We begged for a game where gear wouldn't matter. Now that it has come to pass there is less celebration then I think the people imagined there would be.
I've never been in a group where members went out of their way to whisper people who were declined. I've timed all 16s and mostly run 14+ unless helping friends / guildmates with lower keys, and I've never had anyone whisper to ask why they were declined either. To that point, I never whisper asking / begging to be accepted or for a reason why I get declined as a 1400io 220ilvl rsham; I'm sure the group found someone better.
I feel the issue is not with raiderio or this new blizzard scoring system is the community. Is like for a +5 there are a dps with 800io and a dps with1400io on doubt the dps with 1400io is going to get pick every single time by every group. That's just reality. Even though the person with 800io is perfectly fine for the key and will mostly time it but since there is a much better dps applying they are going to get pick. That's the issue a lot of people are having. Their gear and raiderio is fine for the content they apply to but no one wants them. That's the issue. Is not really their fault or blizzard or radierio is the way community acts. Unless glizzard put in some system where if you invite people with less raiderio or people who are lower raiderio you get bonus for doing that. IE extra loot drop for example if you have 2 to 3 member in group with less 25% less score than the higher score in the team everyone gets more chance at a drop or increase the amount of valor points you get at the end by 2x. This way you can take one overgear player with 2 to 3 that's doable at the key you are running and everyone wins.
This is perfectly fine. If you want to do higher keys, you'll have to bring a score and number of completed runs that validate your know-how.
I personally had a rough ride with M+ due to the fact that I'm not raiding(no raiding group to do weekly M+ with, which is the easiest way to get M+ done) and getting past 1.500 in DPS score was rough; I've possibly spent a third or more of my overall "M+ time" in queues. Prior to Shadowlands I always had a group of friends I did M+ with since Legion's start and we blasted 10-15-20+ all the time in the evenings after everyone was done with their work and other obbligations for the day. I however understand that players need a way to see my M+ score and I myself never let anyone not meeting certain standards in.
The only thing that is somewhat annoying to see is how keys lower than 15 keep getting ridiculous invite requirements, but then again the key's owner gets to choose.
The change with how you obtain M+ keys that happened somewhere down the middle of Shadowlands caused a rather massive drop in M+ options.
Last edited by Magnagarde; 2021-05-23 at 05:36 PM.