Is there no medium difficulty content or am I just too stupid?

[AlexanderOrnitier]

Hi there WoLs o/

So I started with 6.1 and did pretty much alle the non-extreme non-savage content.

So then I asked myself, what else could I do besides professions, RP, Saucer, Housing and all the other stuff.

Next step would be to get into a static for extremes and savage raids and I did. About 3.5 Weeks I tried raiding with a static and it was honestly fun. But not because of the content, because of the people.

I have to say im overwhelmed by the difficulty spike you get, when you go from normal content to extremes and savages.

Its like, normal EW content is a 20, Extremes are a 85 and Savage is straight up to 95 to 100.

Where is the middle ground? Am I just too dumb? I need a flow chart for the current tier extreme and for P7S I need a brain transplant.

I also tried the criterion dungeon with a nice FC group, and we had fun but we couldnt get anywhere besides wiping for 90 minutes on the mouse.

I fall asleep during normal content and get a stroke from the higher content, which makes me sad because i kinda dont fit in anywhere.

[SylvAlternate]

the closest to "medium" difficuilty we have are Normal/Alliance raids which are a step above MSQ content but much easier than High-End content, or some of the raids/fates in Bozja and Eureka

the only things you can really do are either just do something else, or "git gud" enough for High-End content by doing it more until you learn

[Tiramu]

No, there isn't. Its one area the game lacks.

The jump from Normal/Hard to Ex is pretty steep, however with a little practice you'll settle into them so just keep plugging at them.


I would recommend starting with ARR Ex Garuda, Shiva or Titan. They are probably the easiest to get started on. Jumping in on Leviathan, Ramuh or Moggle Mog is going to be rough.

[Adamantini]

I would say DG > normal raid > extreme > savage > ultimate. In order of difficulty this is it, and I still don't know where I would fit the criterion dungeons

Now if you're looking for a gradual progression like in WoW, with loot, no... we don't have anything like it here.

[Lustre]

There isnt a middle ground

[Blood_Blossoms]

SE more less killed Midcore content years ago, I don't have much to add they tried re adding bits, but it just gets forgotten or just too dull.
current Midcore content is variant dungeons but lacks incentive outside 12 paths to re-run it.
and morsels same when they add 24 mans.

but yeah, Midcore is not in the game at all

[Raven2014]

but yeah, Midcore is not in the game at all

What the heck is EX contents then?

[Hyperia]

SE more less killed Midcore content years ago, I don't have much to add they tried re adding bits, but it just gets forgotten or just too dull.
current Midcore content is variant dungeons but lacks incentive outside 12 paths to re-run it.
and morsels same when they add 24 mans.

but yeah, Midcore is not in the game at all

Personally, I would not include variant as mid, it’s more hardcore. My static, at the time, was farming panda when it came out. It was so difficult that we didn’t want to bother with it as the rewards were awful and not worth the time investment to learn it. I want a harder dungeon, sure, but not something that requires raid level prep. Wrong audience SE.

[AlexanderOrnitier]

Hm, thats disappointing. Im not gonna do it then. Everything that involves spreadsheets and requiring you to watch a 30 min guide(for example p7s has a 30 min guide on yt) multiple times im out of. Anyway thanks for the feeback