I get it, the idea is that you find guardians who are experienced and know what they are doing. Only issue there is, that isn't what a guardian rank is. No matter how skilled or otherwise you might be at the game there is no getting past guardian rank 6 as a free to play player.
Even if you buy the annual expansion, rank 7 still requires buying the dungeon key and the seasons. I for one am not prepared to spend +$60 to get into LFGs of people who don't understand why guardian ranks are pay to progress. I admit that the later guardian ranks are skill based but they require owning all the content in the game which is just so much money and excludes much of the player base based on money, not skill.
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In my opinion guardian ranks don't mean anything. Some people just can't be arsed to do the challenges and rank up. I respect that. If I make a LFG post I don't check anything about the other players. I'll accept anyone. (Generally most accept me ha). There's some really good fun, great gamers out there I've gamed with. Most probably better than me and helped me through stuff I've not done before. I'm only rank 6. My main challenge I can't finish is weekly mission on neptune, as I haven't finished bluejay quest. Got bored of it. Might go back and complete at some point. I class myself as an average gamer. Not great but not terrible. I've seen worse ha. I suppose my point is that ranks and titles don't really mean much in this game. You can't judge anyone by statistics etc