"This is my playstyle" is a poor argument for being bad.

[Archaell]

I was in DD on my Ast trying to figure out why I was sucking at keeping the tank up... all of his gear was level 30 or lower grey junk.... No HQs and no dungeon drops. How do you make it 14+ levels without upgrading your gear unless you are trying to not upgrade it?

That's the thing. Some players aren't even aware that they should be upgrading their gear and that they should look for specific stats. The game does poor job when it comes to teaching the players important knowledge.

Unless there is gear gate for instances these guys are not going to bother researching basics on their own...

There should be at least some kind of helpful reminder that you are doing something wrong... idk, something simple like a moogle following you around and mocking you in the chat till you fix the issue. Maybe even a lil bit annoying that starts cut scene interaction.

[RiceisNice]

That's the thing. Some players aren't even aware that they should be upgrading their gear and that they should look for specific stats. The game does poor job when it comes to teaching the players important knowledge.

Unless there is gear gate for instances these guys are not going to bother researching basics on their own...

There should be at least some kind of helpful reminder that you are doing something wrong... idk, something simple like a moogle following you around and mocking you in the chat till you fix the issue. Maybe even a lil bit annoying that starts cut scene interaction.

You get gear as you level from MSQ. Unless it's your secondary class (which gives even less of a reason to go into something undergearred because they should at least grasp that by now), there's absolutely no possible way to go into a level 44 dungeon with lvl 30 or lower gear.