In This Thread: A lot of players who expect PUGs to perform as well as static groups.

Here's the truth of the matter: this is an MMO. It involves many other people, of varying degrees of physical and mental ability, as well varying degrees of knowledge and experience as to how this game is played. I'm sorry that, for many of you, your ignorance of this fact makes you angry and causes you distress. That's a terrible thing and I do hope that one day you find a way to work past that.

If you are looking for a group that can consistently perform at the level you want or expect, you will need to put it together yourself. Duty finder is currently unable to vet out players based on their relative skill, so you are going to get a lottery of skilled vs unskilled, knowledgeable vs unknowlegable. And guess what? There is absolutely nothing you can do about it. There is nothing I can do about it. There are some things Square can do about it, but they probably won't just to stop the complaints.

The only person you have total control of in this world is yourself. If you are finding your circumstances to be so unacceptable, you have to change those circumstances yourself. Expecting everyone who does not play to your standards to just quit the game, or somehow magically get better, because it inconveniences you is not a very realistic goal.

So, now that you have ~66 pages worth of people to sort through and find those who agree with you, I recommend playing this game like its an actual online game with multiple other people in it and be SOCIAL; start making groups with them. PM them, ask them out on a date... don't really care how you do it. But do I strongly recommend you do it for your own enjoyment of the game.

Good luck building your static groups!