Quote Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne View Post
This once again where the "group school project" analogy displays wonderfully how the actual scene works.

The group project requires 8 of you to put out an effort with value of 80 out of 100 at minimum. In a glance, it's very obvious that everybody has to contribute at least 10 each to meet that quota so it'd be fair, isn't it? After all, they're a group and should share the burden... Unfortunately reality isn't THAT ideal. Not every people are wired the same: they tend to have different methodology & capabilities to reach that +10 quota. Sometimes there will be a few that lags behind and just can't seem to keep up with their better groupmate in such task. Now their better groupmate has to work an extra legwork to compensate, more than just getting +10 quota because anything below 80 won't cut out.

Clearing for those gears requires effort and most importantly, time. These groups often has a set goal when will they expect to get their clears and eventually gearing up. Time spent on scheduling the right raiding hours. Time spent on learning encounter. Time spent on planning resources. Time spent of trials and errors. Time spent on farming. All 8 players banding together willingly spend their times for said goal. Do you really honestly willing to take in players who do not wish to contribute even the bare minimum, effectively risking to waste the time that 7 other players willing to offer for said goals? This is where the parse data comes in to play: it helps them to gauge whether a player is even worthy according to their group's criteria to be trialed or take in. If I can mitigate the stark possibility of wasting my other group's time, I will do that.

That being said, it still depends on what kind of group you're looking forward to join. Join a group that clearly doesn't share your goal & worse, conflicting visions, then you're in for a bad time.
If someone is BIS has cleared extremes and normals in EW that should tell you they can “handle it”