I feel like i cant even enjoy the game :(

[Andvari]

I want to play and enjoy playing the game. It seems every party i join i have the wrong gear or low health seems low even on lower easier runs i hear it. How can i even get a chance to build up the tomes for new AF or find gear to increase my stats in a community like this. The game is fun itself but everyone i run into seems to just be judgmental and not even give a person a chance to run a dungeon before they judge. Am i the only person that's having this issue with other players? I have PLD AF, I know it sucks compared to others. I started running AK to get hopelite or however its spelled and then in the process build tomes to get the DL gear. People are making it impossible to even get that done because they complain to much.

That sounds awful.. I just did Prae and CM runs and went straight from PLD AF to Darklight myself.. people don't question your gear as much in Prae and CM as much as AK.. at least this has been my experience

Edited to Add: I see it has been mentioned, yeah they don't question your gear as much in 8 person raids... Prae you will need to learn "how" to do certain things, but I was doing Speed Runs in AF almost right away.

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

I want to play and enjoy playing the game. It seems every party i join i have the wrong gear or low health seems low even on lower easier runs i hear it. How can i even get a chance to build up the tomes for new AF or find gear to increase my stats in a community like this. The game is fun itself but everyone i run into seems to just be judgmental and not even give a person a chance to run a dungeon before they judge. Am i the only person that's having this issue with other players? I have PLD AF, I know it sucks compared to others. I started running AK to get hopelite or however its spelled and then in the process build tomes to get the DL gear. People are making it impossible to even get that done because they complain to much.

I know it must be frustrating but there are options for you to make it easier.
Post up here on the forum under your server and ask for like people to play with. I guarantee you there are others like you who are in the same boat and you can form parties together and learn at the same pace. Don't be discouraged though, it will work out if you are persistent.

[Lethaltyrant]

That sounds awful.. I just did Prae and CM runs and went straight from PLD AF to Darklight myself.. people don't question your gear as much in Prae and CM as much as AK.. at least this has been my experience

Yea I am gonna take that advice and work at running CM to get DL gear

[xRitzx]

Will ppl complain about my gear running CM or WP if not maybe ill try that first scratch the hopelite and go straight for DL that way

I have all AF with the exception of DL legs. I completed 3 of 3 CM and 1 of 2 WP attempts because we had a couple new players and had people drop out. People will not complain with you on CM or WP unless the team is bad. For instance, I tanked the adds bad in CM my first time and the team died and blamed me. I did just as poorly other times and the team lived because the DPS actually killed the adds.

Now I've only tried and completed AK once, but I would advise replacing your AF gear with better tank gear before doing AK. Otherwise expect people to instantly quit or complain. You can get 30 myth per run from WP anyway because of the patch so no need to rush AK.

Yes please do not try this. Ifrit is fine, but Garuda may get dicey and Titan would be a non-starter.

You can't MT Garuda with AF but you can certainly off tank there. Titan I haven't tried and agree would be a non-starter.