Please dont just stand there. Learn to move.

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Because you are not all healers and all parties are not the ones you have been in. In a general sense we should encourage not eating mechanics because as other threads have shown the difference in game knowledge and skill are great, and the largest amount of people will likely benefit from learning how to play "correctly" rather than riding edges and being greedy. Both the support and the damage side.



Should we not be encouraging a higher level of play in general and a standard of at least "by design" clearing of content? What is more likely to be a standard for the majority in this game: Teaching something like "don't stand in orange and learn your rotation" or "Ok you can eat this and this but then you have to not mess up again and if you can pull off one more cast to kill this boss 10 seconds faster if you eat this and healers you should be ready to heal BLM's through any high damage even though they're wearing the worst armor in the game because they're more efficient if allowed to stand still"?

Not sure how to answer this without being an ass. I can only speak from my own experience and I really do not care how others play or the general skill of strangers. If people do not meet my expectations I just boot them or leave. I go based off the if I can do it so can someone else. Though generally I also do not try to make assumptions based off factors I do not know so I get this puts me in a murky situation since everyone is different.

So on a personal level I really do not care what the community wants to encourage.

Though I will say sure it would be nice if the skill level of the average player goes up but that more so is the responsibility of SE in my opinion and not so much the community.

Though generally I would say on a personal level if I had to choose I would rather the latter be encouraged more over the former. I think if players tried to push their limits it would have a longer lasting improvement over just following the script so to speak. That is why as a healer I have no problem and will encourage people to test their limits and I will do so myself when I play. If people complain or do not heal me out of spite ( had this happen once it was honestly fun) it will not impact me cause I personally know what I can for the most part get away with while relying on just myself to sustain my own actions if that makes sense. So yeah I will always encourage what has the greater potential for the quickest kill since that is the metric that matters most to me and I find most enjoyable to strive for. Though I do get that is at odds for the general player base but I really do not care about the general player base I tend to focus on those in the group with me at any given time.