Quote Originally Posted by Shipp View Post
You're making a comparison but you're really not comparing 2 similar situations.

In XI, you were allowed to go as long as you could support in some way because you were running with your linkshell. There were not PuGs doing sky/sea/Dynamis/HNMs. You were in a linkshell for those events and went with them. You might pick up a couple random people that were friends of people already in the group, but you didn't sit in Jeuno shouting for more.

In WoW guild runs, it is the same way. I haven't had the highest ilvl on one class, but since I'm performing the same role as I do on my main, they know that I know how to play and will take my alt over the better geared player who they barely know.

Random PuGs are a completely different type of group. People in PuGs don't know you. They don't know if you're great at your rotations. They don't know if you're a moron that stands in fire or not. They are more likely to pick a high ilvl person due to the fact that they are more likely to know how to move out of fire. They are more likely to put out higher DPS. They are more likely to know what they're doing. That doesn't mean that those higher ilvl players are worth their salt, it just means that the people are looking for the smoothest run possible, and if the same happened in XI, would you rather take a 75 BLM to sky that had all NQ items, no AF2, didn't use macros... or would you rather take the person who has numerous HQ items, took the time to farm sea obis, has AF2 and AF1, and uses macros? Assuming you knew neither of these people, you are going to pick the latter. Why? Because they have put forth the effort to gear their character and at least try to be the best they can be.


tl;dr: Don't compare WoW PuGs to linkshell runs in XI. Get a guild in WoW and make a comparison then.
Look i can care less at the end in wow people care too much about dps and ilvl at the end that what matter and that what i hate i understand gear matter but when a addon tell you oh this player suck due to this and matter what the player say he wont be allow to join and that what i think that addon should never be allow within FFXIV.

It's how ppl care ffxiv got 4.9score and this mmo get 9.9 they would play that over this and that what matter to them same thing at least for me.

anyways wonder why we got so off topic guess it happen in every topic.