What does it take to be considered a 'good' player?

[Aomine1992]

As you can see everyone has an opinion of what a good player is, some also became examples of not so great players

Learn your rotation as best as you can but also learn about the class like priority systems, what buffs should be used together, also how well your job works with other ones (synergy)

Be helpful to those who do not know and except advice even when it's snarky which is what it is majority of the time lol

Last but not least do not get consumed with others dps unless it motivates you to do better...always exit gracefully lol

[Galgarion]

I adore people who know when to shut up and back off. Say you're leveling a dragoon, but you're a master at playing a black mage, and you can tell right away that someone's rotation is off. If you offer them advice and they refuse to take it, you're a champion in my book if you let it drop without grousing about it for the rest of the dungeon. The only thing worse than carrying a slow dpser, is listening to someone else bitch about it for 20 minutes.

[AppleJinx]

I consider players that utilizes their job's full tool kit effectively in casual content like dungeons, normal raid modes, and the 24 man raids good players.

[Saberlink]

As my opinion, good player are someone who ask question if they did not know and correct their mistake if they doing wrong. What we got now most making mistake did not asked question and repeating their mistake all ove again.

[Baalfrog]

This a game.....its supposed to be fun....not a job. Your treating it like its "srs bizzness"
I'd have you ejected first chance i get in any newbie party....now if you where in a savage/ultimate/raid for farming? Different story.

What if it is fun for someone to optimize every little thing, always give their all in whatever content you do and so on? Are they having fun wrong then? Or is it just a different perspective?

A good player always gives their all, regardless what content they are running, never settling for just good enough, and always looks to improve and does their research. Then you add the social aspect on top of it, basically if you are nice too, that and the previous combined makes one a great player.

[LastFireAce]

This is becoming a very...big..issue with me these days...so many are "strutting around like peacocks" and that with ego's the size of a planet. >.<;
Starting to think I should just stay as a "stealthy/stalker mentor" - lol

The what many of us do, we Mentor with the crown off, it feal embrace with it on seeing so many bad Mentor/people showing off/Kingdom heart Crown/... But the another topic for another time.

[Kikoten]

How to be a good player: Worship the most popular guy or gal on your server, join their club, and allow them to have every single piece of sought-out loot on raids they so graciously bring you along. Smile when they spit in your eye, and watch them make out with that guy/gal whose heart you tried for a million years to win, while they both make ugly faces at you and call you horrible names.

Errrr... did I say that? I mean, to be a good player, all you have to do is not step in the AoEs.

"Good" is subjective, and you'll never be "good", but you can be great.

[Shouko]

So you think that people giving advice by saying "have fun", "just don't be negative" etc etc are actually giving good advice for improving as a player? To each their own but you don't kill bosses with fun and positivity.

You might not think so but when your emotions aren't at least calm and collective and you're flustered you tend to do worse than you would if they were calm/happy. It's like music, certain music has a certain effect on our brains depending on the type of music. They say classical music will improve your studying habits and tend to learn better with it playing as apposed to heavy metal or something, now this might not hold true for everyone but it does hold some weight to it.

[akaneakki]

This a game.....its supposed to be fun....not a job. Your treating it like its "srs bizzness".

Yeah this is a game with a lot of players, so god forbid to let them have fun, while you sit here and think the only one who needs fun is yourself. Way to go.

[StarRosie]

So you think that people giving advice by saying "have fun", "just don't be negative" etc etc are actually giving good advice for improving as a player? To each their own but you don't kill bosses with fun and positivity.

I mean have you tried? Maybe sit down with Titan and have a chat? Offer Susano'o a drink? Maybe give Shinryu EX a couple treats and a scritch between the horns? Maybe romance Lakshimi a bit?

Anyways, in a more serious tone.

What makes a good player is real subjective cause not everyone plays for the same reasons or with the same drive. But to me, know your job and role, I don't demand glorious golden god perfection but I do demand competence. If a SMN is calling out Titan to take over tanking duties...not a good sign if you're the tank. Never be afraid to ask questions or ask for feedback and be receptive to advice and said feedback. One of the biggest ones though, don't be a butt head. I'd much rather have a group that clears after having 5 wipes and a good laugh then a group that clears with 1 wipe and an asshole screaming at everybody. Oh and don't forget the most important rule of them all.

But again, subjective answer to a subjective question.