Almost everyone wants to "skip" having to raid!

[IveraIvalice]

Maybe I'm missing something, but why can't you make friends with the other 7 people in your static? They're real people too, and just because you are forced to interact with them in an "arranged" situation does not make them any less of a person. It's like saying that real love can never possibly exist between two people that meet through matchmaking or online dating. Personally I met many friends through raid groups (both pugs and statics) and it usually occurs from banter in between wipes. I don't think raiding is just srz business where its just killing bosses that matters, but having fun and joking around are actually more important for many groups.

I usually make friends with people I DF with by joking around and helping people out. I usually don't see those people again but at least I helped and that's just enjoyment to me.
Dont take this the wrong way to any in statics and prefer that method of playing, but I always felt like the people who do that are elitist that want the best people and are constantly judging how others play so that they can tell you how to do it better.
I know that's not all of them but I think that if I was gonna meet some elitists, it would be in a static. They are certainly people that deserve to make friends but they don't seem like the kind of friends I want to make. Im sure they would make friends with people who have the same goals as them. But I usually don't. Again not all of them. At least if I find an elitist in a DF they are the first ones to leave and then the rest of us are happy to go along with the dungeon.

When I would do some very rare coil pug groups when first coil was still lock out, I very rarely found anyone who was about having a good time. It was always just trying to get it done as fast as possible and anyone who gets in the way of that (new people) they would just replace. Because they knew what to do and expected everyone else to also.
That's just not enjoyable, especially when I'm the one getting kicked because I haven't done the dungeon before.

[Logistical]

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I can agree with you, in a sense. Elitists are everywhere though. Inside and Outside Statics.

[IveraIvalice]

I can agree with you, in a sense. Elitists are everywhere though. Inside and Outside Statics.

Yeah, I just think if I wanted to find some I know where to look. But most times if I find then at random, they are the first to rage quit