So this game has dps checks but we can't talk about our dps in game?

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Because as I stated earlier, not everyone is looking for a carry or to be lazy. Some people, even such as myself, will join a party to learn a fight. Maybe I didn't get a clear there, but I felt comfortable enough to move to a clear party because I now know all of the mechs and confidently feel like I can clear the content even though the party I was with was incapable of learning the mechs. By most people's definition here, I'm in the wrong because I haven't cleared the content and shouldn't be joining a clear party, but guess what, I still cleared it.

I went outside of how you wanted me to play. I didn't mold to how you wanted me to play, because one particular person doesn't make the rules. This is an online community where each individual pays a monthly subscription to be part of and only the devs/GMs should have a right to tell me how I spend my time during that subscription. This game is supposed to be fun, not like high school.

I guess my final point is this. You pay to be part of a community, not to make rules for that community. If you want to do that, I'm sure SE is hiring.

I guess I'm confused about your point. You describe a situation where a group of people established a rule about a clear party and you chose to do your own thing even though you hadn't cleared, admit that you might be in the wrong but it's okay because it worked out, and then describe that the moral of the story is that it's not about unilaterally deciding what's best for the community. Isn't that a microcosm of doing exactly that?