Quote Originally Posted by Eirwen View Post
Being told you are doing a terrible job during a run is one thing, but to be told that "you suck" BEFORE engaging (also during) in anything just because you ilevel is on the low side is terrible and discriminative, i.m.o. It really makes me hate this ilevel thing more by the day. Way to go showing them that it takes skill to handle situations! I would totally laugh at that super geared person afterwards. Just because they got a higher ilevel doesn't mean that they are good. But when do you say to them that being a high ilevel bragger "is not okay"?
OH MY GOD, THIS.

I was running Copperbell HM about a month after it came out. I was 20 ilvls above the minimum ilvl requirement (which is a pretty safe place for any content, really). I was tanking with this White Mage who kept calling me a terrible tank because I couldn't single-handedly hold off an entire group of enemies by myself without needing a single heal (while he was holyspamming to high heavens), Got so bad that, once we hit the boss room (a boss I have tanked very easily since day 1 of 2.1), I was just like "Sorry, I'm clearly not good enough to fight this boss. I hope you find a better tank soon." and just quit.

Roetip: If you're going in an HM dungeon or trial and someone is in the bare minimum required gear, that does not mean they suck. They're not at their highest potential, sure, but they could have enough skill to optimize their job. That's why there is a minimum ilvl on everything in the endgame. EX Trials and Raids I can kinda understand, but it is not okay, in HMs, to criticize someone right out of the gate due to their gear level.