Stat boosts with titles?

[PArcher]

The chances of what you are saying happening is as likely as people excluding ASTs and getting WHMs only just for the MND buff - no one will do it, because the MND buff is not that important. Hell would you rather a SCH with that title but has 100 less MND than one who doesn't? or skill wise? Makes 0 sense.

And yet, I know several BLM who're terrified of the PIE bonus from SCH and AST being removed, because it will screw up their rotations (and they don't like doing anything without a SCH/AST, either). Tanks also love having a MNK or DRG in party to boost their damage

Edit: As an aside. Honestly, the fear of elitism and stuff like this has become so annoying, that I actually would prefer to have elitists around than people who fear it.

Its not fear though, its reality. If you have two people who are similarly skilled, and seem to perform the same, the one with the title you want is going to get chosen 100% of the time. Heck, he will even if he was the weaker of the two (up to a certain point. But, the group may then continue to search rather than take the person without the title). The title provides a buff to the group the other does not have, and it shows that the person is putting in the effort to be better (or, shows the one without is lazy. You see that now with people who meld gear efficiently vs those who don't meld or meld poorly. Even if the person with bad melds is better, he's saying he doesn't care enough or is just ignorant of how to meld properly [and isn't willing to do research], which could be a problem in raid.)