Quote Originally Posted by Thurmnmurmn View Post
You got it backwards from my intentions. The fact you can do it is indeed the truth so no it's not about "the way something should be". The reason to bring it up is to actually get a solution out of this.
What's a better outcome? Berate every player who does go in under geared or ask SE to change the system so that they can't do that?
Yes to both of these, though 'berating' might be an overly aggressive word.

If someone enters a duty and are severely under-geared to an obstructive degree, they need to be informed of that fact and possibly dismissed from the duty. This is a cooperative multiplayer game. It is unfair for a player to believe they are entitled to offload massive amounts of additional responsibility onto their teammates, simply because they can't be bothered to keep their gear vaguely up to date. I've seen people sneak into trials with weapons an expansion or more out of date, and literally fully obstruct the party from progressing..