Why do you fail at Hashmal?

[KaldeaSahaline]

I'd like to address this as a misconception. Casual doesn't mean bad. I am a casual player but I am very good at the classes I play and with mechanics.

Agreed casual really should not be the community go-to as a measure of skill. It really fits better as measure of time played. For instance, I myself am a very casual player because I play a mere 2-3 hours a week.However, I wanted to respond to this to draw attention to an issue I very frequently see in the FF14 community. When people make a statement or offer advice, your credibility is directly influenced by your experience.

Frequently we see low information players make comments like "I have every character at 70 I know what I am talking about", or "I have a mentor crown, so I know more than you", when in fact neither of those (and many other instances) are indicative of actual subject matter expertise.

In your specific example, you've made a decision to hide your logs. That is a red flag to me that demonstrates that you may lack the class/mechanic expertise you claim to possess (not that you do, merely that it is likely).

Couple that with a statement you made below about another healer who had "eaten a couple columns", but then stated that they were indeed a good healer. However, evidence clearly shows the opposite. We all make mistakes for sure, ESPECIALLY including myself, but repeatedly dying to the same mechanic and calling that player good is a red flag that further cripples your credibility.

I'm all for helping people, in fact I thoroughly enjoy it, but they have to want to be helped. In my admittedly anecdotal, experience the playerbase simply does not take tips/criticism well regardless of how many smileys, how colloquial, or cat girl ASCII memes I post while attempting it.

Last piece - please understand this is not intended as an attack on you personally, but merely a demonstration intended to show that if you want to be more credible to your audience you need to demonstrate you come from a position of subject matter expertise.

[KaivaC]

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On this subject, however, since we are talking specifically about Rabanastre, while I agree that experience does play a role in a person's credibility, FFlogs really has no bearing outside of Savage runs....not that I'm aware of players who even have time to check Fflogs in a 24-man. I get what you're trying to say myself, but that being said, the FFLOGs comment doesn't really have much of a bearing when it comes to Rabanstre or really, the thread at hand.

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And I've actually hit my posting limit for the day...surprisingly. Haven't hit that since my first few months here. I do encourage a wider discussion on this, though. Seems like I touched on something beyond Hashmal, so I'm actually looking forward to what other posters might say and how this discussion will evolve.

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If anybody catches this comment, what are the post limits? Or where can I find them? Might have to start multi-quoting in my replies.