Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

[loreleidiangelo]

I don't really get why people are so convinced that removing normal will make "dem lazy casuals EARN their gosh-durned story" when in reality all I'd do if they took it out is just wait for someone from Elysium to put their first clear video on YouTube. Hilariously, just watching it on Twitch or something would let me see it sooner than 90% of the people who are complaining about normal mode in this thread.

Better ilevel gear might solve SOME of the problems re: raider attrition, but for me at least the Alexander raid just wasn't FUN. It had a crappy buildup, terrible boss music, drab arena design, roles more focused on meter-topping than supporting a group, and more of the same tired old unrecoverable lockstep mechanics that make raid members hate one another for making a single slip-up five minutes into the encounter. Fix all of that, and I might be back. Until then, the raid story could reveal the mystery of life itself and drop gear so powerful it pays my subscription for me, and I still won't step foot in there because I don't play video games to be effing miserable.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I don't really get why people are so convinced that removing normal will make "dem lazy casuals EARN their gosh-durned story" when in reality all I'd do if they took it out is just wait for someone from Elysium to put their first clear video on YouTube

Isn't that what people did for Coil as well? No one wants to do anything unless there's a guide and it's even spilling over to mainstream content like dungeons; I had one case where a tank got snappy at the DPS that were screwing up the boss mechanics (said DPS were new) and said they should have watched a video before coming in, yet the tank couldn't be bothered to explain the mechanics in a few sentences.

Hilariously, just watching it on Twitch or something would let me see it sooner than 90% of the people who are complaining about normal mode in this thread.

And that's why I said I would Youtube the story if they locked it behind a hardcore raid again. I don't think story is a good incentive to do hard content and if people can just watch it online, then they'll do so and never touch the raid while raid participation plummets. The devs don't want people doing that, hence we got a normal mode.