DPS calculation for dungeons

[gadenp]

... I help my Ls mates with my Paladin a lot, which is currently geared with relic+1 and full darklight set.
but when I did my Paladin relic, i only had AK gear with Ifrit sword, it was an exciting battle, and the moment we won it, we were so happy and cherish the team work.
you cant really see that now (only 2 months after server launched) anymore.

Yea, now adays people want you to be over-geared else you are out!!!

[Zoalord]

Exactly,
this is happening a lot on Legacy server, which is really sad for the old player.

I was once in AK as a blm, a PLD came in saw 2 blms then he left without saying a word,

we finish that AK run in 33 mins, 33 mins per run isnt too bad i have to say... sometimes u see people with DL gear and they keep dying end up it takes 1 hr to beat it :/

[Xenobius]

2 weeks ago, a friend and I was doing monk/whm relic quest, Titan fight, both with AK gear and Ifrit weapon,
my Ls mate said that we are leechers, because our dps/equips is WAY TOO LOW/CRAP.

We wasn't really wrong, you know.
You see, in FFXIV:ARR endgame content as it stands now is either a gear check or a skill check.
The latter can compensate the lack of former, but only to a degree - no matter how skilled you are, if you're unable to survive phase transition on Garuda even with multiple rocks remaining, or don't deal enough damage to destroy Titan's heart, you don't belong there in the first place.
I only hope that minimum item level requirement for dungeons and trials gets introduced soon enough, so that at least undergeared players will be kept out of content they shouldn't be doing yet.