its also really hard to find other folk that are willing to do pure forms of prog with no simming or wanting to actually not skip mechs like grand octet with no tank lb3 or AM-less TOP so you kinda have to go out of your way to get that kind of experience.
this umad p3 tank lb3 and overall sim discourse is kinda annoying, i wouldnt call out anyone who uses sims, i would simply mind my own business. I do think that people use w/e they can partially bc the xiv community likes to weaponize how your prog goes against u, like:
I do understand how people want to have a "pure" clear on the fight but like its iffy on where you draw the line, like 9th-manning inherently gives u an advantage and like 99% of people use other groups' strats so like its rly blind prog or bust atp.