No static, No gear

[fanservice]

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I hate how all of the 'challenging' content is only meant for those in a group, with vent channels and what not. Quite obviously, you can't do a lot of these things as a PuG because of how unorganized it is.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not asking for solo content or gear handouts or anything like that, I just wish that the game was a bit more inviting to lone players.

Well this is an MMO...

You see, the problem is that the hardest group content gives the best gear. If you do not have any of the said gear, you are less desirable to join a static, and vise versa. You end up in this hamster wheel of always being late to get the gear you want.

That's the problem with players and arbitrary numbers that rate your gear really. Not really the game itself.

People want an easy run.

People don't want to wipe if they can help it.

People don't want to take the time to figure out if a player is capable through trial and error.

Gearscore, ilvl averages, specific drops etc saves lazy group makers time and effort in establishing if someone is capable.

The guy in question has a weapon from this fight? Auto invite because there's visual evidence he's done it before. Little do they know, he probably was incapacitated in fire, or never played his current job/role in this fight.

Had this been years ago, the old me 'wouldav'e said people wanna be carried'. That's only partially true. Mostly people want to be able to judge your worth at a glance.

They don't care to see how fast you learn, and develop your role in an encounter.

They don't care for someone who met DF's ilvl minimums, and then some.

They prioritize the people who already been geared from that very fight because they can trust them to do it again.