Game too complex or easy?

[Xatsh]

For terms of complexity. The game is more or less the most basic and simple AAA mmo on the market.

Gear has no unique stats, Jobs have no unique builds, progression is pure linear (the game goes in a strait line more or less progression wise). No real supporting roles for jobs (Br/mch is not a support class). no resistance and weaknesses. Game is ultra simple from start to end.

As for easy. Well that explains everything except the most current endgame raid.

So by that default the game is extremely on the ultra easy spectrum. Although complex vs easy is not really a good argument. THe game could be piss easy and ultra complex, Example ffxi outside 2 bosses the game was easy mechanics wise but everything else pre-abysea was ultra complex with a jobs having multiple party roles, builds, and gear sets. Hard vs Easy would be a better comparison.

[Gardes]

As for easy. Well that explains everything except the most current endgame raid.

Even that one is ho hum at best imo. Practically no new mechanics that make you react differently. Resin bomb now stays, slows and deal massive damage..big deal, you're already dodging it on normal. I mean, sure I'm 'stuck' in SA1 but honestly, as the OT, all I'm doing is full dps on faust, full dps on opressor, dodge stuff, take it away when split, tank buster, and the repeat from dodge stuff until we wipe because the healers arent used to healing in a raid.

Sure the healers are having a tough time learning the fight but I'm not. I'm just repeating the motion and I think the dps are too and I don't think it's very fair, hence why I think it's a crappy raid. Someone in my static mentioned that sastasha normal last boss is less straight forward than this and...I kinda think he's right. Someone else in another static mentioned that SA2 is pretyty much the same with different spawn patterns, which is also a bummer. It just doesn't feel as engaging as scob/bcob or even fcob. Not to mention any story incentive is gone, the incentive of wanting to see my character wearing hard to get gear is half gone too since...I'm already wearing the same thing, just lower ilvl (who cares).

[Whocareswhatmynameis]

Not to mention any story incentive is gone, the incentive of wanting to see my character wearing hard to get gear is half gone too since...I'm already wearing the same thing, just lower ilvl (who cares).

Ya I couldn't agree more, I feel like they did everything possible to make people NOT want to raid. Which is why I picked up crafting instead of raiding in 3.0

Why grind out all these practice sessions to beat bosses I already beat on faceroll mode.

[Melch]

It just doesn't feel as engaging as scob/bcob or even fcob...

IMO they should just stop with the story mode Alexander. Because :
1. When you do the savage mode there's no real surprise effect, a lot of players just don't care about doing it.
2. The level of difficulty of savage mode is actually too low (mechanics wise) and closer to what FCoB was and nowhere near what SCoB savage was. For this reason it doesn't deserve to be called 'savage'.
3. The story mode grind is real and mind numbing, drop system is really bad (you can do a floor 8 times if you're unlucky which probably leads you to call it a week because you don't wanna hear about alexander after that),it's better than before though.
4. The story mode is purely faceroll and shouldn't exist for this sole reason (it's not even close to the WoD difficulty).
5. Despite being higher ilvl than story mode's ones, the gears look identical.

[Tuathaa]

IMO they should just stop with the story mode Alexander. Because :
1. When you do the savage mode there's no real surprise effect, a lot of players just don't care about doing it.
2. The level of difficulty of savage mode is actually too low (mechanics wise) and closer to what FCoB was and nowhere near what SCoB savage was. For this reason it doesn't deserve to be called 'savage'.
3. The story mode grind is real and mind numbing, drop system is really bad (you can do a floor 8 times if you're unlucky which probably leads you to call it a week because you don't wanna hear about alexander after that),it's better than before though.
4. The story mode is purely faceroll and shouldn't exist for this sole reason (it's not even close to the WoD difficulty).

You realize that if they did this all the people wanting to experience the story and that barely have any use in story mode are going to be queuing for savage and ex right?

[Melch]

You realize that if they did this all the people wanting to experience the story and that barely have any use in story mode are going to be queuing for savage and ex right?

Why would it be a problem? PF should be the best way to learn and clear outside of the world first racing groups.

[Tuathaa]

Why would it be a problem? PF should be the best way to learn and clear outside of the world first racing groups.

Because people who are doing it for the story aren't going to be all that concerned about optimal rotations and gear optimization. Which means wipe fest in savage and ex

[Gilthas]

Why would it be a problem? PF should be the best way to learn and clear outside of the world first racing groups.

Not everyone enjoys headbutting walls.

I'm sure that if I put my mind to it and trained for it with a good group that I could beat any content in the game. But when I play videogames I want to relax and have fun.

[BloodPact]

For terms of complexity. The game is more or less the most basic and simple AAA mmo on the market.

Gear has no unique stats, Jobs have no unique builds, progression is pure linear (the game goes in a strait line more or less progression wise). No real supporting roles for jobs (Br/mch is not a support class). no resistance and weaknesses. Game is ultra simple from start to end.

As for easy. Well that explains everything except the most current endgame raid.

So by that default the game is extremely on the ultra easy spectrum. Although complex vs easy is not really a good argument. THe game could be piss easy and ultra complex, Example ffxi outside 2 bosses the game was easy mechanics wise but everything else pre-abysea was ultra complex with a jobs having multiple party roles, builds, and gear sets. Hard vs Easy would be a better comparison.

Great answer above. I'd also like to add that now with opening duties to undersized parties, you can personalize most instances to your own level of difficulty, which can be a great deal of fun if you pick a couple of friends and start your own achievement list.