They really want this game to be simple...

[Tharian]

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If you want to play a game where the vast majority of content is at least nominally solo-able, then this is not the game for you (try Guild Wars 1 & 2).

If you want to play a game where individual skill is the most important factor in game design, then this game is not for you (try Star Wars the Old Republic).

If you want to play a game where they don't sacrifice creativity in favor of game balance, then this game is nominally not for you (Try Wurm Online).

Point is, this game is the perfect game for people who are trying to continue to play in a Multiverse that is largely already defined and planned out. That Multiverse being the Final Fantasy Series Multiverse. Trying to tell the Games Producers how to change the game so that it is more in line with what you think it should look like is a surefire way to piss off the die hard fans of the Final Fantasy Franchise, nothing more, nothing less.

Yes, there are some things the developers and producers of this game could have done to make it feel MORE like a Final Fantasy game (such as giving Summoners traditional Summons). But the way it is set up now is perfectly fine.

Also, Square-Enix most assuredly had a Demographic in mind when they designed this game. EVERYONE has a Demographic in mind when they make any product that they intend to market. Otherwise they wouldn't be able to market it in the first place. You do know what a Marketable Demographic is right? In the case of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn the marketable demographic was at the very least Fans of Final Fantasy XI specifically and of the Final Fantasy Series in general as a larger whole demographic.

I basically researched everything there is to know about the classes, I only didn't level my Archer any higher because I didn't have to yet at the pace I was playing, that doesn't mean I don't know how endgame is however.

Your Archer is Level 4. That means you only just got Raging Strikes. Your level 50 is an Arcanist, which I assume means that you have Summoner at your disposal. Summoner is one of the two jobs that can make use of Archer's skills as Cross-Class skills. The fact that you only have Raging Strikes available to your Summoner means that you are seriously gimped.

It is even worse because you don't have Quelling Strikes as a level 50 Summoner. Summoner is one of the main classes that can quite regularly pull hate off of the main tank thanks to the use of the "Bane" Spell. If you are not using Quelling Strikes in conjunction with your debuffs and Bane then you are regularly going to be pulling hate off of your tank.

Fortunately you do have Swiftcast. Unfortunately your Conjurer is only level 15 which means you don't have access to Stoneskin which is imminently important for a Scholar to have at their disposal.

Please don't try to kid us by claiming that you "know how endgame is" because it is quite evident that you haven't got a clue simply by the fact that you aren't using your potential abilities to their fullest capabilities. I know I am being somewhat of a hypocrite right now as my main job is a Bard and I don't actually have Pugilist leveled up high enough for me to access Mantra. However Mantra is such a lack luster skill in comparison to both Stoneskin & Quelling Strikes that it just isn't a real comparison between the three abilities.

Also, regarding your secondary statement that it is really cool when a few weak links die and the remaining group pulls through and wins the fight despite the weak links. I will marginally agree with you. But only when the weak links aren't purposefully sabotaging the groups attempt like YOU would be.

and I've tried and failed against titan extreme lol

I have only watched a video for the Titan (Extreme) fight... and I can tell you right now that there is absolutely no bloody way you could talk me into taking a Caster of any sort into that fight. It just won't be happening. Melee classes would only be marginally better. No, the only class you could reasonably talk me into taking into that fight would be my Bard due to the insane mobility that class has at it's disposal. And even then odds are I will die numerous times before I ever get the win.