What is a 'bad player'?

[neizero]

To answer the question in the subject

My definition of "bad player": Someone who is not willing to learn, does not care about "the right way" to play their class, and when offered friendly advice they will ignore it in the best of cases, or more commonly get offended/reply in bad terms.


With that in mind...

So I sent him a tell asking (politely) why he thinks my THM sucks and instead of actually giving me any kind of constructive criticism he started bashing me how people like me disgust him, how he hates “carrying” people through fights etc. etc.

Based on the above quote, I don't think you're a bad player. Are you a good player? I don't know either, but your attitude seems the right one to me. Had this guy not been a jerk and actually given you some helpful pointers, would you have been able to pull them off and improve your performance? If the answer is yes, then you have potential to be good at this game.

MMOs don't require mad skills to perform at a good level. Awereness, class/encounter knowledge and above all willingness to learn and improve at every attempt is what it takes to be "good"!

Playing casually doesn't necesarily make you a bad player, just the same as there are many 24/7 players who are hopeless and will always be leeches ><