Quote Originally Posted by Valic View Post

As for the very easy and easy setting.... how did we get this far without it then? I don't mean to sound harsh or rude, but we went this far without those settings, how did handicapped and even just casual players manage to do things like that Sadu instance or the role quests before the end of ShB without the "very easy" and "easy" options? I would imagine it took them a couple tries but they ended up learning what they needed to do, right?
The problem isn't not knowing what you need to do to beat a solo MSQ fight, it's being able to do it. Most people aren't stupid, it may take a few goes but they'll realise they need to hide behind X before B explodes or they need to keep A alive.

My issue is that increased difficulty in these or any other mandatory content can stop players progressing any further in the game. That's when they quit if there isn't a way to lower the difficulty. I have personal experience of this - I could not beat the solo MSQ fight against Lakshmi in the Throne Room. I tried so many times. The issue wasn't me not knowing what to do, it was a physical inability to move fast enough to deal with the orbs before they tempered someone and I failed the duty. There was no option to turn the difficulty down in those days, although I don't even know if that would have helped, since the Echo wasn't helping. I didn't need more HP or more ooomph, I needed to hit my WASD keys faster, and I physically couldn't (older person with RSI in one arm/hand, yes it's caused by too much gaming). In the end a friend came to stay and I asked him if he could help, I logged into my main and he did the fight for me.

I have been playing since 1.0 but that fight nearly ended my journey with this game. Yes I've beaten every other solo MSQ duty with no issues, but saying 'disabled' people are fine is definitely a bit of an assumption. I'm not asking for anything dumbing down, just that people should stop assuming that folks are 'bad' because they struggle with something. I stay out of optional content for the most part (I do normal raids and alliance raids with friends until I know the mechanics very well) so as not to be a burden on my party. Also because I have been harassed and abused for struggling with mechanics in the past