Originally Posted by
Mattelot
1. I want something more than opinion. There isn't anything that exists that states this. And no, if a random group tells you how to play and it's not in your playstyle, you are under no obligation to do anything more than your job. Being a hindrance is subjective and likely a load of crap. I've been in plenty of successful savage content where healers did not DPS. If you're not killing things fast enough, always check with your DPS first instead of falling back to the healer DPS scapegoat. It's old, been beat to death and goes over like a lead baloon.
2. Samurai is just one example. There are guides out there for every job showing various stat builds. Don't always fall back on paper DPS because it's not always the same as it is in practical. Even in WoW, there are abilities or talents that look better on paper but when you actually use them, they're not as great as other choices.
3. Laughed at by who? That sounds like an assumed hypothetical. Also, what mature person does that? That doesn't sound very helpful as you made people sound to be.
I'm not sure what exactly more you want. Also, I've never been booted from any content, so I really could care less if you "assume I was." That doesn't change anything.
I'm not new to either game, I know how things are. I've experienced just about every form of content and I'm not the first to have a unique playstyle. My bottom line to the OP was that this is the only game where people get bullied for it.