Omega and future raid concerns

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

No, because Neo and God Kefka were designed to make Savage feel special for players who enjoy that level of difficult. Ultimate is a step beyond that; answering the demand for Midas and Gordias levels. Raiders from the midcore to hardcore level have two, two unique encounters—one of which means progressively easier as our ilvl increases. Is it really too much to ask we get to have stuff too when 99% of this game favors casual players?

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Honestly I disagree, I don't think they made god kefka and neo like that to entice raiders, I believe that they made those to entice ppl into trying savage. The difficulty of both is not prohibitive if ppl try.
there was a feedback going around that savage even in creator didn't felt special enough, so I do believe they wanted to have savage abit special.

In fact if you think about it, it's kinda like a bait, most of the ppl playing XIV are FF fans and each final tier of raid in normal lacks the main final fight of the villain they are based upon.
the devs are saying if you want the real fight do savage.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To an extent I think it is, given that raiders can enjoy the rest of the content it is a asking a lot to expect the game to cater so much to them.

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Except much of that content doesn't appeal to us. I have very little interest spamming a dungeon so easy I literally spend 90% of it DPSing. The whole purpose behind a Theme Park MMO is something for everyone. What you're asking for is raiders get nothing which approach their skill level. Pray tell, how we're asking to be catered to when you have the bulk of the content designed for your specific interests.

You have lolfflogs, thats your content. Go focus on padding your runs.

Now, that was uncalled for

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To an extent I think it is, given that raiders can enjoy the rest of the content it is a asking a lot to expect the game to cater so much to them.

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You can't be serious here?

Let's trade then, they can make normal fights to include the final form boss and we can have harder dungeons? Deal?

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

Except much of that content doesn't appeal to us. I have very little interest spamming a dungeon so easy I literally spend 90% of it DPSing. The whole purpose behind a Theme Park MMO is something for everyone. What you're asking for is raiders get nothing which approach their skill level. Pray tell, how we're asking to be catered to when you have the bulk of the content designed for your specific interests.

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To be fair this is why I think it is asking a lot as it's a very small subset of the player base demanding content solely for them

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Originally Posted by SinisterJoints

You can't be serious here?

Let's trade then, they can make normal fights to include the final form boss and we can have harder dungeons? Deal?

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Apparently HoH will have much harder dungeon floors so you'll be getting that.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To be fair this is why I think it is asking a lot as it's a very small subset of the player base demanding content solely for them

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How is that any different from the non-raiders demanding that every piece of content be for them? It’s not really any better on their part to demand that everything be accessible to them with little to no effort involved.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

Apparently HoH will have much harder dungeon floors so you'll be getting that.

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HoH floors will probably be the equivalent of Floor 151+ in PotD, if I recall the live letter correctly. However, the developers already made a statement on how most people really enjoyed the harder floors. He wasn’t referring to raiders with that statement.

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Originally Posted by RiyahArp

You have lolfflogs, thats your content. Go focus on padding your runs.

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Grade A mature response here.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To be fair this is why I think it is asking a lot as it's a very small subset of the player base demanding content solely for them

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But its not a small subset of the playerbase. A lot of the playerbase is actually attempting the content. Clearing on the other hand is another thing entirely. But demanding that all things be casual is, IMO, asking too much. You already have 99% of the content catered to you, let us have our little bite of cake please.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

Apparently HoH will have much harder dungeon floors so you'll be getting that.

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you mean WE ALL will be getting that. Stop acting like you dont get any of the content that we do. We have the exact same content available as you. You just dont want to put in the work to do it...

And dont kid yourself, the content really isnt that savage...

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Originally Posted by SinisterJoints

you mean WE ALL will be getting that. Stop acting like you dont get any of the content that we do. We have the exact same content available as you. You just dont want to put in the work to do it...

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It's this spiteful attitude that turns me against the raid community

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Originally Posted by RiyahArp

You have lolfflogs, thats your content. Go focus on padding your runs.

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I see you've committed to being a troll. Funny enough, this happened back with Creator. What happened? People unsubbed because there was nothing to do. Parse runs only last for so long.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To be fair this is why I think it is asking a lot as it's a very small subset of the player base demanding content solely for them

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Because that is the entire purpose behind a Theme Park MMO. How many people care about Perform, Rival Rings, Crafting, Gathering and PvP in general? You don't see threads screaming PvP be deleted from the game or Perform shouldn't exist. That is content for a very niche audience. In fact, I'd argue PvP has a smaller playerbase than raiders. We're asking for one or two things that cater towards our interest, just as you prefer something like Eureka. Can I do all the dungeons released? Yes. But that isn't enjoyable content for me.

Theme Park MMOs are designed to offer small pieces of the pie for multiple types of players. You don't compare the entirety of everything the game offers against Savage. You compare Savage with say, PvP or Crafters/Gathers. Each makes up a percentage, albeit with some overlay. What you're demanding is raiders get nothing.

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

It's this spiteful attitude that turns me against the raid community

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What's stopping you from partaking in Savage if you want to see God Kefka? Are pugs difficult? Sure. But I've managed to clear with suspect parties on Warrior, which is not my main. If I can do it, why can't you?

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

It's this spiteful attitude that turns me against the raid community

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If the shoe fits?

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

To be fair this is why I think it is asking a lot as it's a very small subset of the player base demanding content solely for them

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It's this spiteful attitude that turns me against the casual community... see what I did there? You act like this game is entirely devoted to the raid community when in actuality its not. It's so geared towards casual that if it goes anymore casual you might as well make it a mobile game. I just don't understand that mentality. What I say is not wrong, by any means. You just don't like it because the opinion differs from yours, no matter how truthful it is.

Why should 100% of the content revolve around casual play?

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Originally Posted by jameseoakes

It's this spiteful attitude that turns me against the raid community

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I mean... she's not wrong persay. I don't want to pick sides cause I'm not good enough to do sav on my own yet, but I can also as a gamer understand the want to want harder content. I mean honestly, they only get so much while 90% of the game is doable by the 99%. So asking for the tiny bit they get to be put with the rest is kindof greedy.

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Originally Posted by ko_

I mean... she's not wrong persay. I don't want to pick sides cause I'm not good enough to do sav on my own yet, but I can also as a gamer understand the want to want harder content. I mean honestly, they only get so much while 90% of the game is doable by the 99%. So asking for the tiny bit they get to be put with the rest is kindof greedy.

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If you were on behemoth, I would savage with you! I'm patient, just ask my static!

You know some people call FFXIV the dark souls of the MMO genre. Just gotta learn to git gud.

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Originally Posted by SinisterJoints

If you were on behemoth, I would savage with you! I'm patient, just ask my static!

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I dunno.... I might take you on that. It might be free to transfer there. Either that or I might do something.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

What's stopping you from partaking in Savage if you want to see God Kefka? Are pugs difficult? Sure. But I've managed to clear with suspect parties on Warrior, which is not my main. If I can do it, why can't you?

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I've pugged up to O6S which is enough for me. It can be fun with a nice group but those are rare. Also one of the main reasons I don't pug is I like to try and help friends clear them as well and with the loot rules this means I tend to leave it until the weekend which tends to bring out the worst in PUGs in my experience. I may run it after the lock out is removed as the gear is rather nice this time round but 8 weeks for a peace of gear isn't worth it.
For the record I dislike Eureka and don't have an issue with the savage final phase form though I do dislike the same argument being used for both it and Ultimate. I the unique phase works well if the normal fight is also interesting (like say brute Justice with the winged phase), if they plan to keep with the giant human final tier bosses I think they need to do triple form fights with the normal having one form change and the savage getting an extra one.

Sorry if the tone is a little harsh in this I thought the troll remark was aimed at me and many have coloured my response, I think I will bow out here the reply are getting personal though I think the raid community easier to agree with if it didn't act like such a clique and be so insulting to people not in it.

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Originally Posted by HyoMinPark

HoH floors will probably be the equivalent of Floor 151+ in PotD, if I recall the live letter correctly. However, the developers already made a statement on how most people really enjoyed the harder floors. He wasn’t referring to raiders with that statement..

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Tbf he mentioned the 181+ floors as a comparison more often and he said that he consider them 4 man raids.

That said I've the politic of not really being full sold on what devs says. I mean Zurvan was supposed to be harder than usual to appeal the raid community

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Originally Posted by Renato

And I totally get that...But at the same time, this wasn't the case before since ARR and HW expansion.

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I can accept that fact that I will never have that gear but to completely lock out a portion of the a fight just seems dumb to me.

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Whilst a lot of people have already corrected your point with regards to Coil in ARR, it's also worth noting that Midas in HW also had a final form and entire phase that was completely missing in normal mode (Winged Justice).

I took a step back from this thread to cool off as I noticed I was getting a little heated. I'm going to put this another way, but would it not be better to split Exdeath Savage and Neo Exdeath (also the same for Kefka)? The thing is these raids take a lot of time, and time is something that not a lot of us have when it comes to PUG groups. Especially if a random group constantly fails at Neo Exdeath or God Kefka and have to start all over again if the group has to split.

Here is a idea I can propose in order to keep these raids healthy and intact, how about that players HAVE to defeat Exdeath AND Neo Exdeath in order to receive the reward but as separated Savage Raids? Also same deal with kefka and future raids. This way everyone wins on this compromise without the loss of the raids being special because future raiders will still have to get through Exdeath first and then proceed to Neo Exdeath as a separated raid to get the full reward!

I really do feel that Savage Exdeath is hard enough by himself, and having to deal with another savage form really starts to take the toll on the player mentally.

While the Ultimate Raids remain untouched! I think this is a fair compromise for future final forms of a savage boss!

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

I took a step back from this thread to cool off as I noticed I was getting a little heated. I'm going to put this another way, but would it not be better to split Exdeath Savage and Neo Exdeath (also the same for Kefka)? The thing is these raids take a lot of time, and time is something that not a lot of us have when it comes to PUG groups. Especially if a random group constantly fails at Neo Exdeath or God Kefka and have to start all over again if the group has to split.

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Here's my take on it. This is a themepark MMO. That means there should be something for everyone, but at the same time, you can't expect everyone to be able to partake of the same attractions. I get nauseous easily so despite the roller-coasters being there and taking up massive space in the park, it's nothing I'll ever even queue for unless it was the kiddy version. If it means I'm going to miss the view, so be it. Same here.

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I really do feel that Savage Exdeath is hard enough by himself, and having to deal with another savage form really starts to take the toll on the player mentally.

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I dare say that's intended and part of the difficulty.

But this is kind of silly to compare a video game with a theme park as they're nothing alike at all as I noticed some people trying to compare that. Also intended or not I don't believe that is healthy for a person nor fun, games shouldn't try to stress you out or it defeats the purpose of video games.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

But this is kind of silly to compare a video game with a theme park as they're nothing alike at all as I noticed some people trying to compare that.

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How are they not similar? Splitting it into various types of content (let's say, story, raiding, crafting and gathering, glamour) is the various attractions, to be more precise, the various sections of the theme park with each offering you sub attractions. You don't have to go on every ride, and you'll naturally find attractions that you don't care for. At the same time, you'll find attractions you want to go on, but you're not tall enough to ride them (in your case, not enough time to pug content). However, it's still designed so that everyone can find at least something they're into.

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Also intended or not I don't believe that is healthy for a person nor fun, games shouldn't try to stress you out or it defeats the purpose of video games.

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Fun is subjective, as is stressful. The stress level is the main reason why I don't run Savage as the whirlwind of mechanics, alongside the min-maxing, is not fun for me. It sounds like it's not for you, either. At the same time, you'll find a lot of people who care very little for most other forms of content.

Well I offered a alternative solution that should please everyone currently involved in this, but if no one is willing to compromise then this seems to be more of a problem of a community not willing to share their toys with the other which goes to back to a point why I think there is some form of dishonesty going on here. I think what I've offered as a solution is pretty sound that doesn't step on anyone.

I don't throw the word dishonesty around very lightly, and I've seen my fair share MMOs on how they all ended up destroying themselves because the community didn't want to compromise on anything.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

I don't throw the word dishonesty around very lightly, and I've seen my fair share MMOs on how they all ended up destroying themselves because the community didn't want to compromise on anything.

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The compromise is being able to unsync this with full Echo buffs once 5.0 hits which will require much less skill and time to complete. Not a zero amount of it, but much more forgiving than now.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

Here is a idea I can propose in order to keep these raids healthy and intact, how about that players HAVE to defeat Exdeath AND Neo Exdeath in order to receive the reward but as separated Savage Raids? Also same deal with kefka and future raids. This way everyone wins on this compromise without the loss of the raids being special because future raiders will still have to get through Exdeath first and then proceed to Neo Exdeath as a separated raid to get the full reward!

I really do feel that Savage Exdeath is hard enough by himself, and having to deal with another savage form really starts to take the toll on the player mentally.

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That removes a significant part of the challenge. Despite their being a checkpoint, you still have to clear both fights, which adds a sense of accomplish and grandiose to the final encounter. Exdeath and Clown Kefka aren't really much without the spectacle that follows, especially the latter.

And while this may be your experiences. That does not mean its universal. I, for instance, have no mental fatigue from these fights. I love that they were implemented as a Savage Exclusive. Your compromise is simply making Savage easier, albeit in a roundabout way. It also ruins the spectacle. Exdeath gets sucked into a blackhole then... you leave the instance to queue in again and fight Neo?

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Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

The compromise is being able to unsync this with full Echo buffs once 5.0 hits which will require much less skill and time to complete. Not a zero amount of it, but much more forgiving than now.

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Even queuing into Neo Exdeath now with i370 will being significantly easier. People were farming A4S long before Stormblood despite it being one of the hardest fights released in its heyday. Unfortunately, many of the people complaining don't simply want to unsync and enjoy the experience later. They want it now. To which I say, practice and beat the fights like everyone else did.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

Well I offered a alternative solution that should please everyone currently involved in this, but if no one is willing to compromise then this seems to be more of a problem of a community not willing to share their toys with the other which goes to back to a point why I think there is some form of dishonesty going on here. I think what I've offered as a solution is pretty sound that doesn't step on anyone.

I don't throw the word dishonesty around very lightly, and I've seen my fair share MMOs on how they all ended up destroying themselves because the community didn't want to compromise on anything.

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It is not sound pleasant at all. I love how it is set up in the omega final tier fights. Finally killing the “gateway” boss (exdeath/kefka) and seeing the transition to the next part of the fight was unbelievably satisfying. It feels so good to see that “cinematic”, the difficulty of the content even makes it better, because you feel like you’re actually fighting a big bad boss. I don’t know bout the others, but I got a sense of danger and excitement, because it was the boss’s way of saying “Hah! I was just going easy on you, fools!” Separating them into separate fights ruins that. It made it feel really good to be a raider, especially when I used to think I wasn’t good enough to raid.

Harder difficulty and gear is fine and all, but it isn’t exactly something to look forward to. I’ve never been more excited for the next Raid tier. Can’t wait to see what they do next <3 sorry if I sound mushy. I just really REALLY like raiding...

Okay? All I see here is excuses excuses excuses...
Well my take on this is both Normal Savage, or even Ultimate is for everyone to expirienced, Study, and Succeed.
takes alot of luck practice and dedication, I pugged all turns and Cleared all of it within 2months and I think I wiped 37 times before clearing O5s
wiped 11 times for O6s, 50+ times for O7s and 80+ times for O8s. To me It's a very satisfying feeling, maybe If I had static I could of cleared them all in a month? But ya pugging was enough, If I can clear all turns everyone can even if it's from Party Finder!

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Originally Posted by LadyKairi

“Hah! I was just going easy on you, fools!”

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Literally "this isn't even my final form"

So perhaps the OP could have worded things slightly better making his post more clearly about the final forms instead of the story which seems to have sidetracked some of the discussion.

But I agree with the OP. It's an issue with me because the fights are iconic of the series, and they should be available to normal mode players. Savage raiders get plenty for their effort. And you know what? I work full time, have little time to game, and don't have the time to invest in savage. Not everyone's circumstances are the same. As an Aussie on JP servers, there is an added layer of difficulty to it all as well.

I actually preferred Omega over the other raids. Nothing can and will never compare back to Coil that was the very best.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

if no one is willing to compromise then this seems to be more of a problem of a community not willing to share their toys with the other which goes to back to a point why I think there is some form of dishonesty going on here. I think what I've offered as a solution is pretty sound that doesn't step on anyone.

I don't throw the word dishonesty around very lightly, and I've seen my fair share MMOs on how they all ended up destroying themselves because the community didn't want to compromise on anything.

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Re: compromise-- The Savage raiders have already compromised enough with the more casual/non-raiders. Our content has gotten progressively easier throughout the tiers to be made more accessible to the general playerbase: the first two Savage floors in Deltascape and Sigmascape have been complete jokes. Even the third floors are no Cruise Chaser, and Creator was the easiest tier of Heavensward. Even Extremes are easier than they used to be. Why should raiders and hardcore players that want challenges be the ones constantly making compromises just because others want the content they get without putting in the time and effort for it?

As I said before when you brought up Shinryu and Nidhogg: people were demanding both story mode fights be nerfed so as they required little more than a thought to them. Do you not think they'd do the same to normal mode Neo and God? Neo's Grand Crosses would probably be removed, as well as God's Forsakens (and probably Heartless Archangel would be removed as well), and that would basically leave them as nothing more than shiny striking dummies. I'd rather not see the fights so hollow, because sure the Savage ones have harder hitting mechanics and slight mechanic variences from normal mode, but they aren't really skeletons or shadows of their Savage self. I don't think the general playerbase would take kindly to Grand Crosses or Forsakens considering the past trend of crying for nerfs in fights that don't need it, and those are the mechanics that keep the fights interesting.

Savage is supposed to be hard; it's supposed to be difficult. Hence the name "Savage". If it's too mentally taxing for you, then that's fine; I have no issue with people who cannot mentally handle the demands of Savage. But that's not really a reason to have fights like Neo or God Kefka taken away from the raiders. That I do take issue with. Especially since they've already given up the difficulty of their original content so that more people can raid easier.

Yoshida has already said Savage won't be getting more difficult; not even a progressive difficulty from one tier to the next. Inb4 "You have Ultimate now"--yeah, and they're taking away the possibility of one in 4.51. (And still people ask for Ultimate to be made into a "normal mode" fight, or to be easier, or to be just outright removed from the game.)

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Originally Posted by Ash_

And you know what? I work full time, have little time to game, and don't have the time to invest in savage. Not everyone's circumstances are the same. As an Aussie on JP servers, there is an added layer of difficulty to it all as well.

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I was going to school full-time and still managed to clear Deltascape Savage during that while keeping up with my studies and getting high marks. Same with Sigmascape, save God--I was out of class by the time I cleared him if I recall, or in the middle of finals. That was all either me doing Party Finder (rarely) or just meeting with a static for 3 hours a night, two nights a week.

Plenty of people I raid with work full-time jobs or have families or go to school full-time, and they still find the time to dedicate to Savage. Yeah, you may clear at a slower pace, but they still dedicated the time to it because they wanted it. Same thing with high latency (since you mentioned your server situation). It's all about finding workarounds instead of using these things as reasons why you should get things.

Personally the issue with raiding is it's lifespan. And the general gear itemization doesn't help.
Games are my hobbie and as a gamer I love challenges and will generally try and beat most games I play on the max difficulties sometimes for nothing more than a trophy that says I did it.. It's a hobbie so always something I want to be better at. To many peoplen ts just a part-time they don't care.

Raiding however I just don't bother. Because it's so temporary and so short lived it's just pointless. There is no worthwhile return on the investment. I raided in ARR. Cleared coils with no static or no hard core commitments entirely casual. Might decide I got a couple of hours might try t9. Throw up a pf holla at some ls friends see if they want to come and have a blast. I might try again the next day or in 2 weeks. It was entirely when I could be bothered. So the notion of needing statics and stuff is just wrong.

The big issue since 3.0 has been that raiding is just pointless on so many levels. The story isn't there. The gear isn't needed and isn't even good enough for entry into the next tier. It's so predictable you can guarantee when 4.4 lands there will be I380 crafted gear which blows 370 away. Especially these days where the stat jumps between ilevels are getting bigger and bigger.

The issue with vertical games is the reward has to be worth the effort and that's just not the case with raiding. Which i think is a big part of why xiv is considered so easy. Because the rewards are all so cheap, temporary and worthless and ultimately unnecessary. There's nothing in game you need i370 for. And when patch 4.4 lands you'll want i380 to start the next tier. So what is 370 actually good for.???

So longevity is what I'd like to see addressed going forward and actual value to the rewards. I used to be quite proud of my final witness title for example. But it's worthless now you can duo your way through most of coil. Undermines the value of the title.

Just not worth raiding with the current longevity and itemization systems.

Kinda sad when a psn trophy for smashing a game on extreme difficulty holds more value than clearing savage raids.. Because the psn holds its challenge. 2 years from now that trophy is just as hard to get thus it holds its value. 2 years from now that savage raid is rofl stomped this its meaningless.

Might not be popular opinion but Neo-Exdeath and God Kefka were fairly lack luster compared to older tier savage fights in terms of difficulty, but the enjoyment factor for me personal was awesome. I personally would not be against if they had a watered down version so other players can get albeit a watered down experience of those encounters. More options has never been a bad thing in my eyes.

This thing again? Look it's simple, if you want to see the fights, get off your behind and clear savage. Savage raids are the easiest they have ever been, the possibily of Ultimate and final form fights have been added to incite more players to do savage. They litterally rolled out the red carpet to everyone for SB.

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Originally Posted by Rogatum

More options has never been a bad thing in my eyes.

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Only it factually is. Development is a zero-sum game, you can't have them developing this kind of thing without giving up on something. We already lost a dungeon every other patch for Ultimate and who knows what more, to stress the point.

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Originally Posted by BillyKaplan

Only it factually is. Development is a zero-sum game, you can't have them developing this kind of thing without giving up on something. We already lost a dungeon every other patch for Ultimate and who knows what more, to stress the point.

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Not trying to assume what the person meant, but way I saw it was adding options for different types of players is not bad thing. Sure overall less content will be released but if more options were created it would allow for more people to experience what content we have. At the very least that is how I read more options are not a bad thing.

If that is what they were trying to say I agree to a degree. If they release a mode that is easier for players to take part in that uses the assets from unique encounters they get more bang for their buck so to speak when it comes to resources spent. I am no game designer, but I do not think it would be all that hard to make target dummy versions of those fights to please the players that wish to them. I have yet to clear any ultimate fight, but I have been enjoying my time in them, and a part of me is understanding as to why others would like to at the very experience a taste as to what they are like.

These comments are becoming slightly antagonizing toward players that are "not them", and getting really defensive every time someone points out a flaw about these recent savage raids. This is a waste of time, what people are asking isn't much and this is acting like we're trying to destroy their sacred cow when this is not the case.

Don't come blaming us if there is not enough players doing these X-Scape Raids when it reaches that point. Some of you can say excuses excuses excuses, but it sounds like every time we point a flaw you all make a excuse for it.

I don't think there is a problem if easy mode versions of Savage content are introduced. Players seeking a challenge can just ignore the easy mode. Have both the regular Savage and the easy mode unlocked by the normal raids, then it's just a matter of player choice on which to take.

That said, not everything in the game needs to accessible in terms of difficulty. I can see why people might be upset with the time requirements for Savage, although if you're not going for gear the time requirements are drastically reduced.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

These comments are becoming slightly antagonizing toward players that are "not them", and getting really defensive every time someone points out a flaw about these recent savage raids. This is a waste of time, what people are asking isn't much and this is acting like we're trying to destroy their sacred cow when this is not the case.

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I'm still not sure you are getting what savage raids are, there is a reason a smaller percentage of the player base does it and a reason why there are phases that are only in savage. You can't just lower outgoing damage and the amount of necessary damage to make a fight easier. Raids are a combination of not only damage but mechanics, adding neo or god kefka to a normal mode format will do nothing but fill the fourms with more plz nerf salt because ppl simply fail at mechanics (cough...titan, steps, nidhogg, thordan, seph, shinryu...cough). This game is filled with casual content, and hard content has been made easier so more ppl can access it, what more do you want.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

Don't come blaming us if there is not enough players doing these X-Scape Raids when it reaches that point. Some of you can say excuses excuses excuses, but it sounds like every time we point a flaw you all make a excuse for it.

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There will be plenty of players to do the content don't worry about that. And no one is making excuses, the content simply is not for everyone and shouldn't be. It isn't a flaw it's designed that way. If someone wants the experiance of the story or whatever they can either commit to learning and doing the content, or wait till they are grossly over-leveled and cheese it. At the end of the day everyone has access to the content, it's a choice if they want to do it or not.