Endgame Progression, Elitism and You

[Cikala]

Wow, I clicked on this thread title expecting a story about encountering elitism, and end up reading a post advocating elitism.

[Almalexia]

Wow, I clicked on this thread title expecting a story about encountering elitism, and end up reading a post advocating elitism.

There is a theoretical limit to the amount of "work" every job with certain statistics can do, and better gear raises that limit. There are situations in ARR that are literally impassable unless damage, heals, and damage reduction meet certain criteria.

In the end, no amount of friendship and positive thinking can beat simple mathematics.

[VanWulfen]

[XyleHarkyn]

Really? You're making it sound like this is a serious job and that we can't enjoy a game and laugh with friends without best gear.

I'd rather play with a group of friends and be laughing about us dying as long as we're having fun. Not everyone wants to turn the MMO into a job and only be able to play with bestest gear ever because people end up saying: "Not enough gear, please come back later."

Especially to an FC mate, learn to just enjoy the game and laugh with others.

You're going to find a lot more enjoyment in succeeding raids and progressing with your friends than wiping over and over to the same boss. Work together with your friends to get geared and take the endgame down together. It really doesn't get too much better than that. :P

[Almalexia]

Really? You're making it sound like this is a serious job and that we can't enjoy a game and laugh with friends without best gear.

I'd rather play with a group of friends and be laughing about us dying as long as we're having fun. Not everyone wants to turn the MMO into a job and only be able to play with bestest gear ever because people end up saying: "Not enough gear, please come back later."

Especially to an FC mate, learn to just enjoy the game and laugh with others.

You look at your strategy and see it is solid. You look at your party and see they are focused. If you still can't beat the content, where do you look next?

Hint: it's not your Laughter Levels or Friendship XP.