Are static groups simply the now accepted reality for endgame progression?

[Murugan]

You can appreciate both static and non static groups in FFXIV. Although it's a bit different with Bahamut's Coil. If you want to help someone, you have to make a sacrifice I suppose.

The whole point of this thread is LoB.

Yeah you have to make a "sacrifice". But even if you "make a sacrifice I suppose" you are still limited to only helping one 8 person group per turn. Then all 8 of those people are locked out, and everyone else is screwed. Or you can let them take your place in later progression that you worked that week to unlock.

The current endgame (LoB) game is anti-community, and vehemently pro-static. Which is the antithesis of the whole concept of "accessible but challenging" Yoshida promoted when selling the idea for this game's endgame. It is instead "Easy->slightly more difficult->static exclusive with extremely restrictive progression". There is not a thing accessible about it.

So what you're saying is - "everything needs to be faceroll easy so i can do it with whoever/whenever" my reply - "no thanks"

No I just want it do it with my friends outside of the 7 I am forced to play with by the restrictions. They are all equally capable players.

Make content more difficult, so THAT is the barrier to completing it. Not arbitrary restrictions like are currently in place for LoB progression.

On a side note seriously? What warrants that response? Did you even read my post or are you just trolling for opportunities to stick your nose in the air while feeling obnoxiously smug about your myriad accomplishments in a video game. Sorry buddy it's not really relevant here, I've been playing "hardcore" MMORPG endgames for over ten years I'm not that easily impressed by random acts of rudeness.