Isn't the crafted gear 350 and not 360? Maybe that's a part of it. For extreme/savage you probably want at least 360 gear. Your problems are one of the reasons I haven't run those yet. I'm not going to download a bunch of stuff just so I can parse every millisecond of my play. I'd rather just have fun. Sorry I can't be more help. You're probably like me and not maximizing your dps to it's full potential. Seriously some people are really good at it and know when and how to use every single ability. They'll wait to use certain abilities when certain buffs are up in the raid (which to me seems hard to do with all the constant buffs going on and off). Just a few seconds delay or hitting the wrong ability can probably throw off your dps. If you're not dying then I don't see why they'd kick you out. Seriously your post really makes me never want to even try extrme/savage now. Lag could also be slowing your dps down a bit. Make sure you have all the spell effects for other players turned off. I can't emphasis that enough. It makes a massive difference. Other than that just try to read all the guides you can. It could just be one little thing you're doing wrong in your rotation. Also melee is a lot harder than ranged, heck everything seems a lot harder than my bard. We have it pretty easy with character placement and being able to dodge and continually do damage. It might just be a matter of you needing to just keep practicing. Don't let jerks get you down. If they're kicking you out then that's just not cool. If you can't learn then how do they expect you to do good enough? Maybe find a group who A. wants to have fun first and B. don't mind helping others to learn. Also wiping can be fun if you have the right people with you. I'd rather wipe a million times and have all of us lauging and enjoying ourselves then do a perfect speed run where nobody talks or has one ounce of fun.