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[Velox]

Well we can say part of that is because the skill floor for healing is low in this game outside of the end-game content like current extreme primals and Alex Savage.

The DPS floor is equally low. There are very few fights with some sort of enrage mechanic, and even amongst the ones that do exist, have it set so low that even if you spammed 1 2 3 over and over you'd be able to limp through.

FFXIV is designed to be an extremely newbie-friendly game for people who never touched an MMORPG. For many, it's actually a great gateway game into the genre before they go on to tackle more challenging games.

Outside of the endgame shift (which requires a minimum 90% potential out of a job), you can pass any DPS, heal, or tank check in the game with a minimum of 30% effort.

[Archaell]

Thee issue with skill floor is that while dps can sit at their floor, tanks and healers get their floor pushed by other party members.

If tank pulls more, or shifts towards dps, then healer has to move their floor up. When healer or dps do a lot of enmity, then tank's floor has to move up.

When it comes to newbie-friendly game, I agree, yet I am baffled with one thing - When a new player enters content with overgeared players, the content becomes more difficult for tanks/healers. While better gear should make it easier, it is actually making it harder. This is a huge flaw in game's design.

[technole]

The DPS floor is equally low. There are very few fights with some sort of enrage mechanic, and even amongst the ones that do exist, have it set so low that even if you spammed 1 2 3 over and over you'd be able to limp through.

Ravana and Bismarck NM are DPS checks more than anything else story-wise. You have probably not seen 5 swords drop in duty finder before, or not seen the snakes die on-time in Bismarck then. Cause that does happen, if it didn't often, why do babies still drop out of the instance when they get these in DF?

Tank check? Not really, Ravana you just position correctly, and avoid the 2nd and 3rd Tapa hits. Bismarck? There is no tank swap like extreme, just handle your add(s). Heal check? Simple AoEs and keeping tanks healthy. There is more shoulders on the DPS to at-least make a damage threshold compared to healers and tanks among mechanics as well. It's not equally low.