ARR Extreme Trials, Mentors, and Duty Finder

[yofiffy]

As a new player, I take offense at this. Ex Primals aren't irrelevant when they're the most challenging content you've unlocked so far. I run them synced, repeatedly, to master the fights and become a better player, and because they're fun.

I use DF to queue for them, and the wait times are usually just a few minutes. I get grouped with other new players who are stoked about the content, and we clear 75% of the time. Yes, it's annoying when people come in blind, but most are willing to learn and have a great attitude. The only friends I have in game, I've met through these trials.

Never tried PF. Why would I go through the trouble? Mentors who have lost patience with roulettes should either stop queuing for them, or, ask SE to change the system. Don't hate the players, hate the game. And stop telling my that the content I've proudly run and cleared is irrelevant and I should skip it.

[Frizze]

Never tried PF. Why would I go through the trouble?

Since you were the one to necro this thread, i guess someone may as well address your post. And this felt like the part that needed answering. Why would you "go through the trouble" of using PF for this type of content(or really, ANY type of content)? For three reasons. First: You yourself said you like to "run them synced, repeatedly, to master the fights and become a better player". If you have a PF group, you can easily do that because you still have the party after the fight is won. Que fight, beat fight, que fight immediately again. As many times as everyone wants. Or if you dont win right away, people can switch classes and discuss strategy and you can coordinate tactics in ways that are just not possible with a random group found via DF. Second: You can activate the options that the duty system has built in to increase the challenge of the fight. If the idea is to become a better player, using the harder settings can only help with that right? The settings to make the fights harder are "Minimum Item Level"(your skill must win the day, being over-geared is no advantage) "Silence Echo"(failing doesnt get you a buff, it just gets you information and the experience of having made it however far you did into the fight) and if you really want to get spicy "Undersized Party" + "Level Sync" - the last combo lets you try the fight with less then a full party while still being level synced down to the content level. Third: By using the PF you are pre-filtering your group to only have people who want to be there. I dont think i need to explain why having a party of only people who want to be there is beneficial.