Aenesthesia.1697

Happy Birthday ya all! and thanks Anet for the gifts! I'm a badass Reaper and I am so cool and empowered that I'm gonna strike a pose to show my badasness in its full glory, on my seventh birthday, no less. Girl, this scepter sure is heavy, hope no one can see how much effort it takes to keep it up.

Y, the Ascalonian. Cutting through the POF story while looking good and flashy. (she is not an exibitionist, by the way. she wears minimal clothing because the magic resistant fabric she uses is so terribly expensive that she just couldn't afford more)

My revenant Cadeyrn

My salad rev. Just learning to play renegade.

Nadine in her previous incarnation. Now she looks even more badass, but i don't have pictures of her yet.

It sort of is. Having unreasonable requirements for content shuts out people who are experienced but unlucky, people who have differing playstyles and don't want to grind at CMs, prefer to play their individualized classes and do it well, people who are good but otherwise inexperienced, and so on. Every time somebody makes a "LNHB META CLASSES WE USE METERS", it is spitting in the face of the rest of the community, and it continually propagates the myth that these kinds of requirements are necessary for anything. There is a reason why we call this "toxicity": it spreads and poisons the community. Hostility breeds hostility, elitism breeds prejudice, and there's a reason why it took thousands of years for the concept of "inclusivity" to become a thing. When I have to make my LFG specifically say that all classes are allowed, just to prevent random joiners from hijacking it and making their own demands, there is a problem. Sorry but you are way off. Anyone can start a LFG and request whatever they want. I understand people wanting to complete the CM within a reasonable amount of time, and I understand the requisites they come up with, even though it means I will never get in their groups. It doesn't have to do with elitism, but with people not wanting to take forever to complete a dungeon. Nothing keeps me from starting my own lfg looking for inexperienced players that want to have a good time dying, or even super experienced players to carry me because I don't have experience and i will inevitable drag the team, because I know I am not that good that I can play CM without seriously screwing up until I get the hang of it. If someone is willing to join me, then so be it. I bet that CM experienced players will rather join the 'elitist' group, I would also do it, most of the time. I do open a lot of 'everybody welcome' groups for T1 fractals, by the way. And it feels nice to help people get into fractals, but if you have limited playtime and the fractal has some special mechanic that requires coordination, then prepare to spend a lot of time.

What happened to the old stickied "show your ele" topic?