A3S nerfs incoming

[TheMax1087]

This is a joke article right?

[Sunako]

This is a joke article right?

It is like tittle say "What We Will & Hope to See" or other worlds what article writer hope to see.

[Colorful]

*Complains that last two floors of the hardest content (labeled savage, which has an equivalent mode for non-raiders) is impossible due to dps requirement, despite fact that people have clear it almost half a year ago*

*Claims that dps have no responsibility*

I'm not even sure what your point is since you (in the quote) claim that the gear is not your point.

In any content other than Savage, perhaps I should have worded it better, "DPS have no individual responsibility without the use of 3rd party tools", do you prefer that wording?

When did I complain that the last two floors of Savage are impossible?

My point is, content is going to get nerfed, like it or not. Yet, every time it is people are surprised like it's something new. You'd think people would have realized Yoshida has a tendency to nerf everything into the ground by now.

[Alkimi]

Only thing I wouldn't mind them doing to A3S is removing the hard enrage. There are enough mid-fight dps checks and mechanics to deal with that it isn't really necessary. All it does is make recovery from any single mistake extremely difficult.

[Fynlar]

It stopped people from leaving instantly with Steps of Faith, so quite well I'd say.

I *still* see people immediately leave Steps of Faith. Are we playing the same game?

[Colorful]

I *still* see people immediately leave Steps of Faith. Are we playing the same game?

Could be that you're on an NA datacentre? I don't know what kind of person who leave it at this point though, you barely have to try to beat it.

[Daenarys_Targaryen]

Could be that you're on an NA datacentre? I don't know what kind of person who leave it at this point though, you barely have to try to beat it.

Id say so, I was on Tonberry (god I miss JP servers so much nicer) and everyone stayed every time. Barely have to do anything to clear now. But on EU/NA people seem to leave straight away all the time.

[Xatsh]

The mechanics in A3 Savage are fine but the dps checks are too high over all is the problem. Remove/Reduce the insane dps checks and leave all other mechanics the same and the fight will be ok.

The current level of difficulty is way to high for content that is negated so fast.

Yea some people are killing it, but overall it is too far overturned. The you must have all your DDS and Healers dmging at this extreme level + all your tanks have to be full str spec with str accessories or you die and pld is not a viable class is what needs to be addressed. The fight needs to be killed with an appropriate geared pld (not full str spec) and healers that are not DPS focused. (Any one who says this is possible without I210 gear is lying to themselves).

At this point though the dmg is already done, this content has caused many many ppl to quit the game already. They should of addressed this a month-month and half ago. I watched other guilds die and my guild lost nearly 50% of its raiders who said screw it and went to another game. And with patch 3.2 so close, SE probably should of just waited until the Ilvl increase and echo nerf. SE needs to learn from this, although I doubt they will.

Thordan's difficult is fine though. That fight does not need to be nerfed.

[RiceisNice]

At this point though the dmg is already done, this content has caused many many ppl to quit the game already. They should of addressed this a month-month and half ago. I watched other guilds die and my guild lost nearly 50% of its raiders who said screw it and went to another game.

This is my primary concern with the state of some servers, mine included. I'm sure a good handful have gotten people xferring off to greg or balmung for the "grass is greener" mindset of a better raiding environment. Regardless of hte reason, it's happened and speaking from the perspective of famfrit, PF doesn't et more than 10 listings at a given time, the raiding scene is pretty dead, and you're hard pressed to find, let alone make, your own static if you weren't already in one. Transfering won't resolve the issue either and just leads to a deader server, on top of the investments and leaving behind your social networking and friends.

It's not something they can fix with a patch, unless they decide to implement cross-realm PF or partying to increase the pool of players to draw from for statics or grouping.

[Fevelle]

god ... just why has everything to be nerfed ... just let it be like it is now ... its >>savage<< after all

Because it drops gear relevant to progression. If it was Savage just like Coil, where the rewards were only titles, there woul be no problem to keep it as it is.