I look at GS to understand if someone is actually paying attention. If someone has a GS of ~2k and is pulling in 1800DPS I actually feel like they are new to 80 but working their tail off. I had some huntard that was doing a remarkable 600dps (with Pet added in...) and they had a GS of 4500. That person is just looking to get pulled through the instance. I am going to votekick them every time.

So get GS, it helps you understand a player's limits. And judge them on it - if they have a GS of 3000 and are doing 3k DPS ... ask them their secrets!

I have never kicked a player for a low gearscore. One thing I think Bliz got right - if you have the gear to get into the instance, you have the ability to clear it if you're a decent player. That doesn't mean 0 wipes, but who cares? I'm playing this game to have fun.


In the end, the new LFD actually revived my interest in MBoxing, because if there was content I couldn't work through I could PuG it to see how it worked a few times. Really helped me to improve my game. Heck, just learning to not try to CC helped a ton. Can't believe how many wipes I wasted on trying to resheep something - AoE FTW!