Patch 3.26 Discussion

[Miscreant]

What are you talking about - A6s is still difficult, but now a bigger percentage of players can manage though it instead of beating themselves endlessly against it.
A few friends of mine already stopped raiding with their static because it was 3 hours a day, 4 times a week on that encounter.

They got simply burned out in the end.

Plus, there is still A7 and A8 so there is still enough challenge ahead, so people need to calm the hell down and put back the salt.

Your friends weren't cut out for raiding then, 3 hours a day 3-4 days a week is what midcore raiding is. My group did that, we cleared A6S, we did it for 2 months and cleared A3S, for a month and cleared A4S. This stuff isn't meant to come easily, you already have NM and Primals for that kind of play. A6S is the hardest pre A8S fight, of course it's going to take a few weeks, it's like the community forgot T7 even happened.

[Crushnight]

i feel these nerfs are too soon it hasn't been a patch cycle yet and the content is still very relevant to raiders. in all honesty these nerfs seem like what they intended for when it would hit the duty finder also i find that the way the nerfs have been designed solo healing this will be that much easier thus asking the point why have 2 heal spots if 1 can do just fine which really sucks for anyone who cleared/working on clearing or was looking forward to trying a6s

[Kitfox]

My group was just starting to get close to clearing A6S after doing it for a couple of weeks and this is a major slap in the face... The nerf wasn't needed and it's too soon. ; ;

[Arrius]

Your friends weren't cut out for raiding then, 3 hours a day 3-4 days a week is what midcore raiding is.

They couldn't do it anymore, simply as that. My friends are very raid oriented, but their motivation kept plunging throughout the weeks due to A6S and it's rather punishing way when you mess up and wipe.
Plus, one of them started to get health issues (sprained wrist), so they decided to drop out and actually, you know, have fun playing the game again.

[Warlyx]

SE nerfed A6s because it was harder than A7s....and while i think it was too soon or dont even needed in the 1 place...SE call the shots...

if u already killed A6s , it was on farm already so meh, if u were working on it ...now u gonna have a easier time...., and if u dont even did it or were not interested in savage....nothing changes.

SE is a bit afraid of another A3s...

[CGMidlander]

i can hear the screams, the cries of the elites.. and hear their tears over content being weakened pour out and splash on the floor.

Mmm the sweet tears of raiders, I drink it up.

Why would the "elites" have reason to cry over this? They already have the content on farm regardless.

[Iromi]

Ugh so much stuff for PvP...do not want lol

and this game really needs to start making more then 4 bosses and calling it raids :/ zzz

[Kitfox]

SE nerfed A6s because it was harder than A7s....and while i think it was too soon or dont even needed in the 1 place...SE call the shots...

if u already killed A6s , it was on farm already so meh, if u were working on it ...now u gonna have a easier time...., and if u dont even did it or were not interested in savage....nothing changes.

SE is a bit afraid of another A3s...

I don't care if it's easier than A7S. I wanted the challenge and now I feel robbed and betrayed. I didn't want to have an easier time, I never do. I want to put in the effort and be rewarded for that. Especially salty because we were starting to see the end of the tunnel.

[HakuroDK]

[2.0] The orchestrion roll materials obtained from the following raid dungeons will now always appear in the treasure chest that appears after the boss:
The Labyrinth of the Ancients / Syrcus Tower / The World of Darkness

YAAAAASSSSSS!!

[HPDelron]

At the end of the day what is or isn't "Too Hard" is subjective, it is an opinion. The only opinion that counts on the issue is SE's who are likely making the decision based on metrics. They want a certain % of groups that attempt the content to pass it, and they want the groups that pass it to pass it in a certain amount of time. If they're nerfing something now it's either because fewer people are passing it and are passing it more slowly than they want or the nerf was always scheduled as a planned part of the content's lifecycle. I'd personally suspect the former more than the latter, but only they know for sure.

At any rate they certainly didn't do it satisfy whatever your particular agenda is, or run afoul of whatever your personal hangups are. They're looking to make sure the content they produced is performing in the capacity they wanted no more no less. "Git Gud", "Tears of Raiders", what? That's just so much digging for a negative narrative that really isn't there.