Most people around here know me, and know i'm a helpful person. I don't know anything whatsoever about samurai though other than the basic "Its a useful job when you want to do quick damage, and nice to bring along against dragons." I was/am in this nyzul shell so maybe my view on the situation can help.
I can't speak for Maddash's samurai ability. I know that when we would get to the bosses (sometimes IF we got to the bosses) that duffman would have his 2hr and a few job abilities besides up and ready, unleash holy hell on the boss which would then lose a ton of HP. (Then crocker would spam heal him if necessary so he wouldnt get eaten) on fafnir/hydra that was fairly decent damage. On adamantoise etc duffman would be using ws fairly consistently and avoiding breaths while still essentially co tanking with devi who was spamming blu spells, or I who was doing the same. The only time I noticed maddash's damage was when duff, myself, and devi were all dead and I was hoping that maddash could finish it off. Sometimes it didnt occur to me that I should have expected maddash to dish out as much damage as duffman, but it should have. It just didn't seem like they were playing the same job, and so I would forget it.
On lamp floors, after the 6th or so attempt mad would stay at the rune because he couldnt follow directions for order or would aggro when people split up and couldnt be saved. Thats fine, some people don't understand em at first, and maybe he just didn't care. He took us up just fine when the time came.
The vent thing was open to everyone, mad and image didnt come on, some people dont like vent (i use it but dont even have a mic) and if theyre ps2 players maybe they cant even if they wanted to. The trash talking kinda went over my head as most of the comparing of damage I hear on it I ignore. The boys like comparing the size of their ...damage, and its usually good natured. I guess duff was more aware of mad's underperformance and took it more personally, but nyzul is like that, if someones not pulling their weight it hurts everyone. And to be honest, duff probably would have put up with it except...
Over the last 4 weeks, maddash took home at least 6 items, maybe 8, lotting whatever at all dropped. He chose askar, took 2 goliard (noone is assigned goliard, so w/e, even though crocker or image could have used it and mad's only mage job blm he no longer plays, and has sold his gear to) lotted askar body (congrats) we did boots mon and bodies thurs and after getting 2 denali for the two of us looking for them, we were running through the askar people before switching that day to a different floor. Before the run we asked how many left to go so we could get an idea of how many we had to get and only duffman spoke up. When askar boots dropped that week we were like Yay duff, and excited to go. Duff lotted, we got ready to exit and mad lotted. He hadnt said a word yet. But he needed them and they were his lot so even though it got under peoples skin. Just a consideration thing I guess. But I doubt he noticed it, just said "tyty" and ran out.
Next run another set of askar boots dropped, and that cleared up some of that bad blood. After that mad lotted denali he couldn't use (again with "tyty" the only words he spoke the whole run) and was told he couldnt lot askar hands until the other 2 askar lotters got, since he (accidentally or not) already got a hands drop.
The very next run is when he quit, taking image with him because of backtalking? I dont believe it. I asked image if it was because of the hands thing, and she said yes. I think mad would have happily continued with us, whatever duff said, if he was still able to freelot any drop that came along until he got all 3 sets.
It was the carrying him AND him getting everything that dropped that prompted duffmans actions I think. And whatever the little friend defense argument that's been going on the last 10 pages, I think we can agree on that.
