Patch Notes are up!

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Originally Posted by Nep_Nep

Them days of Darklight armor and when Titan Hard mode scared the hell out of folks. xD I'll never forget the atmosphere of stepping in there the first time for my relic. xD
ah the memories.

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Titan HM destroyed me back then due to not having a hardwired internet. I actually miss those days, people were good then and went out of their way to help other players. Now though...you see that far less.

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Originally Posted by Wildsprite

to be honest for steps I kinda expected something like echo so we could all remove it if we wanted and still get the fight as it was. little dissapointed

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Yeah, but the those that cried for the nerf aren't going to take off their own Echo if we're paired up with them via Duty Finder.

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Originally Posted by AzraelX

I don't get all the hate about the nerf to steps of fate.

people complained about everyone leaving the instance- so a nerf was needed to stop that

and 2nd you need to pass steps of faith to enter 3.0 so of course they are going to make it as accessible as possible- I was surprised they left it at its normal difficulty for so long.

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I've been trying to make sense out of the contradicting reactions towards the nerf myself.

Wait, Nightmare pony didn't have his own music? Poor pony :(

A Joke Reborn? Steps of a Joke? Jokes of Faith?

Are they ever gonna stop nerfing stuff? All it does it breed more bad players...

Really hoping heavensward is challenging and stays that way. :/

You know, i cleared SoF the week it was released. And guess what? It being adjusted now has zero bearing on my character. None.

I'm glad i had a rush clearing it. And now i can be happier knowing that when my bud gets to that fight, it will be a breeze to get him through and HE will have a blast clearing it.

Adjustments to old content really don't invalidate achievements imo. Or at least they really shouldn't.

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Originally Posted by Iromi

Are they ever gonna stop nerfing stuff? All it does it breed more bad players...

Really hoping heavensward is challenging and stays that way. :/

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Exactly. I fail to see how Alexander is going to be any more challenging than any rendition of Coil at this point. Please prove me wrong SE! (I bet you won't).

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Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

I remember those days, where a bad DPS could prevent completion of AK, with decent barely getting you past him and good on up making him easy. Back when skill mattered greatly, back when players actually learned how to play the game instead of QQ for nerfs about everything.

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Don't forget about Pharos Sirius. That was a hoot.

All I can think of with the Steps nerf is that it's amusing watching people fight over it like this is a new part of the pattern. Amdapor Keep, Pharos Sirius, Coil in trials/raids, etc.; old content is simplified because experienced players become less and less likely to be running it and those that will need to run it in the future will be a smaller and smaller segment of the population. It's especially noticeable with story progression content; Heavensward is literally going to require people to clear Steps of Faith and already most DF groups don't want to be arsed to even try, and its design basically ensures that gear/levels in the future won't change that.

For those complaining about not having medium-tier difficulty content, that's what challenge mode in the duty finder in Heavensward is going to be for.

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Originally Posted by Wildsprite

to be honest for steps I kinda expected something like echo so we could all remove it if we wanted and still get the fight as it was. little dissapointed

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Honestly I think echo would do almost nothing for Steps. So much of the damage required to clear that fight comes from the interactables and ensuring those interactables are damaging the boss + adds as often as possible.