Hope I'm wrong, but stat squish seems to make people weaker in pre-EW contents?

[Zsolen]

It's hard to determine for me, since two runs of the same instance can go completely differently. This goes more so for raids than dungeons.

[Deceptus]

People who are saying "I think it should be harder" are the exact reason players ilvl scum the Alliance Roulette. Let that sink in for a while.

People don't want their time wasted on pointless HP sponges in content that is years old.

[Vahlnir]

As far as synced content goes...yeah, I've noticed it takes a bit longer than it did before. As far as unsynced content goes, itt depends on the content mostly. In ARR and HW content we have the "super echo" which makes just about anything faceroll if you throw enough bodies at it (Poor Alexander Prime lol). In Stormblood and Shadowbringers we have something a bit more...standard, which makes everything just a little easier but still requires performing certain mechanics. But certain fights can still be brute forced easily enough, like some Extremes and Savage fights. Kefka/God Kefka can be burned down easily enough without worrying about too many mechanics, for example. And even if some people die he usually ends up going down not long after. Ruby Weapon Ex is kind of the same deal, except there are a couple mechanics that still need to be handled properly. But it's mostly on a case by case basis.

[Wilford111]

I actually really like that we get to see more mechanics in these raids. It makes it more fun for me, who has done these raids back when they were new and still a challenge. I hope it is the stat squish making these raids more challenging.

And for people who actually want challenging fights, they should stay away from the daily-roulette crowds and make their own min-ilv, no-echo party. That is what the game already offers. No point wanting a challenge that requires some learning in daily roulette where people mostly prefer brain-dead Crystal Tower.

LOL "if you want to have fun, go out of your way to use the Party Finder which will likely never fill and stay away from the roulette rewards". I keep forgetting that people don't play this game to have fun.

[Ath192]

People who are saying "I think it should be harder" are the exact reason players ilvl scum the Alliance Roulette. Let that sink in for a while.

People don't want their time wasted on pointless HP sponges.

People who cheat the alliance roulette do so because the game allows them to, and the crystal tower alliance raid is so easy it allows them to AFK.

Last time I checked people who love a game don’t enjoy clocking out and falling asleep. Those are called free loaders.

Just imagine for a second building and developing a game around the notion that content should be so easy people can AFK and finish everything in 10 minutes without putting any effort. Does that really sound like fun to anyone? Even casual folk enjoy a fight with a healthy dose of challenge, nothing crazy.

[Kolaina]

People who cheat the alliance roulette do so because the game allows them to, and the crystal tower alliance raid is so easy it allows them to AFK.

Last time I checked people who love a game don’t enjoy clocking out and falling asleep. Those are called free loaders.

Just imagine for a second building and developing a game around the notion that content should be so easy people can AFK and finish everything in 10 minutes without putting any effort. Does that really sound like fun to anyone? Even casual folk enjoy a fight with a healthy dose of challenge, nothing crazy.

I don’t find damage sponges fun. Fights that take 5 minutes longer than they used to is not fun

[Ath192]

I don’t find damage sponges fun. Fights that take 5 minutes longer than they used to is not fun

You are trying to correlate high HP with challenging. They are not one and the same. No one has mentioned that is the desired goal, and it is not relevant to the topic.

[Kolaina]

You are trying to correlate high HP with challenging. They are not one and the same. No one has mentioned that is the desired goal, and it is not relevant to the topic.

Did I say it was challenging? I don’t find any alliance raid challenging. Don’t put words in my mouth. I simply said they have too much up for the damage we do and the fights take longer than they used to. Try addressing what I said and not what you want me to of said

[Ath192]

Did I say it was challenging? I don’t find any alliance raid challenging. Don’t put words in my mouth. I simply said they have too much up for the damage we do and the fights take longer than they used to. Try addressing what I said and not what you want me to of said

Are you trolling? You were the one that put words in my mouth about making my post about higher HP when it was about challenge. Making assumptions and when corrected you get defensive. I’m sorry but I won’t be addressing you any longer. We can’t agree anyways.

[Kolaina]

Are you trolling? You were the one that put words in my mouth about making my post about higher HP when it was about challenge. Making assumptions and when corrected you get defensive. I’m sorry but I won’t be addressing you any longer. We can’t agree anyways.

No. I never said you said it was about hp. That was my response on why some ppl such as myself don’t like the change. So because you can’t follow along I’m a troll. Gotcha