Most of the groups always ask for experienced players. Before this weekend, I wasn't experienced and luckily I found two groups that let me in. On Friday, I got to the ogre with one group and Saturday I finished from that point with another. Having done it now, I can say that as long as there's one experienced person in the group, that should be enough because the mechanics aren't that bad. It is getting pretty lame with every post demanding experience but I've done it myself so I can't bitch about it. That said, I'd say wait a month and it'll calm down quite a bit because by then they'll be a lot more people confident in this raid that they can assume the role of leader and bring in more inexperienced players. There are good people out there. It also helps to bring something to the table. Having the spindle was a huge plus going into the raid.