yikes, i should probably avoid posting here but whatever.

I don't think FFxiv has bad players.

FFxiv caters to many, many playstyles and does so that is gratifying to most. Do I rag on people that mainly focus on casual content and never try to improve? Or focus on crafting/gathering and barely step into combat? Or people that just flip houses for gil? or RPers? No, I don't. Everyone comes to FFxiv for different reasons and just because "their" reason is different from "my" reason does not and should not make them a "bad player".

and yeah, that includes the DPS that don't AOE in dungeons, or the tanks that pull 1 mob at a time in the same dungeon...They sure do play the game differently from how I play the game, but I don't think I have the right call them a bad player in such a multifaceted game like FFxiv.