Originally Posted by
Jaylock
Its not an excuse to exclude people, its a way of identifying who is good and who may be not so good.
If a person only has "raid finder" gear on, chances are they are a person who's commitment and dedication to the game is lacking. Sure they may want to dabble in the higher forms of raiding at times, and good for them. However, like i said before, if you can simply identify a person through their raid gear, and they have real current expansion tier sets on, you have a pretty good idea that they are a decent player because:
a) they have experience killing the boss that actually has mechanics they need to follow
b) were good enough to be given a piece of gear from the raid group after killing that boss
Raid finder does not give anyone a good idea of what real raiding is because the mechanics are so watered down.
Plus, it gives the casuals who would like to get into higher mode raiding eye candy to desire to actually put some effort in. The gear is there, the content is there, they just have to go out and get it.