Quote Originally Posted by Gamer3427 View Post
While I like the idea of larger more cooperative raids, that does lock quite a few of us out if you make it mandatory to have a full group going in, especially with just FC members.
Correct me if I'm wrong -- this is my first MMO, so I only have hearsay to go by -- but with larger-scale raid teams, like 25+ raiders, since each person is responsible for a smaller percentage of the team's performance, it actually means the static is a lot less limited. Sure, the better you know how to work together, the better your team will handle the encounters, but it doesn't really matter nearly as much if you bring five BLMs, two DRG and one MCH, or if you bring an even amount of all DPS classes. And it doesn't necessarily have to be the same players all the time, as long as those replaced don't mind not 'keeping up' and are willing to find another way to get through that encounter (if it's a gate for the next place you go into) before joining in again. The core would most likely remain the same, but the rest could probably be filled from those half-serious raiders in the FC or even from PF if necessary.