Isn't it a bit disheartening whats on the Horizon to all Hw content?

[Zojha]

I don't mind it at all, because I see it in a fairly simple way:

If the content was more fun synced than unsynced, people would run it synced all the time every time. So people who would rather not do it synced will get more value out of the content with unsynced.
Meanwhile, the people who do find it more fun to run it synced can still do that, they just need to find 7 like-minded people across the entire data center - we just got cross-world party finder to help with that. If they cannot find even 7 people who would also rather run that content synced, I dare say the content isn't particularly fun synced in the first place, so not much value is lost here.

[Lexia]

If the content was more fun synced than unsynced, people would run it synced all the time every time.

I don't think so, cause just look at the community why would they want to run anything synced vs unsynced if they had the option when would take longer? Cause everyone seems to want their stuff now now now! and if it take longer then they think it should they throwing a fit cause you know gotta shave that extra 5-10 seconds off.

[Zojha]

I don't think so, cause just look at the community why would they want to run anything synced vs unsynced if they had the option when would take longer?

Because it's more fun? I purposely put that if there.
Here, let me bold it: IF the content was more fun synced than unsynced, people would run it synced all the time every time.

If it takes longer? All the better! If you're enjoying something, you "want" it to last longer! As long as you enjoy it, hell yeah, it should last forever! That's great! More than once have I wept when a series, movie or game I loved ended.

The thing is just: For many people, that "if" does not hold true, either because of repetition (Dungeons suffer from that one a lot) or because the content itself sucks. It's not more fun synced than unsynced for them. Consequently, they'd rather not do it synced if unsynced is an option. Since both have the same rewards, it comes down solely to preference and the preference of the majority of people in the game is pretty clear IMO - they don't like the content, they only like the rewards. What thus ensues is a behavior that maximizes the reward gain while minimizing the content played. It makes sense fairly intuitively.

So yes, I totally agree that "the community" would rather not do it synced, because "the community" does not find the content more fun synced. (Quotation marks to refer to whatever you are referring). As such, unsynced provides value to "the community".

[Lexia]

Because it's more fun? I purposely put that if there.

Yea already got that, it might be more fun for you but again I was talking abut the community as a whole, which always wants stuff done faster which is way most choose to do it unsynced or want to speed run stuff. As other pointed out there nothing stopping you from forming a party and doing synced runs.

[bswpayton]

I don't mind it at all,

I think people are willing to take or do what is the norm more than anything, for instance if someone says in fc once stormblood is out do you wana do bismark extreme I wana do it. And then their fc member says sure lets do it unsync and will clear it for you , cause thats what happens now.

So its not a matter of if its fun , its more so a matter of it just being a trend and people coming to the game if they wana do something and the first thing their fc member says is yea will do it unsync then they arent gona put up a fight about doing it any other way. Its one of those take your option things, even if youd rather do it a different way what I was saying is maybe a roulette or something that gives really good rewards and mounts thats constant that would give everyone else incentive to do the content sync for newer players coming in.