Originally Posted by
RavenGage
That really quite depends on what you want to do. 5/8? 8/8 clear? Heroics? Assuming you want a normal mode run with a reasonable shot at full clearing:
First off as a general principle I believe in asking for experience far more than gear or anything else. If their main is 8/8 heroic then I'll take their alt to the pug even if it's got shit gear. The nerf is so highly stacked that gear is nearly irrelevant, skill will matter way more.
However barring substantial heroic experience (6/8+) I don't really trust achievements because its easy to have people get carried through normals. If they can't WOW you with their exp then look for an iLevel of around ~390+ and obviously look for them to have put at least some effort into their character, such as being in PvE gear and mostly gemmed/chanted properly. When asking for their experience you'll get a lot of people saying "I've done LFR" and if that's ALL they've done then that's usually a big red light for me but you can try your luck with them. Personally I look for someone to at least have some "real" raids done because I consider LFR to be a glorified training dummy.
Finally you won't have much luck asking for boss mods. One thing I always make sure though is that unless I 100% know and trust someone they must be in vent. Even the biggest noob can do ok if there's a good raid leader holding his hand verbally.
So to summarize, in order to pug 8/8:
- If they have 6/8+ heroic on a main then I'd take them in almost any gear
- If they have 8/8 normal or a little heroic exp I'd take them in ~380 iLevel
- If they have limited normal exp I'd take them in ~390 iLevel
- If they have only done LFR they better bribe the hell out of me or I'll say no