Raiding is becoming less and less optional

[Tsaranoga]

Don't believe me? whatever, not like i believe that any of you raid for "difficulty". I'm just dissapointed in SE and not at all suprised by all of you sliding over ALL i said again just to get posts or something. Or thumbs up (the butt)? Eh...
And really talking how it's easy again, didn't we go over this already? The answer is yes. Not all MMO developers are stupid enough to force any kind of grouping, although most have some need to "encourage" it. And of course "encourage" means that it's crap or takes a thousand years to do solo, which is as i said a game developers wet dream come true.
While it's true FFXIV has forced grouping in the form of dungeons and trials, if i couldn't deal with that i would have stopped playing a long time ago. I have played for years and only now have i started paying attention to other peoples gameplay. It is really sad. I'm still curious about my question: why pay for a game if it's too boring to play? I have asked this from some people, the only answer is silence or some excuse, or the usual "ahhh, are u mad bro? hawhawhaw" *sigh*.
Reasons why people don't want to raid/group don't matter at all. As i said, if you want to you can group up, if you don't want to you shouldn't have to, simplicity itself (or would be if you people didn't try your very best to ignore reality). I'm sure if FCs became mandatory too it would not be a problem for you, but i don't want anything to do with any of it or anyone.
If you have been lucky with your groups that is good for you. I know that people are always lazy in any and every MMO because they can and there is no punishment for being more or less a burden for other people.
You can keep pretending not to get the obvious, but that won't change the obvious. It would be a poor desicion, you know why, i know why, everyone knows why and you are never going to change my mind and as i said, if it becomes required to progress then i stop playing for good.
I play this game to waste time anyway so it's no big loss but Of course i don't want to do all the work for some prick who is not even paying attention. If you are all OK with it, it's no wonder all game developers are devolving into lazy people themselves, always lovingly fondling the low-hanging fruit and shoving their playstyle and views down your throath, which you enjoy i would guess based on all of this.
This just proves what i have always known, that arguing is pointless no one is going to change their mind, no one is going to try to see the other persons point of view. Just whining on whining which proves nothing except that i was right all along to never join a forum and i'm going to go back to doing that right now.
Also, people are angry? Heh, i didn't know you can read minds through your computer screen. there is nothing to be mad about. either SE does it or they gain an epiphany and do not, simple really.

[Melichoir]

rawr, Im angry!

Im not a great raider but I do do the content when possible. Yes, I actually do enjoy the difficulty and the thrill of beating a fight. It's fun to do it with friends as well. It can be a headache and yes PF can be cancer some days, but overall it is an experience that I like. Maybe I'm a masochist deep down. But thats something I find interesting. It's not for everyone, so it's fine if people dont want to be hardcore players. I have my gripes about dropping hte skill floor overall, but that doesnt mean that my point is 100% valid and above reproach. I think the game would benefit more from raising the skill floor gradually.

That being said, what a wall of text. What exactly are you witching about? You dont like grouping up with people because you think most everyone is mooching off your hard efforts? Because everyone else is a slacker (except you of course) or that you just have that terrible luck that the gods of DF and PF seem to just keep sticking you with the nose pickers? Geez. What a distorted and resentful view.

And the reason why people arent receptive to your PoV is because your abrasive, over generalizing, and frankly come off as angry. Maybe take a breather and rethink things. You can feel strongly, but atleast dont be hyperbolic. I dont believe that 95% of your runs were junk with afkers because thats not realistic. Ive run more dungeons than you if all you got under your belt is 1100 and I have no where near that bad a rate. The only way you get a 95% figure is if your standards for your fellow player is unrealistic. Where you expect players to behave like every dungeon and trial and raid is UCoB and needs that level of concentration and ability.

[Razard]

Snippety.

Easy there slick. If you project any harder you could hire yourself out to movie theatres. I often find that the ones who whine the most about other peoples performance are the ones who have the performance issues. Maybe instead of "paying attention to other peoples gameplay". You instead focus on yourself. Your attitude on these last couple of posts really tells me that, if you act this way in game, no wonder people respond to you the way you say they do.

And no, I don't get why doing three 15 min instances that came out about 6 years ago exactly once is such a herculean task. You don't start playing an online shooter and complain about constant death matches.

Oh by the by, if you want people to take you seriously. Try a coherent rant, rather than stream of consciousness tomfoolery you have going on here.

[Enla]

I see cabin fever has begun to set in for some people.