Why are duties insane hard?

[Fendred]

Funny thing is, it's the game's difficulty curve that causes this issue. I played Wild Star at launch, and the conditions in that game were punishing by comparison to FFXIV:ARR. The very first group dungeon was at least as hard as Titan (hard) when it was first released. Yet we had less deaths and would punch through it eventually because the game never held anyone's hand like FFXIV:ARR did to begin with. Yes, Wild Star went way too retro for 2013-14, but it was surprisingly consistent with its difficulty. Not so with FFXIV:ARR.

I actually remember coming back to FFXIV:ARR after playing Wild Star for a bit and commenting on how easy everything was. Also nailed Titan (Hard) with zero practice after returning

[StrejdaTom]

Funny thing is, it's the game's difficulty curve that causes this issue. I played Wild Star at launch, and the conditions in that game were punishing by comparison to FFXIV:ARR. The very first group dungeon was at least as hard as Titan (hard) when it was first released. Yet we had less deaths and would punch through it eventually because the game never held anyone's hand like FFXIV:ARR did to begin with. Yes, Wild Star went way too retro for 2013-14, but it was surprisingly consistent with its difficulty. Not so with FFXIV:ARR.

I actually remember coming back to FFXIV:ARR after playing Wild Star for a bit and commenting on how easy everything was. Also nailed Titan (Hard) with zero practice after returning

Exactly this. Wildstar had 10 times harder content and it was not a problem because of it's comunity. Here people go nuts when we get content like Chrysalis or Steps of Faith which requires them to use brain a bit.