Quote Originally Posted by Aquaslash View Post
You don't run into many "big bad elitists" because:
1. You're not just playing a meta job, you're playing THE meta job, and most are just glad to even HAVE a NIN instead the 430th SAM who doesn't dot
2. You're demonstrating honest to god effort and clearing, and that's truly what most people want.

5K is averagely average these days, and tbh, I don't expect fantastic numbers from utility jobs in a PUG anyway. Plus, smart people who read logs can tell what things are out of your control. They'll know if the healer spent the whole fight like our WHM here getting hit by Adam's spin attack and standing in both of Eve's Aoes. They'll know if the tank dragged a pack of aoeing mobs over your body during ten chi jin and all that kind of stuff. And most of all, if you have a static, and they haven't kicked you despite underperforming, then they enjoy you as a person, and are willing to play with you, which are really the best kind of people.
Admittedly, I have a hard time seeing this. "They enjoy you as a person." "Honest to God effort". I just assume... I have been assuming that unless I'm averaging green to orange, I'm no good as a raider. Still do, because I thought that is what it took to be a good raider. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me, but having been here long enough and experiences I've had overall, my belief is that being a grey, even on a utility meta job, means that I'm a garbage player and need to work twice as hard as before. That's just... How I went about things.