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I've not been excluded from any groups and I am not BiS... not sure what you are trying to say... The game as it is except for two fights doesn't reguire best of best gear... And best of best gear only makes you more efficient, and that's assuming you know what you're doing... So first answer who is being excluded from anything in this game as casual friendly as it already is, with all the instant gratification one can really get in a day...
You're kidding... right? Most people in PF groups already ask for people to out level the duty by upwards of 10 ilvls. Heck, I see Titan HM groups asking for ilvl 75+ all the time. You really think that a turn 9 group won't care if you haven't melded all of your Materia slots?

As someone who played WOW for over 5 years, trust me... all adding things like that to end game does is give elitists one more reason to exclude people from content.