Quote Originally Posted by InpendingDeath View Post
I agree I have done most all Merit BCs with unique-non cookie cutter build setups but the fact is people are too stubborn to try. Maybe the real problem is lacking people who are willing to help others with nothing to gain for themselves. Maybe they should add a function like WKR to AA's and once clear them all can chose an item of your choice or something. I understand what he means by saying they punish people for being casuals because casual players are left to do content no one is doing nor willing to do because they have better harder things to do that you can't do yet. So if your left behind your not catching up without people not needing something from said event to help you, which is rare. Maybe a server merge would bring more people not so elite to the table, those willing to help others without getting anything from it.
Maybe but I doubt it. Chances are the amount of open-minded players would be drowned out by the influx of new elite-minded players; especially in regards to activities on shout. Rarely if ever do I see people shouting for all-comers. They usually always want very specific and ideal job combinations - the cookie-cutter set ups as you refer to them. And I doubt this would change after a server merge even though having these specific set ups isn't necessary at all.

Part of the problem is after someone views themselves as becoming an elite and taste the so-called endgame they have this habit of viewing the entire game in that very limited context. So even when doing something as simple as a chapter 1 REM battlefield for example they act as if they are getting ready to do some very difficult endgame alliance raid. I see it happen all the time. A battlefield you can solo yet I see players making a huge fuss about what job and gear everyone has. It's silly and very punishing to casuals who are trying to gear up I agree. I wish I could change their minds but I can't. They are set in their ways and for some it makes them feel special to exclude others.

I don't really think there is a good solution to this. I wish there was. But there isn't. That's why my best advice is to try and build a circle of friends you can depend on to help you with content and not nitpick of every minor detail. But I do now recognize that may be more difficult to do in today's climate. Most of my friends are from older times when the difficulty on this game was merciless and people were all but forced to befriend each other if they wanted to succeed. That is less the case now - so I'm sure that has lead to people being a lot more anti-social.