The new Allagan set of items needs to have a small customization option.

[NeoAmon]

Since you can't get i110 gear unless you're in a large elitist FC (at least for a few weeks) or have very very good pugs (and are willing to go with strangers in coil, even if they're "good" strangers - I know I'm not except to fill holes in my static). i100 gear is not so bad its useless. Unlike what you think.

This statement is absolutely not true. I started my group from scratch with no FC. All I did was do AK and any player I liked I would ask them if they were interested in forming a static. A week later I got my own group, FCless. One person I know, who is very famous on my server as he is godmode WHM did Coil using LS. He and his best friend created a LS and just added players from many FCs whom did not have a static to raid together, they clear T5 every week. Yes they are part of an FC atm, but they did start from nothing.