Nerfs are making the game less fun for "many" hardcore AND casual players

[Ooshima]

I don't really see where's the damn problem. SE is just trying to cater to both sides of the camp, those casuals and those who wants some challenge.

That's why from 2.2 to 2.3 your options are limited. This will be the challenge period where your only gearing options are Soldier gears and hoping for Coil drop. 3 months for those who wants a challenge to clear the whole of Second Coil with limited gearing options.

2.3 to 2.4 will come with the so-called indirect nerf by people in this thread via further gearing options. You will have CT2 that will drop something that is better than i90, you will have Ramuh that will probably drop i100/i110 accessory depending on difficulty. You will have the Novus weapon upgrade which is possibly i110, for those who still can't even beat T7 and T8 for the Gerolt's Masterworks after so long. There's even considerations to raise the tome cap in 2.3, like how Myth's cap were raised.

All these alternate options for the casuals and lesser skilled players will be provided for, but definitely at a later stage so that those who wants a challenge, gets their challenge.

It's fair and square. I really don't get what the so called "casuals" are complaining about. Doesn't have time to raid, doesn't want to bother about statics, doesn't have the skills to rush for progression, but wants the best gear at the same pace as those who could, and those who wants a challenge? I think it's a little greedy. As much as the so called elitists "hate" seeing "casuals" having the same level of gear as them, the "casuals" just don't get to have their cake and eat it too. The current cycle of vertical and horizontal gear progression is just fine.

BTW I'm neither hardcore nor casual. I spend too much time in the game fiddling with vanity and socializing and doing other stuffs (like having Animus for main class and Atmas for alternate class out of vanity reasons) to be called a casual, but I also don't belong to the hardcore camp because my raid only does 2hrs raid per raid day and we don't happen to raid everyday. If not I'd be on T9 farm by now, but the fact is that I'm still working on T9 (only 6-8 on farm). And yes I think things right now is fine. 2.3 is just around the corner and the "casuals" will get their indirect soft nerfs via more gearing options.