Quote Originally Posted by KaivaC View Post
I assume most people here can tell that my 5k is garbage. That is what I have always assumed - if I'm pulling grey parses, I'm a trash raider. Regardless, i misspoke about something. . Like I said, I tend to not be explicitly clear with initial postings on this forum. One look at a nin log can tell you that ninjas should be hitting in the area of 6 to 6.2k. My argument still stands that they're not as common as this forum makes it seem in my personal experience.
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.