Fair, there's some elitism, but there's also people that don't even ask. It takes a pretty ridiculously undergeared/bad-performing player to be worse than a trust with exception to Selh'teus, Qultada, and uh, the geo trust. (In the right content, Seth's aoe tp move is OP stuff.

The bards exist, but their just as likely to give you Ballad as something you want. Qultada isn't perfect but is better.

It goes both ways, some people can't get invites, some people don't want invites.