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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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It's really simple, and I've already said it twice. If DPS was king, you would see gear checks to get into groups. Anybody with noob gear would never be able to get an XP group, because their DPS would be too low. I have never seen a gear check on P99 for any group. The only requirements for gear typically come from raiding guilds, for resistances and clickies, not DPS gear.
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The only things that have any meaningful impact on melee DPS is weapon(s) and haste item. Gear doesn't really affect caster DPS at all, mana pool size is irrelevant in a grinding environment. The reason people don't screen players for gear before inviting them into group is not that DPS is irrelevant, it's because it's a piece of shit thing to do and also most players have good enough gear to where there isn't significant room for improvements. Nobody's gonna look at an epic rogue or t-staff monk and go "pfff, no Vulak weapon? GTFO!"
As long as the basic necessities are covered regarding heals/tank/CC, DPS is the most important thing in a group. It's just that on the whole, class has far, far more impact on DPS than gear does. Gear is irrelevant for casters, monks will often be out pulling half the time anyway, and rogues can get their epic from a vending machine. There's no real reason to screen for gear. There
is a reason to screen for class, which people very much do, because DPS matters an incredible amount. This is why nobody is happy to take a druid or wizard along as DPS.
It's way too impractical to check someone's gear. What are you gonna do, send them a tell asking them to link their magelo? Have them show up and inspect them, then tell them to leave if they don't meet the standards? But you very much do mind what class they are, you do that yourself 100%, and that's because you know that if you don't have good DPS in the group, it's gonna be a dogshit group and a waste of your time.
Utility isn't that important. People know the game like the back of their hand and are vastly overgeared on average. Ask anyone whether they would prefer to fill their DPS spot with an epic rogue/mage, or a druid/wizard for the sake of having evac. A group needs enough healing and CC to not die, and then all that matters besides is DPS because that's what determines how well your time is spent.