The general player base needs to improve

[ShanXiv]

It was only hard because the Poison ticked for around 20-30 damage per second (probably). Even having an antidote on hand wasn't enough to save you from death, since the boss would just do it again (and Antidote would then be on cool down). DPS pretty much needed to have Cure cross-classed so they wouldn't have to worry too much about the Poison.

Anyway, you haven't touched/cleared Extreme Primals since Ravana EX. SE have also been making the dungeon bosses in SB a little more interesting compared to ARR and HW bosses. They actually have (although easy to learn) mechanics! And ignoring them could get you KO'd! I think it might be safe to say that the dungeons we have now are tougher than what Pharos Sirius originally was in 2.1.

I've mentioned many times before: I am a casual or mid-core player now, I don't like the "jume rope" things, had played too much of these in WOW.

if I want to raid, if I want to play hardcore things again, I will play WOW.
but after I tried XIV1.1x-1.2x, I felt like I've finally found my true love MMO , really like the mid-core & party contents, and the community, they are more fun & memorable than WOW & ARR

After I bought the diablo3 ,I told myself I will not buy & play Blizzard games anymore, but now ARR is a WOW clone... the graphics, music & stories are good though