Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Velhart]

MMO players today have it sooooo easy, and yet whine they've got it "oh so bad". Pfft. No you dont.

Been playing MMO's since early 2000's and the only thing that made older MMO's more difficult was that consequences were more severe, much more grinding, and the amount of work needed to complete the simplest of tasks.

I don't believe the challenge to players would be different at the end of the day if bosses were random. A lot don't even know the patterns and just know what to do when they see a certain mechanic. Also, if people have it so easy, why are there not more T9 winners? I mean, you only have to memorize a pattern, right? The pattern is only the back bone. You need a tank who can time and utilize his cooldowns correctly, DPS who not only have to adjust to the mechanics but be efficient in DPS at the same time, and so on.