New Alliance Raid is severely undertuned.

[LaylaTsarra]

Umm I did it last night and found the most challenging part was seeing what the heck was going on through all the SMN pets! I spent most of the raid raising the healers in the other party because their SMN wasn't doing it...

So I don't think it is undertuned at all. Maybe if you do it Tuesday but not really for the rest of us non-Savage players.

Thanks!

I have summoner pets set to small. /petsize all small

Relative to the raid it's a ton of fun and I find the difficulty just fine too. Pretty spectacular raid in my opinion and I've been running it a ton.

[HexyCyana]

From my experience, people are brain dead with the mechanics. (Someone even put on marker and led others into damage) So, I think rn it's probably good it's not any harder. I'd be okay with more difficulty but I do not know if others could handle it lmao

[Darksummoner]

I don't get this forum obsession with turning every content into savage.
Just go play Elden Ring if you want to stress your hair out over pixels.
If you don't find FFXIV engaging enough go do Ultimate like Yoshi-P says.

THIS 900%. People whine for whatever reason now.

[Jin-]

I know they want things like this to be accessible, but it just feels like they are catering to ppl who just want to show up and get a reward. I am already watching hulu and barely paying attn to anything going on and its only week 2.

Don't be like that. On Reddit they discuss that should the final boss be nerfed and be more accessible

[VerdeLuck]

Look at how long queues are and how often people abandon when they load into an Ivalice or Nier raid. Players have been whining for as long as I've been playing that Nier raids are a waste of 45 minutes and Ivalice raids are a waste of 30 minutes when you could have a Crystal Tower clear in 15 minutes. Queues for both exceed 30-40 minutes on days with some Nier queues going over an hour and have multiple abandons every time. People do not want to play those raids because they take too long and are too difficult.
They listened to you, Alliance raids are easier and tuned lower so you don't get stuck in a long raid in roulettes and mess up your leveling efficiency.

[technole]

First raid is always the easiest, same difficulty as Copied Factory and Royal City if you ask me.

I went as i600 Summoner this week, and I'm sure there is a larger chunk of people who have more savage or upgraded gear this go around than previous expansions considering the delay of 6.1.

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

I don't get this forum obsession with turning every content into savage.
Just go play Elden Ring if you want to stress your hair out over pixels.
If you don't find FFXIV engaging enough go do Ultimate like Yoshi-P says.

Why is it when anyone says they'd like content to be even remotely challenging past week 1, you types always come crying and telling people to go play Souls games?

Do you know what midcore content is? Comments like this just prove you're incredibly immature and have zero idea what people are actually saying when they want reasonably challenging and lasting content for midcore - which is who Alliance raids are supposed to be for.

[BokoToloko]

Agreed, bosses die pretty fast and they're somewhat simple mechanics wise. Last time I remember a first alliance wing being that easy was Void Ark (though, in all fairness, Void Ark is still easier than this one).

First raid is always the easiest, same difficulty as Copied Factory and Royal City if you ask me.

I went as i600 Summoner this week, and I'm sure there is a larger chunk of people who have more savage or upgraded gear this go around than previous expansions considering the delay of 6.1.

Copied Factory I could somewhat agree, but not on Rabanastre. Except for the first boss, the rest usually mowed down a lot of newbies.

[Vrankyl]

Agreed, bosses die pretty fast and they're somewhat simple mechanics wise. Last time I remember a first alliance wing being that easy was Void Ark (though, in all fairness, Void Ark is still easier than this one).


Copied Factory I could somewhat agree, but not on Rabanastre. Except for the first boss, the rest usually mowed down a lot of newbies.

Yeah, the bosses of Rabanastre were wiping raids for weeks after release, and until the new tomes came out follow that raid they all pretty much saw an LB3 use. Even Copied factory still had LB3 uses for at least the three months. Especially on the last two bosses.

[Shriv]

Alliance raids are what they are. Content intended for 24 people where 23 of them is not you, and have very likely not your own expectations, your gear, your experience or your talent.

Easy, average or hard, people will still hop in here and complain about it regardless.

Just take it for what it is, if it is not enjoyable for you just pick a content you will find more suitable for you.

At the end of the day, someone's hell is another person's heaven. An nobody is forcing you into any activity at gunpoint.