Bozjan - ready to rage quit

[Arkevorkhat]

Saying "lfg" does work, but you don't really need a party until there is a CE. When there is a CE you can do /say lfg. A lot of parties stay formed after that and do skirmishes together.*snip*

There's a big issue with that: Skirmishes are built on top of the FATE system, and one of the long-standing problems with FATEs is that if a plurality of the players engaging in a FATE are in parties, it's impossible for a single player to obtain gold ranking on that FATE. Even if they are, as a DPS, at the top of the chart, there is no way to generate enough progress on one's own to get a reasonable reward from the content.

[Vahlnir]

There's a big issue with that: Skirmishes are built on top of the FATE system, and one of the long-standing problems with FATEs is that if a plurality of the players engaging in a FATE are in parties, it's impossible for a single player to obtain gold ranking on that FATE. Even if they are, as a DPS, at the top of the chart, there is no way to generate enough progress on one's own to get a reasonable reward from the content.

It's much easier for tanks to manage it solo, but in Bozja there is never a guarantee if the zone is full.

[Arkevorkhat]

It's much easier for tanks to manage it solo, but in Bozja there is never a guarantee if the zone is full.

For once, I find myself agreeing with you.

FATEs, and by extension Bozja, are a place in FF14 where not all jobs are created equal.
DPS, and to a lesser extent healers, are just not going to be able to do as well as tanks are, just because of the particular metrics used to generate progress.
Tanks are rewarded for generating enmity, healers are rewarded for healing, and DPS are awarded for doing damage, but the scaling factors used are way out of wack.

Tanks generate SO MUCH AGGRO, and that high generation is paired with a heavy weight on those points of enmity.
Healers seem to be scaled such that they're expected to be healing the entire FATE, and DPS have to be doing a high percentage of all the damage done to FATE targets in order to get a solo gold.