Quote Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi View Post
I don't care how much time people have sunk into the game, not one bit. That is not an appeal to experience, that is an appeal to narcissism ("wow I have x ilevel gear that I spent months grinding for".) Experience actually means metaphorically "I have learned X on my own, and can do it blindfolded, hands tied behind my back", that has nothing to do with gear.
Gear does matter because you can't actually queue for any relevant content with i180 gear. Which means you have zero experience in higher dungeons like Expert Roulette. Your gear does tell me roughly how much experience you have with specific content since you don't even qualify to enter most of the level 60 content unless you are hiding behind an alt.

If you cannot enter A12N then how can you have "experience" in A12N? That has plenty to do with gear since gear is what qualifies you to advance into higher duties.

Just an FYI experience isn't only how long you've played this game or how long you've played a specific job or role...experience is also applied to specific content and whether or not you have personally healed specific dungeons/raids or not with varying item levels...without the gear you cannot experience the higher dungeons and content. So no, gear is not just narcissism...you need it to progress and get more experience.

So yes, in the end you are talking about stuff you just don't have full experience with.

Like others have said your inexperience shows with the claims you make about healing, downtime, regens, and enmity that are very incorrect which many healers and tanks have corrected you. You might want to just accept the fact that there are people more knowledgeable than you and accept their assistance/advice...it might help you out in the long run.