Quote Originally Posted by DinahDemiurge View Post
All I want, honestly, is to be able to perform in a way that when other players see me they can easily come to the opinion that "Hey, that player is really good." As it stands, I think it is difficult to do that because the performance of an average and skilled player is very similar(from a strict gameplay perspective not encounter mechanics etc.). I think that the gap between the average player and a skilled player is very narrow and I wish the job gameplay design allowed more reward for those who pursue mastery.
The problem in the past when the skill gap was larger people would insist that everyone play towards the higher end of the skill gap calling everyone who doesn’t bad, the devs saw that and thus we are in the situation we are in now.
Ideally I agree, people who play great should have much better performance the, it shouldn’t however become an excuse for looking down on others and even excluding them from casual content.