Quote Originally Posted by Kosmos992k View Post
Yes, I know that. But the practical aspect of this is not the issue, it's the social dynamic. Put the way you just put it, that sounds eminently reasonable, but put the way that others have put similar information it sounds elitist and exclusionary, and sets up walls that need not be there. The requirement for static teams for the Coil make this even worse as those teams will always be several steps ahead of everyone else, and as they spend more time running the Coil and other content as a team, the are less available to run other things with other people. The end-game in FFXIV is just plain anti-social, it set's up too many real and imagined barriers to entry at each step.
You don't need a static group to get DL. As a matter of fact, as a tank (or even if you just use the df with a tank), it's faster if you use the duty finder. Getting DL gear should be looked at as leveling up. You'r not really done levling once you hit 50, you must grind to get DL gear. Once you have that, then your relic, finding a static group will not be hard, even if you have to look outside your FC/LS. TBH, getting a relic isn't that tough either. If the Titan fight is giving you issues, there are groups willing to carry people through it. Sometimes you can find groups that do just fine and just need an 8th person to enter the fight.

IMO, the only wall that should not exist that currently does, is the weekly lockout on Coil. If there are any other walls, they are self-imposed.