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Blacksen here.

I completely understand all the complaints and frustrations already mentioned. For good players with alts (such as the ones posting in this forum), gearscore is an irrelevant tool, as most people here know all the bosses, know how to get good at their alt class quickly, and know how to perform in a raid environment. There are cases where lower GS folks are getting rejected even though they are better players. But if I was to guesstimate, I would say that’s only 10-20% of the time. The other 80-90% of the time, gearscore can be a relevant quick way to determine a person’s experience in the game, which in turn can be indicitive of their performance. Let’s face it, the most useful reason people rely on gearscore is for pugs. If I’m leading a TOC 25 pug that I want to clear rather quickly, without having to teach someone the fights, 9/10 times if I see someone with below a 4k gearscore, they are not going to know all the fights. I’d rather take my chances on a the 5500gs toon who I know there’s a decent chance he’ll be able to at least outgear the instance and help a faster clear. I don’t necessarily have time to get the complete playing history of every pug I invite to the group when I’m trying to fill 19 spots. If I truly have a question about the player’s skill, I’ll ask them their progression or if they are playing with an alt – it’s that simple. But gearscore helps tremendously in setting a barrier of who I should inspect and who I should outright reject immediately when I have a screen full of dps whispers wanting to go.

It’s like applying for a job. If a company is looking to fill a spot for someone with at least 5 years of experience, and they have a pile of 800 resumes in front of them, they look at someone’s experience at a quick glance, and throw away hundreds of resumes without even reading them based on one thing. Exceptional candidates are usually among those first trashed group. (I may be having some personal experience with this right now, but no comment)

Another reason I like gearscore, is it helps me recruit. If I see an unguilded 6k+ gear score running around dalaran, I look him up on wowarmory, see his experience, and if it’s good, talk to him or her and get their story. I don’t use his gs to make the decision for me if I want to recruit him, but it at leasts peeks my interest in a person, which gets the ball rolling.

There’s countless other examples I find GS useful, but I fear this is already TL:DNR.

I use GS, as I do all other addons that would help give me greater insight to encounters, or enhance my overall play/performance. GS has it’s usefulness to be sure, it’s the person using the addon that is required to use common sense ALONG with GS.

What we really need is a scripter to release an addon that calculates intelligence and overall common sense when raiding.

Here are a few name suggestions: IntelScore – StupidScore – DumbassScore – IdontknowhowtoplaymytoonScore – ItookthetimetoLEARNthefightScore – ArrogantElitistScore –

I don’t pretend to be a know it all, I’m FAR from it, believe me! But, really… a little logic and practical reasoning goes a LONG way towards a successful run.

People are too quick to blame the “judging on gear” on the GearScore addon. The real problem is bad raid leaders who set gearscore requirements too high.

Is it really that different to say “LF Tank 5.8gs min” vs “LF Tank 42.5k health minimum”?