Competence Check for Group Content

[ArchlordPie]

What happens when SE defines competence differently than players do (not that the player base would ever agree on what defines competence)?

Also, WoW tried something similar to what you suggest back in Mists of Pandaria. It was called Proving Grounds. It did not end well.

You can make Hall of the Novice mandatory but it will never be a guarantee that a player will perform "competently".

Hah, I remember Proving Grounds and the fiasco that followed them making it mandatory to queue for heroic dungeons in WoD.

Just another reason to point out to your new friends that as long as they have their buttons on their hotbars and have some vague idea of how to use them properly, they're already more skilled than roughly half the game's playerbase.