The obsession with "efficiency"

[RiceisNice]

Let's talk about something that I feel is detrimental to the game's long-term health: people's near-fanatical obsession with "efficiency". The word's in quotes because it doesn't mean what these folks seem to want it to mean. Efficiency, in fact, can only really be measured as a time to performance ratio. To the fanatics, it seems to mean cutting corners no matter who's toes are stepped on. Which, in turn, leads to unjustifiable job discrimination based on negligible (at best) da

Well, there's nit picking at efficiency, and there's getting upset at people who are adding 10-20 extra minutes to your dungeon runs because they can't even perform their pre-50 rotations properly and do less damage than your healer and tank.

When it comes to cutting edge progression, has no place since they ironically, fail at the role they're supposed to do (healing) because the devs thought having numerous support cards meant balancing via lower potency heals.

The current raid content also does not play to PLD's current strengths, and they're arguably the weakest class to bring, especially into A4S.

[Hayward]

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Let me cut this talking point out at the root. For the record, I am not talking about players who don't have basic rotations down or players who aren't using basic abilities. I am talking about players who are geared well, know their job, have developed a rotation that they're comfortable with and gets the job done.

Having said that, if a group's success in raid content is dependent on the DPS of a tank or healer, I think I'm safe in saying the content is a bit overtuned at that point in time and should not be a basis for assessing a job's capabilities.