I think it goes deeper than this too and I like to think about the individual, personally.
For example, I could have had like 10 brilliant Atrum dragon runs where I out perform and that one or so runs that I may perform badly at. And if I was with randoms, they would all probably think I suck, right? But just because I fail once, or had a bad day, doesn't mean I'm not good at the game.
When I was manager of a team long ago and I played with the same people day in day out you begin to notice that literally no-one can keep that standard up. It always differs. Good players have had their bad runs. Bad players do have good runs but it's not as often.
I have to as well talk about the lag and desync on the game too because I suffer from this which sometimes causes an attack to just hit me out of nowhere, it is not very often but I'd say once every 3 EQs which can sometimes cause me to die. (I notice this desyncing way more in battle arena but thats what I get for playing a game that is localised in japan but residing in the UK).
Also you have to take into account that there are people who just don't give a fuck. I have a friend of 5 years who literally just wants to rising slash everything and when I tried to show him other ways he said it wasn't fun for him and didn't work for him and just went back to doing what he wants. I did try but at the end of the day you have to respect that because I'm sure when he comes home from work all he wants to do is have fun. I mean it's not truly hurting anyone, it is just a game and not even a PvP one, it's PvE focused. You are all working towards the one goal of bringing down a boss or bosses.
I don't know I always feel like, if you have a problem with carrying people, just play with the people you trust, people who take the game seriously and see numbers competitively, because when you match publicly (EVEN in Expert) you will find players with varying gear, varying motives, or both. (OR you could nicely try to educate some people about how to reach their higher dps potential or how and when to dodge, what PAs give iframes etc etc.)
It would be cool if you had to maybe do a training quest that really tested your game mechanic knowledge to get into expert (or perhaps fight Phaleg because that's genuinely a good example of an 'elite player' though it is also possible to cheese: afk summoner, hero tali teleport etc) it is a tough balance tbh.
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