(Spoilers) Ghimlyt difficulty was a step down from the Burn...and that needs to stop

[Theodric]

The lack of bite was disappointing. Not only from a game mechanic perspective, though also a story one too. I keep seeing people claim to be impressed with how dark and grim the place looks but if you glance more closely you'll find that all of the debris strewn across the battlefield is Garlean in nature.

It's just another dull, one sided battle where major characters are shown fighting and killing enemies as if they're slicing through butter. It's a pretty stark contrast to what was supposed to be an 'unwinnable' battle.

It's just a repeat of Ala Mhigo - along with many of the same characters showing up. We also know that the writers aren't likely to kill off any of the leader figures in the story and if they do it'll more than likely be another 'fake out'. The stakes just don't feel high at all.

[Lauront]

The lack of bite was disappointing. Not only from a game mechanic perspective, though also a story one too. I keep seeing people claim to be impressed with how dark and grim the place looks but if you glance more closely you'll find that all of the debris strewn across the battlefield is Garlean in nature.

It's just another dull, one sided battle where major characters are shown fighting and killing enemies as if they're slicing through butter. It's a pretty stark contrast to what was supposed to be an 'unwinnable' battle.

It's just a repeat of Ala Mhigo - along with many of the same characters showing up. We also know that the writers aren't likely to kill off any of the leader figures in the story and if they do it'll more than likely be another 'fake out'. The stakes just don't feel high at all.

I'm in agreement on this. I think the WoL's Mary Sue qualities are becoming increasingly dull, and we should see much more of a fight. This is the Garlean Empire, after all. My hope is that they are doing this to make the subsequent fall from grace that much harder. Certainly, Solus has some nasty surprises planned... but they need to stop trivialising our opponents.

Dungeons can only be so difficult as even players who play terribly need to be able to clear them for MSQ. If we need more difficult dungeons they would need to be side content not required for MSQ. FF14 is a game built for casuals as they say.

Well you'd better inform the last boss of the Burn about that. "Casual" doesn't mean mind-numbingly incompetent monkey and I think this dungeon is one of the worst in this respect.

It's part of the reason why you see people who can't even handle basic tactics in raids. This isn't necessarily so much due to incompetence as it is that the 'easier' content leaves them ill equipped for anything with actual mechanics,