Quote Originally Posted by Malzian View Post
In my opinion there will always be a skill gap. You can point to things like the progression system, lack of proper tutorials, unhelpful communities and all the rest; however, when you get down to it one thing will always be true: those that desire to learn and play well will, those that don't care won't.
One other factor that players should perhaps consider more often is this; there are two broad groups of players, those who will play end game and those who won't - often because they do not enjoy that kind of content. There are specific skills and ways of playing that are required to raid and play current end-game well, those skills are not required to play the non raid, non end-game content. When those two groups meet in DF, it's incredibly unrealistic to expect players who don't do end-game/raid to suddenly play like a veteran raider. That's not going to happen. It will be perceived as a skill gap, and someone, on either side of the clash of style will post a rant on the forum about it. It would be easier for everyone to relax, understand and get on with playing the game and having fun.