Getting abuse for DPS as a fairly new player - normal?

[LunaFaye]

Sounds about correct. Is it right to treat someone like that? No it isn't but that isn't gonna stop people from doing tho. If it makes you feel better, most of these wannabe keyboard warriors, are also doing that to the veterans, don't feel singled out, happens to all of us

[Ferrasper]

It is rare for that to happen. Usually if a tank tries that, I respond back with the knowledge of the BLM dps thread on why I am doing things a certain due to buffs, nerfs, etc. Knowledge is power in shutting those people up. Also too as another BLM player, we usually suck pretty bad when we first try a boss or dungeon due to our lack of knowledge on how it functions. Due to our casting times, it requires several runs before we get the place locked down.

[Taika]

No one has the right to act like a jerk towards anyone in game, and even constructive critisism should be done, well, constructively. However, as you're playing current content at level cap, it's also impolite not to spend some time getting to know the basics of your job before joining group content (again, at level cap). There are actually good in game features that let you know if you can handle the basics: Stone, Sky, Sea for level 60 and Circles of Answering for level 70. If you have any questions about your rotation or abilities, I'm sure people here would be glad to help. There's also a thread dedicated to BLM discussion in the DPS section of these forums.

[Thorio]

Bad luck I guess. No one parsed me in the 650 or so hours I've been playing.

[Jybril]

Bad luck I guess. No one parsed me in the 650 or so hours I've been playing.

How are you finding old 2017 topics lmao?

[Packetdancer]

How are you finding old 2017 topics lmao?

I think unintentional thread necromancy (as opposed to deliberate thread necromancy, which is definitely a thing) is probably via forum search, or Google search returning results in the forums. Search engines are not... great at biasing recent topics as higher-weighted results, sometimes.

(This is why I'll often post longer answers to something in a thread, even if sometimes the answer might seem overly detailed; it's in case someone ends up there three years later. Threads never truly die, they just lurk in search results waiting to spring on unsuspecting posters.)

[Breakbeat]

I think unintentional thread necromancy (as opposed to deliberate thread necromancy, which is definitely a thing) is probably via forum search, or Google search returning results in the forums. Search engines are not... great at biasing recent topics as higher-weighted results, sometimes.

If only the date of the search results returned was visible. Actually it would be great if Google had a date limiter for searches, so you didn't end up with info from 2017.

Oh, wait...

[Kranel_San]

Well I've only been playing a few months, having just managed to get through the MSQ before SB arrived, and now just managed that.

Before SB changes I'd just got the hang of my rotation on BLM, so SB changes are giving me a few issues at the moment with having to try and relearn it.

Just did Kugane Castle and got a load of abuse from the tank telling me my DPS is dreadful and I need to learn to play my class. He apparently was using some sort of parse to know what everyones dps was.

Is this normal for new players to experience? To get a load of crap from people who've been playing a long time? I don't mind constructive tips to improve as I know I'm new to the game, but outright targetted abuse just makes me question investing any time into the character.

If this is the 'norm' then the ingame community is just as bad as WoW's and that was like a cesspool.

If someone did that again, you could easily report them and they'll get a ban. That's why you don't see people talking about DPS in dungeons as frequent as players do in WoW

[Ath192]

Lmao I also thought no one looks up their rotation at 70 now (ults) aside But yeah this is 5 years old.

[Maxilor]

Hmmm.. ok, I tap three swamps and play