min-maxing in online games promotes an environment of elitism that forces anyone who plays with the min-maxer to conform to a very narrow play-style; this by-default limits gameplay options for other players, and often leads to ridicule and negative experiences when the non-min-maxer does not have the “perfect build for tanking Odin” or whatever.
min-maxers are boa constrictors wrapped around innocent little field mice. the mice just want some cheese but the snakes are eating them alive and i am the mongoose
stop min-maxing. start max-mining.
discuss.
I think another aspect of min maxxers not liking “casuals” is that if you didn’t research your build to know to use the min-max settings, you probably didn’t research other things. Are you also going into the encounter blind? It’s a team effort and people want to maximize their chances of success.
Maybe a group of non minmaxxers can clear the content, but they have to play better than the group of minmaxxers, because the extra output makes up for technical mistakes made.