Throw awat the iLv system, implement a PvE Rank system.

[Seifu]

Lets be perfectly honest in this situation you went in with a farm group and likely were playing the role of dk stun bot. I actual progression group would never survive with a pld in the 70s no matter his skill level.

I agree with your point and do think for turn 1 they were being idiots. But T5 no random group would take someone in the low 70s for any role let alone the tank.

I OT 1-4 with that group as well, but there is a bit if truth to your statement.

However, I cleared T5 on my Bard Alt at i79 pushing 235+ dps with ballad up until I went oomp, out parsing the brd in that run as well as 7/8 of the bards in pugs prior to that, all whom were i85-90. I still can't get into i84+ parties(1/3 of them) until a week from now when I get enough myth