Quote Originally Posted by FoxyAreku View Post
Gathering mats and making a party finder for someone to craft for you isn't hard.

Made a full tank 220 set without spending a dime. At worst you would have to tip someone, the only even remotely hard material is the frost cotton bolls/smith ore/etc, and most people should be able to afford that if they can't gather as it's hardly super expensive. There's literally no excuse for someone to not be able to get crafted 220s with how incredibly easy they are aside from laziness, they use most of the same mats as level 55 gear for goodness sake! >_>

Crafting rant aside, this is also true. You can also get a full esoteric set in less than a week too which would set you at i200 and good enough for all content in the game that has a requirement. Heck, even less than a day if you really commit....
The question isn't the difficulty, it is necessity. Why is it necessary to put up these roadblocks to new players that have older players willing to carry them?