Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
Define growing "properly" first.

I actually disagree with the easy mode for quests, but people told me it's irrelevant because they're solo, so whatever.

But anyway, I don't think there is any "big brother death grip" thing going on, just some rules that are actually enforced. People still has the freedom of determining whom they want to play with in this game.
But how is it going to be irrelevant if by doing this you damage the fucking learning curve of the game?

Things like the Echo and Easy mode totally damage this curve and that affects EVERYONE because this is an MMORPG. If a person cannot pass the combat against Zenos in Stormblood, he should analyze what he is doing, how to move from aoes and see what he is doing wrong, in the same way as in FFX if he cannot pass the combat against Seymour, he analyzes I'm doing wrong and I try again until I learn.

But these modes simply make people turn off their brains, fail at everything, and can continue to progress in the game.