Before you power level noobs

[Keith_Dragoon]

I had my Lancer PL'd to 30 when I remade my character and I do just fine in end-game. my Monk was also PL'd to like 36 and I do a damn great job as a Monk. I leveled my Conjurer 1-50 in grind parties and low man leves, I am no better on White Mage then I am on Dragoon or Monk.

In XI I was a party whore, I knew damn near EVERYONE on my server due to me always being in parties, always helping on missions and others event shouts. I have run accross people who were completely trash at their jobs who weren't PL'd and those who were untouchable who were PL'd. Learning your job takes something called common sense and reading comprehension, all your skills have a description that tells you what they do, how they can be combo'd and the direction you use them from. If you combine that information with common sense you can play a job just fine.

I have a friend who plays MMOs with me, he lacks the common sense but can read ok I guess. In most games we got to max level grinding it out and without me around shouldering his fail he would be a terrible player. I have tried to teach him basic things but he never catches on, I direct him to online guides and discussions on his class, nothing helps.

Example: He played SWTOR with me, I was a Commando Trooper(dps/heals) and he was a Jedi Shadow(dps/tank). after getting his specialization (10) he was still running around using level one skills at 15, using the lightsaber from the starting story mission and wondering why he died so much. I told him he needed to upgrade his skills, open his inventory and open the bag containing his Shadow gear and equip it. It took him about 35 minutes to open the bag and equip the 2 pieces of gear inside of it.

TL;DR: Bad players will be bad regardless of their upbringing.