Why are Statics so difficult sometimes?

[RiyahArp]

Base on these 2 comments I can say two things,

ive played other mmos, and have done raiding in ffxi. And the older games there never really was a need to tell your friend not to play ,because old school raids were more a function of time than skill. You just showed up in a group and worked out your role. There really wasn't the whole professionalization of the metagame in many earlier mmos.

And I've also seen what happens when one person chooses the raid over their friend.

The person who chooses the raid stops doing things with their friend. The raid takes up so much time and energy, that they don't really want to grind older stuff. The friend becomes more of a hanger on; they always compete with the raid even if they choose to not do it. Because raids really do take a lot of time.

Discord? lol. You end up on the raid discord, because you spend more time with the static and do things that are important to them.

I think a lot of people don't realize this happens until its too late.