How are you trying to form shout parties? Will you take anybody, or are your shouts always asking for the same specific jobs with minimum gear requirements? I tend to ignore shouts because they are always "119 rng, 4-song brd, o-chain pld", or what have you. Jobs they are looking for are jobs I have no interest in playing, much less gearing up to the accepted minimum. I would love to try the fights for the experience, but not enough to spend the time/gil to be accepted in a shout group.