Just some toughts from (relativly) new player

[Artamie]

I wish it only pertains to the raiding community... unfortunately they get the most "highlight" in the community. When new players join the game they look for "guides". These, more often than not, are compiled by people who pay an insane amount of attention to the smallest differences in numbers and contain optimal rotations and details that should only pertain to the raiding portion if the game. What do we get in response? Strength edgelords in duty finder who pull large rooms without tank stance who retort "git guud scrub, I read xxxxx's guide so you don't know wut you're talking about" once they tank the floor. Or those dragoons that push Ifrit's stun tolerance through the roof so you can't stun eruptions just to squeeze in some numbers with leg sweep and spineshatter dive.

That said, I'm all for customization but maybe it would be much smoother if guides and the internet didn't exist as a form of playstyle critique.

[dragonseth07]

There's nothing wrong with playing or building your own way. I applaud people that find their own way to do things. But, for a minute, think about things like:

Blizzard Wizards
Bards who don't sing
Warriors who don't take Provoke

You can see where I'm going with this. It's frustrating to have someone you're counting on play so poorly. There is a bare minimum of competence that people expect in group content, and not meeting it makes you a liability and a hindrance to everyone else in your party.

Where is that minimum? Good question. Everyone has different ideas for that. I won't say that everything has to be perfectly optimal when you play, but it should be good enough that you don't end up as a funny story on Reddit. Never forget "It's my play style".

[Reynhart]

That said, I'm all for customization but maybe it would be much smoother if guides and the internet didn't exist as a form of playstyle critique.

The problem is that vetran often tell new players to look for a guide instead of learning from the game itself. I understand looking for a guide if you bump into a real obstacle you can't overcome, but as long as your progression is fine, why narrowing yourself to what other people claim to be good ?

Blizzard Wizards
Bards who don't sing
Warriors who don't take Provoke

These situations can occur wether we have customization or not. You can't justify removing options because some people might take the very obviously bad ones.