Final Fantasy XIV and a Culture of Enabling

[linayar]

But how is it going to be irrelevant if by doing this you damage the fucking learning curve of the game?

No idea, wasn't my position.

those who believe that ignorance is bliss will continue about their business regardless of what anyone says. I don't think these "easy mode" story scenarios are as detrimental as some may think. People have been able to level up fast for some time, even without buying boosts. This isn't anything new.

I think solo quests are the only situations where people cannot be blissfully ignorant. And if they're already easy enough as is, there is no reason for easier modes. It's not so much about the difficulty of the mode itself, but what the game is telling people by having it.

I wonder if fear of the playerbase finding out just how underperforming they are is an unstated reason why SE refuses to put any performance feedback system in the game? I wonder if they fear the beast that they have themselves made?

Nah, that kind of fear is easily remedied by nerfing content. There is is performance feedback system in the game: damage and debuff for failed mechanic and wipe for lack of dps/heal/cleanse/mitigation when the situations call for them.

You can generally clear content with several AFK players, if it nearly runs out the timer you can clear content.

Sorry, but that's an absurd scenario. If players are AFK, then that's not about underperforming, it's about not playing. It doesn't matter if you can still clear the content, (which I doubt the general population could if it's true that people are generally underperforming) that behavior is not acceptable unless your party agrees to it beforehand.

Also, if you nearly run out of timer, unless you have lots of deaths, in which case people should be encouraged to learn the mechanics to not die, then chances are people are AFK.

So, I don't know about anybody else, but that's not the situations I was discussing here.