the normal content is too easy

[Rita1989]

Yes, it was faceroll even when HW was relevant. Thordan Normal has always been ridiculously easy, and has always been criticized for it. FFXIV is my first MMO, and I was a very bad player back when I started; and even I was disappointed by Thordan normal. He didn’t feel threatening at all as an expansion’s final boss.

At least they made up for that in Thordan EX.

Yeah I remember an early HW DF that basically messed up every mechanic on Thordan normal and his ult still couldn't kill the tank that was alive and they were able to just solo the rest even when he still had a decent chunk of health left.

[technole]

There was kind of a reset on what primal difficulty should be in Stormblood, including bringing new designers into the fold.

Like Susano EX doesn't even hold a candle to Ravana EX when they were relevant. The normal trials were okay though, it's still hilarious to me when a tank hits Susano's reflect more than once and they fall out of the arena.

Yeah I remember an early HW DF that basically messed up every mechanic on Thordan normal and his ult still couldn't kill the tank that was alive and they were able to just solo the rest even when he still had a decent chunk of health left.

Yeah the story one was easy. It's amazing how much was cut out for normal.

The large skill gap needed between Thordan and Extreme version was that YoshiP kind of used it as an "AS2.5" because a lot of people were having trouble clearing A3S and the i205 weapons helped. To this day it's still the 'hardest' extreme that was ever released when relevant. Was a fun fight for sure.