/Accuse @ the devs: have you set us up to fail...?

[Lord_Zlatan]

OP

I really just think that you need to understand what your class does well, what it doesnt do well, and actually read the tooltips (the royal you, and not you directly ^^)

Short story: Had someone drop from static back in 2.0/.1. A friend got pulled in, he was a WAR, we had 2 tanks, I had DRG at 50, so I dropped from the PLD role into the DRG role.

Man, it was a different game. And i wasnt very good. but you know what helped? reading the tool tips and asking people what to do! Got our clear on turn 5 a week later.

Thats how you know if you are good player. Are you weaving your abilities the best way possible. Are you keeping your dots on the enemy. are u using damage enhancing skills at the best time in an encounter, are you not dying to AoE, are you assisting the group by clearing mechanics such as adds, levers, are you able to do the dance while still maintaining damage on the main boss, are you able to AoE in appropriate situations...

Or are u just 1,2,3 all day. If you cannot tell which people do these things and if you yourself cannot tell which profile is the better player, its on you. And this is all relevant below 70.