Gear Score, in my ARR?

[Hanabira]

how is this any different from what people have been doing since my days in everquest. you cant be a fresh max level and expect to jump right into a high end group taking down t4 content. you wont be able to hit anything, and you'll be squishy and a huge burden.

just like with garuda, people only want to go with players who spent the time to properly gear themselves and learn their job, you CAN win with 1 or 2 people in crappy gear, but why frustrate yourself trying?

what happens if your tank is taking too much dmg, war cant kill the plumes, whm not healing for enough, dd's missing or doing sub-par dmg. you lose, end of story. and these are things that no amount of personal skill can make up for.