Apparently Yoshi-P thinks larger scale savage content is easier to get in to

[Dzian]

And this is why I decided not to do savage/extreme content when I started this game. I got tired of having my game "scheduled" when I played FFXI. Not that I don't enjoy a challenge, but if the words "static" or "schedule" come up for certain content in this game, count me out.

Thats more a western community problem than a design one. If the general community used the games tools correctly. DF / RF / PF then you wouldn't need statics or schedules to do the content at all. you could just log in hit raid finder and go..

this is why particiapation is so much higher on the JP side because people use the tools correctly. no statics no schedules. just jump in and go as and when you feel like.

[TarynH]

you could just log in hit raid finder and go...

It is a community problem, but I think it goes far beyond raid finder in NA. People tend to want that "perfect" group where everything clicks together, and content is done as painlessly as possible. That's why we have statics in the first place, because some people believe the content can't be done with PUGs. That's the elitist mentality, where game becomes job, and only the best can do the job. We're not as willing here. We want parsers. We want to make sure everything is running at maximum efficiency, fun be damned. In NA you're more likely to get berated/kicked if something goes wrong. We don't have a very supportive culture.

Just think of the worst dungeon you've ever had. Was it one where the tank was "too slow" and not collecting all the trash? Was it one where the healer wasn't doing enough dps? Not enough healing? Was a certain dps missing their rotation, or not using that one obscure ability that you think is the bees knees? Did you lose to that same boss one too many times, then have someone rage quit?

We have an entire thread on this forum dedicated to bad runs in content. The moral of most of those stories is that people don't want their time wasted. They want everything done their way and as efficiently as possible. So why would they waste their time with RF/PF PUGs? It's not that the tools aren't there, or that they're being used improperly. It's simply that there is a much more painless path to success.

Having to deal with all of that is not worth the rewards to me. So I avoid it. I also don't need FFXIV to be hard to enjoy it. I'd like to see them take a step back from savage/ex, and focus on midcore content for awhile. Something rewarding. There's a void there.