Kicked from dungeon for not following the way others want you to play

[DynnDiablos]

I feel like there's a difference in "playing your way" and just playing poorly. I would be considered a casual I guess because I play the game for the story and enjoyment. I'm not a big extreme content player, though I do dabble in end game. However, regardless of how I feel about that, I still need to pull my weight. As someone who mains MCH, I know people are constantly observing how I am doing due to the reputation MCH has. I make sure I am maximizing my damage to the best of my ability and pulling my weight. Regardless of playstyle preferences, I want to make sure the run is as smooth as possible and I am not actually hurting my party.

It's sometimes good to take advice. I've had party members simply ask me to do X instead of Y or to please LB at a certain time or offer tips. I always take them graciously and modify what I am doing if it betters me and the smoothness of the run.

I can't tell if they were being A-holes or you simply were in your own world doing your thing. Which if that's the case..dance to your own drum girl, but don't expect people to want to spend their time carrying you through a run because you are stuck in your playstyle.

[FoxyAreku]

"Difference in playstyle" is seen as a justifiable reason to be removed from a group by the devs, and seeing how they tried to give you advice before kicking and you ignored them to 'play your way' then that's even more reason in their favor. Sorry that happened but see it as a reason to improve.

Maybe look at some summoner guides so you understand how the job is meant to be played. This game doesn't really have 'playstyles'. The jobs aren't complex enough for that so if you're playing outside the norm most likely you're doing a poor job. Keep your experimental rotations to when you are by yourself, when you are in a group you need to think of the people you're playing with and not be selfish by gutting your performance with some made up playstyle.

Don't really need a parser to tell if damage is low - you can easily get a feel for if it's overall low, normal, or fairly decent based on how quickly things die. If a pack of trash is dying quickly and you look over to see melee/ranged at full TP and casters using Fire IV/Ver-spell, it's fairly safe to say that the damage is pretty garbage.

Also pretty easy to tell if you just watch someone for a minute or so. Rotation tells all.