why are the contents in this game always either ridiculously hard or stupidly easy?

[Elusana_Celah]

Yeah well as an actual gamer playing this game, I can understand why there's no respect for the 'intelligence' of the players. Intelligent players will be held back by the swarms of unintelligent masses who find concepts such as stacking behind a boss to be way too difficult for them.

I'm torn between wanting hard content and wanting content that I can actually clear without being held back by idiots all day every day.

[LunaHoshino]

Yeah well as an actual gamer playing this game, I can understand why there's no respect for the 'intelligence' of the players. Intelligent players will be held back by the swarms of unintelligent masses who find concepts such as stacking behind a boss to be way too difficult for them.

I'm torn between wanting hard content and wanting content that I can actually clear without being held back by idiots all day every day.

Pretty much this. There are people who still can't comprehend that you shouldn't stack Hailstorms in Shiva EX.

[Saccharin]

its either final coil "die and the entire party wipe" or snoozefest like fenrir

why isnt there a balance?

Because other than final coil most players over gear them so they are much easier than designed.

Cause no developer nowadays respects the intelligence of it's players.

Something I have learn in years playing MMOs is that there are really stupid people playing them, too many.

[Riviere]

Yeah well as an actual gamer playing this game, I can understand why there's no respect for the 'intelligence' of the players. Intelligent players will be held back by the swarms of unintelligent masses who find concepts such as stacking behind a boss to be way too difficult for them.

I'm torn between wanting hard content and wanting content that I can actually clear without being held back by idiots all day every day.

This, so much this.

I do ST a lot, for soldiery, sands, oils and whatnot. I still encounter TONS of players that despite having done ST multiple times (Judging by the pieces of ST gear they wear) have little idea of how the fights works and pretty much get carried by the people that do know.

Scylla - People still failing to have people standing on their pad during Daybreak. People still taking the orbs to the wrong places.
Glasya - People still have no idea of which add they should grab and where to position it. Some people grab aggro and instead of taking it to where it needs to be, they just stand still like morons or run away to a different place.
Amon - People still die to Curtain Call. It's very rare for me to be in a run where nobody dies to it. One of the easiest mechanics ever and people still suck at it.
Xande - People still fail to stand on the yellow circles or standing on the light circle to avoid Ancient Quaga.

BONUS: People still fail to kick out the bots in their groups.

ST mechanics are very forgiving which is why players manage to clear it, otherwise you'd be seeing a lot of failed runs and angrier people.