Why are people so spectacularly bad at playing their classes?

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Look at the title of your thread and you have but yourself to blame. You set yourself up as de facto judge and jury on the good or bad ways to play a particular class, then you asked a question with said presupposition while using non neutral language that just happened to support your own bias. You would have gotten a much better response if you had simply asked "Why do people play their classes in so many different ways?" But of course looking at your rant you weren't interested in any discussion even though you framed your title as a question. Posts like this is nothing but a flame bait, a platform to rant about play style that you don't share, something that is entirely subjective.

Do you go into an art gallery and ask why are some artists so spectacularly bad at colors? Do you walk into a concert hall and ask why some musicians are so spectularly bad at playing their instruments? You wanted to know why some people reacted the ways they did, perhaps you should look at the non neutral way you presented your faux question in your title.



Some people are good at some stuff, some people are bad at some stuff. That's how the world works. Leave the drama at home. Occam's Razor.

Did you even read my post or any of the ones that followed it? How is expecting players to bring their skills to a group situation flame bait? How is that 'judging' anyone? You say the question should be 'why do people have different playstyles?' are you suggesting that people who ask to be invited into groups then get them wiped because they have no idea what they are doing are just exercising a different playstyle? lol.

As an aside to everyone else...I agree completely with everyone who is saying people who come to groups not having experienced group play but who are willing to listen should be encouraged and given every possible help we all had to learn at some point. In my experience most people in group situations want to learn and want to play their part but are often too shy/embarrassed to ask what they consider to be 'stupid' questions. A simple tell to someone who may be struggling asking if they're okay with everything can never hurt.