The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

[Sardonia]

For me the issue isn't the ways to obtain gear. I don't care if there is only 1 way to obtain gear. I want variation in the gear, and I want progression to feel more natural. Alex 1-4 NM is basically all the same difficulty. Why not have 2 be quite a bit harder than 1, 3 quite a bit harder than 2 etc. It just seems really weird.

Like there should be a natural path between all raids A1->A2->A3->A4->A1S->A2s->A3S with each one getting a little bit harder (not potentially easier, and not waaaaay harder).

In my opinions, I believe Alex NM 1-4 was staggered pretty well for difficulty for the average player. That is just my opinion though. Have not done Alex HM so no clue but I from what I read they increased the difficulty greatly at AS3 which they are addressing in 3.2 from what I know.