Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
Though objectively, something like SoF is required for 3.0 expansion, and it's not a good tactic to make it difficult/different to the point that you have a really really poor clear rate (which honestly should be 100% or close to it for expansion gating)... Bad players or not, they're paying for the game and it's what keeps it ticking.
I think this is exactly the part where people are getting upset. If you nerf Steps of Faith till you get 100% clear rate (this means people that know nothing about the fight but can still beat it). Then you have to do that for all of Heavensward too or "they will be gated out of the expansion they paid for". Which means the whole game just becomes a snoozefest.

This whole game is a catch 22. You put in mechanics, it makes the game fun but people fail more often. If you take away the mechanics (or the requirement to do them properly), the game is boring tank and spank with 100% clear rates, AKA Garuda HM.