Why is so hard for newbies to learn how to raid?

[Ashkendor]

I see people try this all the time on the weekends while stalking PF for pony farms, but they rarely fill up. Specifically for A1S they never usually get to more than 3 or 4 people.

It's barely even a band-aid. A lot of people make these recommendations, and while they are nice in theory, in practice it doesn't always work as well.

Uh. My server's a lot less populated than yours and learning/clear parties typically fill within 15-20 minutes at peak times. Then again, right now in particular we have a lot of really bored people looking for stuff to do to kill time till the next patch. Hell, I joined an A1S party last week (or the week before maybe?) that turned out to be a total trap. 6/8 of us thought the new guy knew the fight. One other person knew he'd never been in there but didn't say anything until after we'd killed Faust (lol). 4/8 of us were on roles we weren't familiar with. End result? We got a clear for two people and I've cleared A1S as a Scholar now.

my goodness.. this is just ..soo wrong.. any new will be late ..ANY new player will be late because guess what tyhe didnt start a century ago. How are they going to enjoy the content that nobody is willing to help them with in the first place ? since according to you most of the players by the time those new addition reach that level will be well over it and dont care IF someone else needs help..my goodness...and people Wonder why I lost faith in this comunity

So you really can't understand why 7/8 of a static would want to just go in and painlessly clear content they've been clearing for weeks instead of spending hours of their raid night walking some pug through it? You're not even trying to see it from anyone else's point of view but your own then. Seriously, a lot of veteran players will join those learning/clear parties (on my server, at least) but we can't join what isn't even there. That whole "faith in the community" thing goes two ways, though. The fact of the matter is that veteran players have every right to have their own goals for their playtime. They have already put in the time required to learn the fight and if they only want people "on their level" to join their static raid time, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. There is no "No Raider Left Behind" law at work here. Veterans do not exist for the sole purpose of carrying newcomers through content.