Quote Originally Posted by Tsumes View Post
I've tried WHM, though it's not bad. I don't find it as enjoyable as AST. I like playing with the card buffs. That, and I don't feel like lulling my way from level 1 just yet. It took me months to get to level 50. I don't really feel like doing it all over again. I want to get through the story first. While I commend them for adding such a feature, it's a bit too late. It should've have been in place from day 1. The time it took to complete the first HoN for the reward given, just doesn't make me want to do it. I'm not learning anything I don't already know. Yes, I know how to stance dance. I simply choose not to because it's too much of a hassle. On occasion I do. Just not often.
As long as you know you're playing suboptimally, that's all I ask. Just know that you're costing other people time by playing worse than the Hall of the Novice asks you too.
Remember this is a multi-player game. You're 1/4-1/8 of the players you play with and your suboptimal decisions affect them. They also pay for their game.
Again, you won't be raiding if you continue to play like you do. Your "laid-back" style couldn't handle it anyway.

And yes it does take months to get to level 60. But once you get to 60 it takes maybe a week or two to get another class to 60.
What you shouldn't be doing is encouraging other players to play suboptimally or pretending like it's acceptable. Square Enix went out of their way to tell every up and coming healer to DPS. You shouldn't be trying to influence new players to play poorly because you choose to play a certain way that now even SE says is suboptimal.