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[Reisui]

Like some people said, the attitude of people needs to change.
I just had a dungeon run with a fresh player, playing as a Black Mage. She was using Freeze like 80% of the time.
I explained her, that ice should only be used to refill MP and that she should use fire as much as possible.

Her answer: I like Ice, it's pretty, so I will use that. I play how I want.

I told her that she's holding us back, that she didn't input any damage.

Her second answer: Shut Up! Don't complain about my play style.


So it's really the attitude that needs to change, because then at-least they would be open to suggestions and criticism.

[Brian_]

Like some people said, the attitude of people needs to change.
I just had a dungeon run with a fresh player, playing as a Black Mage. She was using Freeze like 80% of the time.
I explained her, that ice should only be used to refill MP and that she should use fire as much as possible.

Her answer: I like Ice, it's pretty, so I will use that. I play how I want.

I told her that she's holding us back, that she didn't input any damage.

Her second answer: Shut Up! Don't complain about my play style.


So it's really the attitude that needs to change, because then at-least they would be open to suggestions and criticism.

The attitude is obviously an issue but before we blame players for their behavior, you have to first acknowledge that this game does absolutely nothing to teach players how to play their classes correctly. For some people, a fellow player will never get through to them no matter how courteous you are. So, you put in the proper system to let them learn for themselves rather than burden them with the necessity to look outside of the game and to other players for help -- things they clearly won't do. If they still refuse to learn, then that is when you gate them out of any content where their selfishness negatively influences the user-experience of 3 other people.