Quote Originally Posted by Madoka View Post
As for people without clears who are actually capable but could never find parties, that's often me. I simply send the party leader a tell and explain how far I've been/what I know. I'm a good enough player that once I join any doubts they have will be cleared if they're watching my performance.
100% this. Most of the time, I'll take a player that has the intelligence to send me a tell and say, "Hey, I don't have the clear - but I know the fight and would love to join" and 9/10 times? I take them, and they ARE good. It's the ones that try to join in and be sneaky about it that you know are just bad - they have to lie to get in, after all.