Quote Originally Posted by Granyala View Post
But he isn't hard, that is the point.
The hardest part about Rathalos is realizing that the fight design is incompatible with FF-XIVs usual gameplay mechanics and getting people to throw any semblance of "playing your class properly, maximizing output" out of the window and start chicken-running until he is down and safe to DPS.

Hell, I can't even heal and am relegated to spamming a single frigging button in Phase II, how exactly is that supposed to be "hard" as a healer?

Hard content: yes, sure. Bring it on.
INCOMPATIBLE content that makes you incapable of playing your chosen role properly: I do not want more of that.

To be blunt: If I wanted MH gameplay, I would play MH, not FF-XIV.
Difficulty is not as flatlined as you would think. Was he the hardest thing lately. No, me getting a clear is proof of that. But it is I think a step in the right direction as its the first 4 man extreme we have, and its fight is something newish. Finding new ways to deal with the fight? Yes it's not perfect but I think it's a good stepping stone to work off of. Like they have to start somewhere rigjt?