This game doesn't do enough to help people clear Ex/Savage content.

[Goji1639]

There is a whole host of problems with this. Chief among them being Trust AI simply isn't anywhere near sophisticated enough to handle the intricate mechanics used in higher end content. Take Cycle phase at the end of E11S. That series of mechanics happens way too fast for Trusts to properly respond. Meanwhile, clones in E9S has a binary answer which means the player can always follow their Trusts to guarantee they complete the mechanic. Making it pointless to exist in the first place.

Before you argue they should commit resources to make Trusts smarter and more adaptive. Assuming it were even feasible, this would be no small undertaking and take away development time and resources on other content. All for a system whose targeted demographic would never use it. Players who want to improve already have the resources readily available to do so via guides, discord and practicing themselves. Players like, well, the OP, blame everyone else. Therefore, never seeing a reason to use Trusts.

At the end of the day, no one is entitled to clear Savage. It's optional content designed specifically for players looking to challenge themselves. Programming Trusts goes against the very nature of higher end content. The onus is on players to improve themselves if they want to tackle it.

Binary mechanics you would just make the AI immune to and put the pass/fail entirely on the player. Also, there's no "series of mechanics" that an AI couldn't respond to in a much faster and more coordinated fashion than a group of players; especially when you consider how structured FFXIV raid content is. Creating AI that could perform these mechanics would be very easy for SE. Trusts aren't stupid because making them smart is too difficult; they're stupid because they have to be less appealing than a player group.

These trusts would exist entirely for the purpose of practicing; you wouldn't get any credit or loot for the clear. I'm aware the onus is on the player to improve and that's the point; giving players a reasonable, convenient way to improve.

Lmao. You've never done it, have you? Literally go make an ad and give them your discord. You'll be inundated with more requests than you can fill.

Let me guess; 800 DPS requests, 1 tank, no healers, all just hoping to luck into an easy clear and poised to bail the second it looks like the run isn't going to be smooth. And that's only if you're trying to practice the most recent Savage content.

Needing to rely on other people to actually clear the content makes sense. Needing to rely on them to even PRACTICE is idiotic.