Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[Eshura]

I find it funny that people think this is an elitist thing.

It is considered an elitist thing because even if your stupid gear level is a few points off or something (like say, you're missing a belt or gloves) you're gonna be told you cant go because you're too under geared. And even with gear levels that's no guarantee that the player is at all competent. They could be playing a friends account, they could have been power-leveled by a friend, or even bought their character off Ebay or from a gil-seller. Gear levels are pointless and only serve as a point of discrimination.

I agree however that you should play the game if you have any intention of doing the raids or whatnot, but gear levels are totally necessary, you should be rated by your competence not the random numbers on your gear.

Also ChickensEvil: Just because someone isn't level 50 on here doesn't mean diddly, there are other mmos out there, and some of us are speaking from past experience with previous MMOs.

But again I say, I agree that players need to play the game and they will have sufficient protection, but just relegating us to a number and claiming that will indicate just how reliable and competent we are is like giving a drivers license to a 16 year old and expecting excellent driving because of their age.