So Second Coil has been destroyed

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I am not insinuating that. I am outright stating that. Yours is a typical assumption of someone who needs a reality check, sorry. Our static has been raiding only two days a week, 3 hours at a time.

Ah well, I suppose that you are lucky. In times when statics come and go, and finding a pug for a learning opportunity is counterproductive. In that case, you would be the one in need of a check. Statics rarely go smooth.

What can I say. I would just like to think that players would WANT to challenge themselves,...

Again, you're assuming that players will not get to become better with, say, turn 9. Keeping the same difficulty with the same one shot mechanics would be obnoxious for new players. An obnoxious raiding curve must be challenging, sure, but certainly not enjoyable.