Quote Originally Posted by Miste View Post
To be completely honest with you...I don't think it is elitist for static groups to have certain conditions in order to join.
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It would be nice, sure, if people gave people more of a chance to prove themselves, but again they have every right to not bother since it is their group and if the majority of the members in it don't have enough time to spend on teaching someone new then that is their right. I would say it is because no matter how good of a player you are you are still going to need some time to learn the mechanics in the fights you've never even been in and maybe those groups didn't want to give up their own time to deal with that.

So maybe the best option would be to make your own group?
I appreciate many people offering their own voices to this. I think too many though are missing the mark a little. This is not coming from a player frustrated and diplomatically b***ing about it, as I'm quite seasoned in X|V historically. This is coming from a leadership perspective hoping to wake some people up. This may never reach the eyes of a minority of FC leadership overall, but I believe it is vital more time and attention be paid to an individual's raiding history as opposed to 2 very small and narrow guidelines for yes / no.

When you look at 2 applicants: a) the individual who has raided in mmo's for 6-10 years and just needs a couple-few weeks to get up to snuff or b) the player who has been playing for a few months and is more comparatively ready to take on content. In terms of wanting to play together long term, it's not a decision in my mind if I had to choose.

I lead a LS turned FC from 1.0~final coil, and had to take a raiding break due to wife's pregnancy. I've come back and am establishing a new group: http://arcsystems.guildwork.com/