Quote Originally Posted by VerdeLuck View Post
It can't be understated both how wrong this is and how much the developers disagree with this at a fundemental level based on past interviews and answers.
Before you start typing out some poor comparison to item level or duty completion, no those are not the same as gating based on a 3rd party tool or needing to do x damage or kick.
Parties and especially statics already do this. Will state again because this seems to need mentioning once more. This is high level optional content. You do not require number aggregators to deduce that one or more party members is underperforming in hmm, let us say a farm party.

Huh, we should be skipping phase X. Hmm, by this amount of elapsed time we should be at X percent HP. Have not seen dance partner, where is it? No chain strat has been on the boss, why? Red Mage is not making contact with boss so they are obviously not doing melee. Not seeing much Glare from our White Mage probably will have to disband because we are not having this conversation in Savage.

Players participating in difficult content will have expectations and believing that damage is not and should never be factor is sillyness. No party lead is going to sit there willingly banging their head against enrage, they are going to leave duty > disband > blacklist. The option for fifteen minutes of Mothercrystal is not present here. This is not mandatory story mode content where that type of behavior is considered acceptable.

The requirements are simple for most group stuffs Savage+
Meld.
Eat food.
Pot.
Do mechanics.
Pass enrage.
Understand how to play your job to reasonable level.

If you find yourself being ejected from many groups for D.) Failing to pass enrage or E.)Barely understanding job fundamentals then it is time to look inward. Banning damage meters and attempting to force party leaders to stop kicking is not going to change anything. They will kick for which ever reason they decide. Tis their party their rules. Everyone who fails to comprehend this is free to form static or put up on PF. No one is stopping you!

You do not however get to walk into my house and demand I allow you to stay. That is fricken ridiculous. It is not "gatekeeping" if I forcefully eject your booty and no I do not need to give detailed reasons why. You join my static or PF you follow the rules or yeet boy.