I love the insane requirements from parties to do end game content..

[Sajomir]

This ^

These morons just irritate me to no end. CM can be done easily with AF or less. Sick of people like this.

I was in a group today of all Relic bards and black mages, with one healer and myself as a relic tank. We were making 23 minute clears of Praetorium, which is darn good time. That means 4 runs in an hour and a half, 8 runs in 3 hours, which is great if you're trying to buy up darklight quickly.

Simply put, you need the gear to put out that kind of raw damage. You also need the knowledge to run the instance "correctly" if you want that kind of time, but the extra damage from 7 relic wielding people shaves off way more time than you might think.

Is it the only way to play? No. Is it time efficient and therefore desirable to some people? Yes. We are not doing it to exclude YOU, we just have specific goals in mind. Get off your high horse

[Orophin]

i been saying this since beta once they add gear score its gonna be just like WoW with the crazy as hell requirements to do anything.

I'm just glad it's going to be system imposed and not by the players.