Quote Originally Posted by Shipp View Post
I don't think you understand how ilvl works. Each piece of gear in WoW is given a value which allows the devs to assign specific values of stats. Having ilvl of 333 means you outgear people of an ilvl of 300. It's the average of your equipment. Now, if a raid is designed around people having ilvl 359, then bringing people with ilvl 333 is CARRYING them through content.

The same thing was done in XI, though it wasn't called GS or ilvl. It was called, "You don't have all of the elemental staves as a BLM? Lolno you're not coming." Or, "BLM/SMN? GTFO the group."

People seem to think restrictions are limited to WoW, and that's certainly not the case. Would you bring a SMN/BLM to a healing party in XI when you're fighting an HNM? No. Why? Outside of a limited one healing BP per minute, that SMN isn't going to be able to heal at all, not is /blm useful for SMN at all outside of warp. That's the same reason people don't carry people in low ilvls through raids. For one, you can't even get into raids until a certain ilvl in Cata, and two, you're dead weight that can be replaced with someone who is actually keeping up.
you needed the staffs that something else then you need to have a set score or GTFO it's a big diff. In ffxi a person who have good gear but not the best in the game was still allow to go to endgame. Now with ilvl if you don't have a set score let's say 500 you wont be allow in even if you have gear good enough to enter and do fine that the big issue.