Quote Originally Posted by winsock View Post
People are acting like the sky is falling when the randomly assigned party member doesnt meet their expectations. Getting bad party members on occasion is a part of pugging. You dont need to accept poor performer, you can kick them or what have you, but it is completely unreasonable to expect everyone who was randomly assigned to you in the duty finder to meet your expectations every time.
Most of what I see are people sympathizing with the OP in that they have met players at levels much higher than beginner levels performing subparly, and then getting bent out of shape when someone offers to show them a proper way/better way to play, and how poor play in higher level content is just not acceptable. Or how it’s not “high standards” to expect people at levels 50, 60, and 70 to know the very basics of their job/role. And people disagreeing that playing the game/playing your job well is not the equivalent of treating the game like a “job”, as one poster tried to insinuate.

Different skill levels do exist. But that doesn’t make lazy play (note, how I said lazy play, not play born from lack of knowledge on your job/role) okay. Especially the higher level you get. A non-combo’d Butcher’s Block only WAR in Snowcloak? Tank unable to perform the basics of his role in a level 70 dungeon? Healer unable to keep up with basic healing demands? Unacceptable.

Because I find it very unlikely that that WAR didn’t know Butcher’s Block uncomboed is extremely ineffective. And, on the off-chance he did and turned down helpful, respectfully delivered advice because “it’s my sub”, then he is still at fault, and his behavior is still unacceptable.

I find it far more upsetting that people are willing to white-knight poor play because “it’s just a game”. Yeah, well so is something like football or basketball. Doesn’t mean that you just let the opposing team steal the ball from you each time because “lol it’s just a game, I play for fun”. I’m willing to overlook if a player is truly new, and if it really looks like they are trying to improve. But if a person is willfully performing poorly, I have no patience or tolerance for them.