Changes to Savage with 6.2

[ZedxKayn]

This. most people complain about perceived difficulty because they've been playing it for so long they've gotten better at playing the game. Whereas anyone that's newer and fresher to the game will not see that as such.

FFXIV is super easy and you do not need years to get good at it at all lol.

[Iscah]

FFXIV is super easy and you do not need years to get good at it at all lol.

You don't need years to get good at it, but just means that after years of playing it you can be very good at it.

As a very new sprout I honestly had trouble with the level 14 solo battle. I wasn't used to how to cast spells, how to dodge, how enemy AOEs worked. I think I failed it two or three times before I completed it.

If I replay it now, it's an absolute breeze and I easily understand what to do. But back then, I didn't.

[ZedxKayn]

You don't need years to get good at it, but just means that after years of playing it you can be very good at it.

As a very new sprout I honestly had trouble with the level 14 solo battle. I wasn't used to how to cast spells, how to dodge, how enemy AOEs worked. I think I failed it two or three times before I completed it.

If I replay it now, it's an absolute breeze and I easily understand what to do. But back then, I didn't.

Well, this is about savage, not level 14 content. When you're at the point where you're doing savage, there isn't much room to "gradually improve over the years" anymore, because the skill ceiling is very low and simply reading a job guide (which anyone hopping into savage should do) will have people damn near hitting that ceiling in weeks, not even months, let alone years. Because everything is static PvE and kits do not interact with each other or anything else aside itself, learning this game is very fast, as it is rather shallow.

[DrWho2010]

Well, this is about savage, not level 14 content. When you're at the point where you're doing savage, there isn't much room to "gradually improve over the years" anymore, because the skill ceiling is very low and simply reading a job guide (which anyone hopping into savage should do) will have people damn near hitting that ceiling in weeks, not even months, let alone years. Because everything is static PvE and kits do not interact with each other or anything else aside itself, learning this game is very fast, as it is rather shallow.

everyone learns at their own pace and not everyone raids savage all the time you know. there's knowing your job and then there's also wrapping your head around mechanics too. that can be difficult for some people.

[MrSigy]

Well, this is about savage, not level 14 content. When you're at the point where you're doing savage, there isn't much room to "gradually improve over the years" anymore, because the skill ceiling is very low and simply reading a job guide (which anyone hopping into savage should do) will have people damn near hitting that ceiling in weeks, not even months, let alone years. Because everything is static PvE and kits do not interact with each other or anything else aside itself, learning this game is very fast, as it is rather shallow.

everyone learns at their own pace and not everyone raids savage all the time you know. there's knowing your job and then there's also wrapping your head around mechanics too. that can be difficult for some people.

They've gradually removed the harder more taxing parts out of the game. Emnity, TP, MP, Mitigation it has really become quite shallow comparing it to earlier days.
Everyone does learn at their own pace but once you are familiar with the game. You will find that mechanically they always reused a lot of things of the past so pattern recognition becomes more vital then everything else.
Also being consistant.