Quote Originally Posted by Sebazy View Post
Blocking people without a clear from reclears absolutely isn't a high end player specific thing, that's a community in general thing. People just don't want to 'waste' time, IMHO it's one of the drawbacks of having such a vast and largely anonymous pool of players within PF. Back in the days when the pond was much smaller, you'd generally have a good idea of what to expect from a large number of your peers so would be more willing to take on someone without a clear if you had done content with them before and could be confident that they wouldn't drag the group down. Again, that's not an evil raiders thing.
I'm actually not sure why some people see this as evil and an act of gatekeeping, not wanting to waste your own time is a perfectly valid reason. There are still a lot of people that are willing to help people clear fights, I personally cleared every extreme in a group of randoms, not everyone has a static after all.

Side note: The people clearing on week 1 might not be the best of players either, a carry can sneak through sometimes. Also worth noting that it's not exactly sunshine and roses in cleared PFs either, farm parties are a total mess on week 1 because there's no standardised strats, so people who want to farm would understandably want to minimise time waste as much as possible.