The cycle of disbanding that keep casuals from doing content

[NyarukoW]

... YOU need to come help me" (you being raiders/endgamers that know these fights) on the principle of empathy or some such.

I don't understand why the insistence on twisting the word or meaning of what the OP has written or what the thread is about. All that is being asked if lend a hand if you can. What is so wrong about that?

Instead of empathy, we see all sorts of disses directed at the OP and newer players. That is addition to the ever preset clears and this gives the impression that newer players and newbie are being treated with contempt and disdain all the while taking there gil like the McDonald's happy meal bandit.

Sure being proactive help, but it only goes so far because none of this stuff is easy. The OP has been proactive, has been trying, did a lot of waiting, and had a lot of frustration. The OP nor players like the OP is asking to be spoonfed. We are asking that people do NOT go out of their way to deliberately make things harder. And little empathy on the forums goes a long way, instead of all the dismissive missives and name calling.

Additionally being proactive goes beyond just clearing content. We should be proactive about building the community that is more inclusive and more accepting of all players. This helps the game and help everyone, because this is enlightened self interest. The more people that clear the gated contented the more people that can be available to tackle the next/new gated content.

[Ghishlain]

I don't understand why the insistence on twisting the word or meaning of what the OP has written or what the thread is about. All that is being asked if lend a hand if you can. What is so wrong about that?

Instead of empathy, we see all sorts of disses directed at the OP and newer players. That is addition to the ever preset clears and this gives the impression that newer players and newbie are being treated with contempt and disdain all the while taking there gil like the McDonald's happy meal bandit.

Sure being proactive help, but it only goes so far because none of this stuff is easy. The OP has been proactive, has been trying, did a lot of waiting, and had a lot of frustration. The OP nor players like the OP is asking to be spoonfed. We are asking that people do NOT go out of their way to deliberately make things harder. And little empathy on the forums goes a long way, instead of all the dismissive missives and name calling.

Additionally being proactive goes beyond just clearing content. We should be proactive about building the community that is more inclusive and more accepting of all players. This helps the game and help everyone, because this is enlightened self interest. The more people that clear the gated contented the more people that can be available to tackle the next/new gated content.

You ask for empathy yet you can't empathize with the people clearing the content and the fact not all of them have the time in the world. It doesn't help that your argument is falling upon deaf ears because of the fact you insist on equating all those "unhelpful clear people" = "people selling run after run to line their pockets with Gil". For someone speaking about the proactivity of building the community, broadly generalizing ALL raiders as clear sellers certainly doesn't help your argument about building a greater community by falsely vilifying every single raiders and content clearers and also showing great contempt for them. If you want empathy, you should learn to empathize as well.

Just for the record, I'm a casual raider at heart. I work a full time job that has recently seen me work 24 days out of a full four weeks. I am also the leader and organizer for my static. We didn't begin the static until a few weeks after 2.3s launch and from there I had myself, two other people from my FC, and two others who were maybe's. That's grown into a full five man static within my FC and three "PUGs" I picked up while sifting through players on our weekly clears. I've gone through at least four different BRDs and I didn't even touch T9 until we had a stable BRD position. For the first several weeks, I had to balance everyone's schedule to suit our raiding times as people had various real life commitments in the evenings at times, myself included. During our T9 practices, I was worked 22 days in a row, causing more complications for me to set up our static as I had to spend time during the week to ensure everyone was available at X day and Y time.

We cleared T9 half a week before 2.4 came out and it was the most exhilarating pleasure ever to behold in my MMO career.

My time is now spent gearing myself and my allies up for T10 and onwards, as we still have quite a bit of catch up to do. I still am busy organizing and doing my real life commitments, and I don't have time in my gaming schedule to help out new players because I just do not have the time. While helping the community out by helping random strangers is commendable, I unfortunately don't have the time for that. If you're going to vilify me for saying that, then I take great offense to your argument as a whole.

So! Let's be real here:

-There's a group of players who will never be competent enough to clear Coil effectively (you can see that on how limiting some players are in Syrcus Tower).
-There's a group of player who will never be able to join a static because of their erratic real life commitments. I can sympathize for this sect of players.
-Casual's doesn't necessarily mean bad. It just means their time frames are limited and players will need to work around these constraints to be successful.
-Raiders and players who clear content DOES NOT mean they are selling runs
-Not all players have the time to assist other players for the betterment of the community
-Players wanting to clear content will need to work on building their network and finding like players to suit their time frames and have the competency to clear content.
-Perseverance, perseverance, perseverance

Adding to the final point, if you are friendly and network well, you'll be able to find a group that suits your style. Don't be afraid to join groups, even if it's an epic failure. If you find one of those other seven players capable, you have now added one more person to your list as a potential static. Grow your network, and in turn they can help you grow. Currently I'm in the process of replacing my BRD (yes, again), and right now I'm testing a BRD who was a friend of a friend to see if we can get our dynamic to work. It's frustrating, but you can't let it discourage you.