What do you miss from ARR?

[Enla]

When falling off the arena meant you were unraiseable (Titan Hard/Ex & Levi Ex)

I had a love/hate relationship with that. On the one hand it forced people to get good or be left out of content. On the other hand it got REALLY aggravating when all I wanted was a Titan EX clear and the ever present latency issues ensured people were being knocked off left and right, even if they reacted to dodge the landslides. I felt Levi EX was pretty fair by comparison however, since you had generally enough time to react without lag killing you.

[Mhaeric]

I had a love/hate relationship with that. On the one hand it forced people to get good or be left out of content. On the other hand it got REALLY aggravating when all I wanted was a Titan EX clear and the ever present latency issues ensured people were being knocked off left and right, even if they reacted to dodge the landslides. I felt Levi EX was pretty fair by comparison however, since you had generally enough time to react without lag killing you.

I took a break starting sometime in patch 2.2 for this exact reason and didn't come back until after Heavensward started during 3.35. Missed all of 2.3-3.2 simply because my 180-210ms ping at the time meant that even a full patch after Titan EX dropped I still couldn't progress past it to even unlock Ifrit and felt the game wasn't worth investing my time in until I could get a better connection. I had already reached level 50 with every job/class so there wasn't much left to do for me other than end-game trials and Titan EX was effectively impossible for me without a carry. Once I got back with better internet (90ms which the subsequent server move a year later improved even more to 40ms yay!) I was completely fine doing Titan EX without getting one-shot during plume stacks or getting knocked off. I think there was even some adjustment SE had put in during that time to help account for higher pings... my memory is fuzzy on what that was though.