Take it easy on the Nerfing :/

[AdamFyi]

And it's an idiot move to try to lock them out of content to force them to 'get gud'.

Wat. The whole point of this trial in particular is to force players to communicate with each other. There isn't much skill involved either so they can't 'get gud' even if they tried. ಠ_ಠ

If there's to be a competency check in this game, it should be on the gateway to Endgame, NOT in the middle of the story Route that gates the entirety of an Expansion.

Well, that's fine and all, but you do have to consider one thing; future content. You have to also consider the fact that since the inclusion of dungeons such as Snowcloak and Keeper of the Lake, there is a good chance that dungeons will be added to the 3.0 MSQ. Chances are, these dungeons will be harder than anything before it. If anything, this serves as a gate so as to not present another gate behind the gate to gate the player by giving them more gates behind that gate.

Edit: Note, this is referring to the whole competency check thing. Communication and all that stuff. Trials like the SoF is a nice change of pace because it gives the developers room to experiment and get input from the players. Easing the fights (as long as they are story-related) is a-ok and is very much welcome to allow more accessibility to everyone.