What is it like to be unable to clear all of the content?

[Maye]

My advise: If your current static group is not going to go any further, I suggest you move on to find another group. Group after group till you find a group that can give you progress through turn 5. Try not to spend hours keep trying, best is keep it to an hour a day unless you find out that by every try you are actually progressing. Don't try too hard but keep up a satisfying momentum and keep seeking for progress.

While I definitely agree with pushing for progress is the way to go, I feel like cherry picking groups would have cheapened the experience for me. I did a lot of T5 pugging inbetween to learn other strategies and gain experience for myself to help the group, and in fact I actually cleared T5 in a semi-PUG on a Sunday night before clearing with either of my static groups... but it felt a lot better to clear it with my statics.

I think what's most important is to make sure that you and your static group are on the same page.

Yes: everyone wants to clear T5 and obtain the loot. But how much time and effort do you want to put into this? Can you withstand constructive criticism for the sake of improving as a player? etc. I think the most frustrating experience is to want to play and practice and clear an encounter... but your group just wants to call it a week after T4.