't flippin' care.)
b. Your latency.
c. How much of a prick you tend to be to other players.

Better players don't boast. Better players don't bitch about those with less time getting gear in alternate ways. Better players contribute to their community in positive ways. Better players aren't jealous nor disdainful of other players that choose to sink more hours in.

Neutral stance. Be a better player.

I really really like Issacs attitude, THAT is what this game needs more of.
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