Quote Originally Posted by HurtigeKarl View Post

Back in the days, using outside sources such as the website gamefaqs to beat single player games or find out "secrets" was analogous to cheating.

Wikis and other websites "DUMB DOWN" current content by already handing you the answers to which the first groups were forced to learn on their own. If you are against SquareEnix dumbing down the old content, you better not be a hypocrite by dumbing down the content by using websites to get information you didn't manage to find out on your own through the game itself.
You are confusing Cheating with Learning. Watching a video or being told how to do something does not constitute for actual in-game experience. Going to Game FAQs for a tip on how to solve an issue that may hinder you is not cheating, getting the action replay/Gameshark code or save file is. It's no different than you and a friend buying the same game and you getting stuck and s/he telling/showing you how to get over that hump.

Would you jump up and yell "You're dumbing this game down for me!" or "Thanks!, that really wasn't that hard now that you showed/told me." ?

Players have been teaching other players how to excel at games way before the internet. The major aspect of any battle in game or real life is knowing what you are walking into and being able to adapt under any situation. Also Learning curves require some people learn through different methods like visual versus verbal or constant failure. Another major point is that fights rely on reflexes and memory more than actually adapting to a situation which already dumbs-down the content since the fights are heavily scripted. This is the only mmorpg where when a boss reaches a certain phase you can call out every move verbatim and people still fail.

While I haven't beaten Twintania yet I can say the difficulty level of the content is fun not frustrating as it is.