Quote Originally Posted by Lurkios View Post
Regarding gear. Gear does make the player past CM/Prea/Ifrit. Sorry, but a GC/WP weapon has no place in a Titan HM, nor does class gear. By hitting commence you just wasted all the time the other 7 folks spent waiting to get in. "Maybe", and it's a big maybe, they'll be able to carry you through it - but you will not be contributing to that fight. It doesn't matter how good you are if the unavoidable damage is enough to kill you. You are, quite simply, undergeared - a liability, at best. The etiquette, in this situation, would be not to queue until you're actually capable of a fight.
This is not a clear cut truth. As a WHM, I have to use the GC wand/WP wand, as I have nothing else I could use that is better. I cleared Ifrit HM & Garduda HM with a FC/few friends group with no issues. It is not that hard. It is just a matter of pattern memorization. So to say the above is maybe 50/50 based on player skill.