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.