Quote Originally Posted by Onisake View Post
Player skill overrides most things. due to latency and skill some players may not be able to hit and run effectively. what works for you doesn't work for everyone. some groups off the wall strats are successful. others they are not.
This is precisely the reason why one should let someone play a class that is deemed to not be suited in an encounter. As an example, I totally suck at BLM. I just can't play that class even if my life depended on it. I have no problems surviving as a MNK while dealing good damage though. If I already participated in an encounter, I know what to expect. However, the problem is, when you convince someone to let you play MNK in a new encounter and after the first failed try they go "see, it doesn't work". Yeah, it doesn't work. Their first attempt at the regular strat probably didn't work either, but since they know it's an accepted strat, they assume they did something wrong and need experience, versus the other case where it simply "doesn't work".

Also, latency is a lame excuse unless we're speaking about more than a second delay on anything, which is not normal and will make them suck just as much with any other job.

there is somethign wrong with someone joining a group. saying they have DRG, WHM, and MNK available. and then complaining they have to go WHM when the group needs a whm and already has 3 DRGs.
I'm not arguing against that. When I name my jobs, I only name those that I can play and have experience with.

'sorry, i need you on blm if we're going to win this. we're cutting it close as it is. I know you don't want to play blm but i need you to decide if you'd rather win this fight with us, or try the fight with someone else with a questionable strat. not all of us have 4 hours to waste trying new things'
Because it's all about winning with the majority of people. Most of my fun memories come from something going wrong and everyone laughing about it. I guess I better not participate in "hardcore" endgame content.

If I had enough free time, I'd probably made my own group, but so far it seems that people with a similar mindset are few and are strewn across servers.