This is just hilarious...of course people should be judged on DPS based on the situation of the fight. Of course a fight that makes you run a lot will make DPS "harder" for a caster...but not to a point where they can't carry their own weight.

Of course Titan can be done in AK Gear and Ifrit Weaps...is that reason enough to do it though? No it is not...just because you don't need it doesn't justify relying on other people to compensate for your shortcomings.

You are talking about people who have better gear than you, but die because they are too stupid to evade/dodge things...welll compare yourself to someone who has better gear AND can evade/dodge things...

And on a complete different topic...the whole "Relic only" thing going on right now is kinda disturbing...but if people don't meet those requirements...form your own group w/o those requirements. People do it on my server all the time and they usually get a full Party going in less than 5minutes cause believe it or not...there are a lot of people that don't meet those requirements, but instead of trying to form their own parties, they get on the forums and cry about "Relic only" stuff...

And on that matter...show some pride in yourself...when I started out in ARR...I had all battle classes lvld from 1.0...but I didn't have any Primal Weaps from 1.0 or any DL, cause I quit before I could get any. That doesn't mean I'm good to go right into Garuda/Titan just cause I can. I took the time and farmed my Ifrits Sword(30 runs to get it). Before I even went into AK for the first time...then I got AK Gear+DL from the points I got in AK. And with that equip I started doing Garuda for my Sword. There I got luckier and got the Sword after maybe 5 kills. But even then I didn't go right into Titan...I finished my DL set first and THEN went into Titan. I don't expect everyone to be like that...but if they are not like that...I personally judge them on that behaviour and call them out for being selfish and relying on the other group members to carry more weight than they have to, because you lack the equip you COULD have, if you weren't impatient and lazy.

PS: Putting 30 points into VIt on MNK, just so you can survive Plumes and Tumults is just hilarious...you gimp the group even more, cause you are gimped to begin with, relying on others to make up for your shortcomings...that's the definition of selfishness in my book.