Bleeding Ifrit again...

[Meow_Zedong]

Haven't read anything except the OP but seriously man, if your LS is elite and shutting you out. Get a different LS. If you are talking about PUG groups, well there is your problem right there. PUG groups are usually made up of people that are too much of an asshole to have any friends, that's why they don't run with their LS. And they usually aren't that great anyway because they have no consistency to practice with.

The Ifrit battle is NOT that difficult. I'm an officer is an LS and we've run it with thaums and no cons. We've run it with more Archers than lancers (pro-tip if you are an archer a good place to stand is right next to the mage in the safe spot). We've run it with no one having Sentinel except the tank.

Sure it is much easier with just lancers, but if you find an LS that isn't full of elitist jerks they will be more interested with playing with their friends than excluding them to get the win faster. It might take a bit more practice to win the battle with Archers but it is possible, I personally have done it.

The same can be said for all content in this game. I've been into Darkhold over a hundred times and every single time I've gone in as a Lancer and we do just fine, especially now that the Ogre is a joke.