Once again, I am sorry I seem to be unable to show you the point I am trying to make.

You, Omnys, have misconstrued my motivation for posting this topic. I am not being asked to be carried (I already told you I don't need to be). I am not asking for anyone else to be carried (I don't like doing that either). I posted this topic because I am on the verge of quitting this game because there is nothing left for me to do on my own. My friends have all quit and I am having difficulty finding another group to play with. I am not doing this in hopes of getting a group out of sympathy. I am doing it because I know I am not alone. I know there are many other players who have experienced this very same exclusion. And I know what they are going to do.

They are going to quit.

Regardless of how you may feel about the game, people are quitting. People are quitting because they are being excluded from groups who already have met the minimum number of players required to clear the hardest content in the game.

Yes there are things I (and others) could do to get back into the game. We could spend many hours, days, and months sifting through all the people you have already rejected, trying to get a group together that can compete.

But we all know that the vast majority of players don't have that kind of motivation and dedication. This is a game, people are going to put Game amount of effort into it. They are not going to put Career amount of effort into it. When a game stops being fun, and becomes a thankless job, people quit.

I made this thread because I saw a very simple thing that the developers could do in order to keep people playing. This is a relatively new mechanic, and they should be able to remove it easily. Will this fix everything in the game? No. But I believe that it will help. At this point anything that helps people keep playing, and more importantly enjoying, the game can only be a good thing.