Playing "catch-up"

[Lux_Rayna]

I know I know, people generally just respond with "join a linkshell!". But the truth is, the game's community is so small and established that this isn't as easy as you think. The linkshells with people who do endgame content are generally full/clique-y, so it's not particularly easy to get in. The remaining linkshells are generally casual players (nothing wrong with that!) who aren't interested in this content anyways.

Have you actually tried, or are you assuming? I've joined god knows how many linkshells (i meet too many ppl) and every single one of them does content and helps at any level. No joke. Even social linkshells (4 out of my 5 ls's) do that. The solution really is to join a linkshell. Read the forums or shout in uldah and i guarantee you'll have 4 or 5 ls invites in a matter of minutes. An LS is the answer to your problem, always has been.

[GlickWick]

Have you actually tried, or are you assuming? I've joined god knows how many linkshells (i meet too many ppl) and every single one of them does content and helps at any level. No joke. Even social linkshells (4 out of my 5 ls's) do that. The solution really is to join a linkshell. Read the forums or shout in uldah and i guarantee you'll have 4 or 5 ls invites in a matter of minutes. An LS is the answer to your problem, always has been.

I've joined four Linkshells at this point, and I see the same things in each. You either have players who are just interested in farming/levelling, or players who have already done most of the content and aren't interested in helping.

Yeah, I'm sure somewhere there exists a linkshell that helps with this. However, meeting people new is incredibly difficult because people generally only group up to do content you won't have access to as a new player. I guess I could join some Cutter's runs, but I'd feel like a complete dick because my character is nowhere near geared up enough for that.