above all, Kody is one of the more helpful members here, no way in hell is this his fault

whats so annoying here is that this game is a really hard and quite technical game. No point based RPGs, you have to make sure yourself technical knowledge is sufficient to particapate in this, otherwise you cant.

Mark, obviously, is looking at this as just a game where you make up some armour (well, in his early days at least) and go with it. He doesnt see the knowledge he needs to gain, and the advice he needs to take to get there. And no matter how often we tell him, he just doesnt get it.

In the end, he isnt suited to play this game for all hes worth, simple.