Too much memorization, not enough RNG on raid fights

[Vickii]

That was what finally broke and destroyed my desire to raid in this game. It does not belong in a casual / story mode raid, its too complex, too fast, too unforgiving. I have a bad short term memory so that mechanic is just never going to click for me. After trying the encounter four separate times with an average death count of twelve per run, I just quit and walked away, destroyed, dejected and crushed. It was the most soul crushing experience I had in this game so far and I... I just don't want to feel that way again. The second half of the new trial also left me feeling battered and bruised so I don't have that as a refuge. So I have really nothing left to do... its sad and just breaks my heart thinking about it. I never wanted to be here but here I am and it just brings me to tears at times thinking about it.

It’s a difficult balance but I do agree normal mode is becoming a bit too unforgiving with mechanics for some players. Perhaps they’d be better off just not having a normal mode, like they did with Bahamut originally or maybe just have it as a cinematic thing with dungeon boss difficulty.

But then they’d need to give other content to do. It really sucks that they held back Ishgard restoration and Bozja/blue mage so the WoW refugees can do their raiding.

[Vahlnir]

It’s a difficult balance but I do agree normal mode is becoming a bit too unforgiving with mechanics for some players.

I have to ask...how? Just how? This most recent normal tier has been the easiest normal raid set in a long, long time. It is very forgiving. I would argue that it's too forgiving for just about every type of player. If this is how people feel about challenges...it's no surprise that we are at this point. I realize how this may come across...but this is how I feel, and I truly can't fathom the idea of Eden's Promise being "unforgiving" in any way, shape or form in any universe.