Quote Originally Posted by QT_Melon View Post
Hall of Novice only goes so far and some of it is actually quite weird vs actual experience on how gameplay with OTHER ACTUAL LIVING PEOPLE is. Not to mention why does it matter in an MMO that a SOLO instance is easier? It doesn't affect me in a group. That instance doesn't necessarily teach people how to work with each other, and many of its mechanics can be found in other places anyways.

The whole reason that some of this content (because definitely not all of it) has been "dumbed down" is the fact it's still a COMMUNITY issue. Too many negative Nancys like yourself are actually discouraging players to want to interact with one another. So instead of getting the guidance they should from other community members, people go back to their old "solo play" feeling of a Final Fantasy game.

Now I just mostly see (and I'm guilty of it too). "I don't want to play with randoms" (because we assume them to be the most negative). The longer you play, the more jaded one becomes.

The fact of the matter, is we (the community) lowered the bar, we made out that many players are bad. We as a community didn't bother to find ways to improve the encouragement and how to communicate both ways. We lowered the bar of expectations. It's only reasonable the devs followed suit.
It is definitely a community issue and people like myself have been driven away from doing any kind of group content except with people we know who understand and accept our handicaps. I struggle with fight mechanics mainly because I suffer from directional dyslexia and this is compounded by sheer panic until I've done the fight so many times that I can chill, recognise the tells, and deal with them. I understand people don't want to deal with this in DF so I don't run dungeons any more, i level my jobs solo. But then I get attacked by implication in threads like this which assume I'm lazy and mediocre. I have run Dohn Mheg five times over the last two days with multiple wipes each run on the first two bosses. I am learning BLM - improving slowly so that's great - and also trying to figure out the mechanics. Finally worked out that if I run to a big puddle it's okay. I would not have learned that from a guide or someone explaining it because my brain doesn't retain the information. I have to practice over and over til I get it. Yelling at me to git gud is really unhelpful and on occasions when I've tried to explain - including in threads in this very forum - I get told to stop making excuses for bad players. This community makes me despair