Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

[Brian_]

And, to the people complaining about not being able to carry a group or getting upset about needing 7 people to clear content.

First off, welcome to multiplayer games. If you wanted a single-player experience, you chose the wrong type of content to challenge. The entire point of raiding is the team experience. If you don't want to deal with a team, that's a choice you can make. Just don't feel entitled to clearing the content, then.

Secondly, if you truly are a very skilled player and want to do the most you can to negate the mistakes of others, then lead. Call the mechanics, remind specific people what to do on the fly, tell people what adjustments need to be made on the spot, and do that all while still performing well enough to make up for a few under performing team mates. I see many people talking about 1 person's inability to influence 7 other people but anyone who has ever raided with a very good raid caller (or just DBM or ACT call-outs) knows that hand holding exists. Having an elite DPS player can easily enable a weaker player to focus less on their own DPS in favor of mechanical execution.

When my group recruited a new MNK who didn't have any experience with Savage, we fast tracked him to A8S in a week. How? By being in his ear and making sure to keep him calm, focused, and aware of what's happening and what could happen. When our SCH was being bad at the game and cost us 2-3 weeks of A8S progression, we didn't just abandon them. We did the research for them and worked out a plan for how to properly shield and mitigate the damage in P3-7.

Maybe if people did more than hope, worry, and blame and actually tried to be the difference they want to see, the problem with group execution would be better. This is exactly why people say NA and EU PuGs are doomed because of their selfishness and individualism.