Can we talk about timed nodes?

[Caitlinzulu]

I agree gathering and crafting is fairly involved. But if you dumb it down from what we have where is the challenge? its like making savage raids doable by casuals on a free half hour.
It takes preparation gathering beforehand and research in crafting rotations. Even then if you follow a few basic strategies it is still rather easy.

[Eric_Riot]

But if you dumb it down from what we have where is the challenge? its like making savage raids doable by casuals on..

What's the harm in me soloing a raid where I get to see the content, the cutscenes and see the mechanics and enjoy the "contact".. I don't care about the rewards, or XP, or "Drops".. just give me the ability to see the content. You can keep your hard core raids gear and drops for the people who earn it.. I should be able to go in all RP like and be all "Blessed with the light" and enjoy the content. Maybe by soloing it a few time I'll learn the the raid and that would get me to want to get into a raid.. how can more people in duty finder be a bad thing?

[Elamys]

What's the harm in me soloing a raid where I get to see the content, the cutscenes and see the mechanics and enjoy the "contact".. I don't care about the rewards, or XP, or "Drops".. just give me the ability to see the content. You can keep your hard core raids gear and drops for the people who earn it.. I should be able to go in all RP like and be all "Blessed with the light" and enjoy the content. Maybe by soloing it a few time I'll learn the the raid and that would get me to want to get into a raid.. how can more people in duty finder be a bad thing?

The person you quoted isn't talking about some special easier version of the fight that you can almost ignore the mechanics on just to see the story or whatever. That already exists and it's called normal mode. Maybe someday they'll add a soloable version. But. They're talking about the idea of making savage fights so easy anyone can do them while keeping the rewards.

There's no reason to make timed nodes easier because they aren't hard. It is not especially difficult to meet the gear requirements to gather from them. It's not "hardcore" content. Literally all you have to do is wait. That isn't hard. If you want hard content that involves waiting go do the sightseeing log for ARR and come back to me. Gathering in this game truly is not that difficult. The vast majority of it is "walk up to the node and click on it." You can completely ignore collectibles if you want, so there goes any idea of rotation, and collectibles are the most complicated part of gathering.

If you are finding gathering difficult in the game, there are a huge wealth of guides out there, and people willing to help. You can ask in NN for Trade mentors to help you. If gathering is made easier from its current state but retains the same items, it's unfair to those of us who enjoy gathering as it is and play the game mainly to gather and craft. No, timed nodes aren't difficult, but I would still be really annoyed if some random guy who's never put effort into it in his life was able to gather the same rare items I could at the same rate. There is nothing wrong with having gathering or crafting be more than braindead easy in an MMO.