I hate the idea of Echo Buff. It should be part of some easy server not whole game.

[Zumi]

Never
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Adverb
1. At no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever.
2. Not at all.


And yet the buff can be turned OFF. Allowing you to complete it at its original difficulty forever.


Forever
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adverb
1. For all future time; for always.
2. Continually.


You guys are taking this to some extreme that doesn't exist. Your first attempt is always at the original difficulty (non-coil). The difficulty didn't go anywhere. And for Coil you're just refusing to put the time in to finding a party that also doesn't want an echo buff.

You just want to experience the originals difficulty? Well then you're in luck! Since you only have to form a non-echo party ONCE to achieve your goal. "Never" doesn't apply to either situation.

He can never beat it at the original difficulty in a sense because people will have higher ilvl gear making many of the old fights even more trivial, unless he enforces a must use gear 90 or below.