Request for Super Easy difficulty

[Katryn]

Forget super easy mode. How about a turn-based solo mode?

Boss has appeared!

> Attack
  Magic
  Retreat
  Item

I enjoy the current game, but I would play this simply because of my love of turn based games. Plus, if it was a truly solo thing it would potentially allow me to show people how awesome the story in this game as in the distant future, which would be equally great. I think FFXIV is going to be around for quite a while yet, but one of the eternal costs of an MMO is that someday it will be gone and that finding ways to preserve it can be difficult.

[Sandpark]

I enjoy the current game, but I would play this simply because of my love of turn based games. Plus, if it was a truly solo thing it would potentially allow me to show people how awesome the story in this game as in the distant future, which would be equally great. I think FFXIV is going to be around for quite a while yet, but one of the eternal costs of an MMO is that someday it will be gone and that finding ways to preserve it can be difficult.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3812305
I'd love it too, but give me a multiplayer option please!

[eschaton]

• People can get all their fighting classes from 30 to 70 without doing absolutely anything but slashing ice. They don't even need gear.
• People can skip to 50 on their first class, heck they can skip the MSQ with it, people get to 70 without *ever* actually playing the game.
• People who aren't buying boost-potions are doing the MSQ on 70's they don't know beyond 30, not even unlocking attacks and what not, as slashing ice is done with different attacks from what's available to them outside of pvp and sub 30.
• People had multiple 70s in the first week of the expansion without actually playing the game, just slashing ice. It was so ridiculous it even got nerfed a little, that fast. But it still is.

After slashing ice towards 70 the lower end of the spectrum has no way of learning what has been skipped. This could do just that, for people who need that help.

Being able to get to 70 without ever actually playing the game (pvp attacks, no gear), is absolutely grotesque when all there is waiting at 70 is 70 dungeons. A nice marketing ploy, from a blind, new players-perspective it's just ridiculous.

[Fyrebrand]

Introducing.... Omega (Gentle)

Hear me out; I actually think a "Gentle" version of Extreme content could be a good thing. I'm the type of player who likes to progress, likes to face new challenges... but Extreme content has never been something I can get into. I look up guide videos, and it's ridiculous. It's like 10 minutes of rapid-fire mechanics details -- by the end of it, I forget half the stuff they said before. And with my experience of the toxic jerks I find in normal raids, there is no way I'm going to even TRY Extreme primals or Omega Deltascape. Being a new person in that kind of content just isn't an option.

However, recently I've been looking at ARR 2.0 Extreme primals, just for the heck of it, to see if I could clear it solo, unsynched. Turns out, it's not really possible -- there is usually some mechanic that forces at least a few players to be there. But still, it was fun to see the fights and experience the mechanics in there. It actually seemed not as scary or complex as I thought it would be, when it was just me and there were no stakes.

So, how about a "Gentle" or "Practice" mode of Extreme primals or trials, that essentially nerfs the boss to a great degree, similar to unsynched content? There would be no prize for completion, but instead offer the greatest reward of all: the opportunity to see the content and practice, and build the confidence of players to actually queue with a group of players for the real thing! Actually, we don't even need to track damage or DPS for this -- just track a score of "points" for each mechanic you do correctly, or AoE you dodge, and move through phases at set intervals. At the end, you get a score to say how good you did, based on your role. We could do this Practice Mode a few times, until we feel comfortable to tackle the real thing with a group and try for some real rewards. I dunno, I think this would be a good thing.