Quote Originally Posted by Karbuncle View Post
That Philosophy is a bit Flawed, Cause I think Being Knowledgeable about how to play your job would mean you're Knowledgeable enough to know how to gear it.

Which is where the guy you quoted gets his from. If a Person doesn't appear to know how to gear their job, the chances of them knowing how to play it are equally as low. Hes not being elitist, He's probably basing his information off past experiences, and i can relate to him.

Whenever I do pick-up alliances, Or shout groups for some things When I'm bored, 9 times out of 10, The people who show up in Full Pink/Perle/Teal get lost, Die, Don't have any Atmas/Cruor Buffs, Don't understand how Weakness triggering works, and are generally not helpful to the alliance and do not understand how to play their jobs, To the point i have to baby-sit them.

I Won't go as far to stop associating myself with them, I Try not to judge people by gear alone, I always give people 1 chance, but the guy you quoted is probably not elitist, Just cautious because of what he may have had to put up with, You should not judge him so harshly as he judges those in perle without knowing his reasons.
Good point. Maybe it was the way he or she worded that kind of irked me. At any rate, yeah if you do know how to play your job you should know how to gear it properly. Sometimes you don't have all the right avenues as to obtaining uber gear, and I don't think you should crucify someone just because they're wearing full perle/teal/aurore. And as some others have mentioned, full perle isn't the worst one can wear...it's decent. There are better options available, yes. But it's not completely nooby. Or just assumed to be nooby.