Hapexamendios wrote: »Basically comes down to this:
Solo do whatever you want.
In groups there are certain expectations especially in harder content.
TheMajority wrote: »so its play the way you want truly, you can play the way you want in this game, because the developer allows it. the player? they don't allow you to play the way you want it's enforced by themselves
you could play the way that is wanted, but they don't allow themself this adventure, only the perfect and right choice they find most correct. they don't play the way they want, and I feel sadness when I see it
That's just not the case, group content has requirements set by the developers in terms of dps and heal checks - some a lot higher than others. If the group is not able to meet those requirements they can't do the content, which is where optimising builds come in.