Hey, my main is max geared and max socketted. He is the highest ilevel in my guild and among my friends and on my server, and therefore nobody can pass me gear that would be an upgrade. And I geared up my guy running mythic plus in pugs and raids when none of my friends were high enough gear level to even join my groups. I also healed friends’ dungeons and raids loads of times and passed gear to them and all the rest of it when nobody has ever done that for me in return, and I would not even ask for anyone’s help for my alts because maybe they are busy. Besides, I prefer to help others versus being helped and ask for nothing in return.
I have new toons on other servers that are in guilds (this toon of which is one of them), but I am not one to ask for help from others. I can gear up all of my toons solo without any reliance on anyone.
To expect to have anyone funnel you gear for any reason, including because you have superior social skills so you can catch up versus work hard for it yourself is an idea that is fine with me, really, but also laughable on another level. How can you expect that? If someone helps you, then in most cases you are, in my opinion, obliged to help them in return–even if they don’t ask for it. If you think superior social skills allows you to get help but not give it in return you are ignorant of what is effectively a social contract. And good luck with that.
I also don’t think the wow community stands out as one that attracts people with above average social skills at all. In my experience, I think a lot who play wow lean the other way, quite frankly. That is not to say people who play wow lack social skills. But if you think having superior social skills is what you ought to rely on to advance your toon, they you are being ridiculous, in my opinon.
If you think I am lying about my main, I can link it, but it makes no difference to the argument here.