Eletism sucks, but is sometimes neccessary. Not for AK or the other dungeons mind you.

I don't join shout parties asking for people with specific gear, or experience. IMO it's asking for trouble. However, I do join (and sometimes create) FC/LS groups asking for the same thing. In my experience, weather it's the doody finder, or shout groups people feel like they can treat other players like crap without repercussions. However, if your treat an LS or FC member like crap there are obvious repercussions. The other difference at least as far as the Titan fight and in some cases Garuda, is that with 7/8 people in the party with relics the 8th member can be carried. In that scenario, in my LS we rotate out the 8th person until we beat the fight for all in the LS who need it, or enough of the 7 relic players run out of time to play.