Originally Posted by
Battlebeard
Well, there are some problems with "just join a group". First off, even the very first week of content, people demand curve or at least normal clear achiv. This goes for the majority of groups, and unless you clear it day 1, you are pretty much screwed. There are not many "no requirement" groups to even join.
Secondly, and most important, I believe people who invest time to raid, and who has invested lots of time in previous tiers and expansions can have some demands. It's not realistic, as an example, that an ex-mythic raider should even do normal mode. Once a mythic raider, always a mythic raider by heart. If someone cleared a raid on mythic sometime, even expansions ago, they have the potentional to raid mythic today as well. Same for heroic raiders.
Personally, I only raid heroic in Legion and the last time I did Mythic was in WoD, but I am not looking for mythic groups atm, my IRL won't allow that time invenst. But since I raided heroic this expansion, for BFA, I expect to move directly into Heroic raids (if I get enough ilvl, I realize ANY gear won't do) and this is not a strange demand. This has been my only raid demand this expansion and it worked fine upto Antorus. I moved from EN Heroic -> NH Heroic -> Tomb Heroic more or less. I did some normal bosses to get some set-bonuses, and later for xmog etc, but more or less I moved from heroic mode to heroic mode, like you are suppose to do.
Heroic isn't an impressive feat itselfs, but that furthermore proves my point. Heroic raiders should not have to do normal and mythic raiders should not have to do heroic, (AGAIN IF THEIR ILVL IS SOMEWHAT OKEY, I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH).
So, IF you have a Curve or Cutting edge from previous raids, that should be absolutely everything you need to get invited to Heroic raids (in my example), becuase I have proved over and over that I managed the general difficulty of atleast Heroic mode.