Quote Originally Posted by NyarukoW View Post

Simple version:
Speed run is fine, speed runners are NOT.
Elite players are fine, elitists are NOT.
Raiders are fine, clear sellers are NOT.
At one year in, speed running is the standard, all players are speedrunners.
I can exclude or not run with whoever the hell I want, for any reason.
If someone is willing to pay as an incentive to take them through content, I'm willing to make the exchange. I don't do crafting, I barely do gathering, and my raiding skill is how I make gil.

Quote Originally Posted by NyarukoW View Post

Too much time and effort is spent on hating newbie/newer player that does no good for anyone. The hyperbole is constant misrepresentation of the newer players, non-raiders, etc. calling them all lazy, lack initiative, want to be spoonfed, etc. etc. etc., which is all blatantly false. Be more inclusive of them, it is simple enlightened self interest.
Inclusive? I run FC members through content all the time, I constantly ask people in my FC what their current content gate is, and how I can help. I have two characters I do this on, one for tanking/physical DPS, and one for healing/spell DPS.

I have limited time to play, limited time to teach new players, and my own goals. I can't spend my entire day spoon-feeding idiots too dense to see or hear the dive-bomb marker. Again, I can and will exclude or drop anyone for any reason, because I am no person's personal tutor, and I have no responsibility to help random people for no reason. And if I feel that I'm good enough to rent my services, I'll do so.