The Final Day needs to be ilevel synched

[Jeeqbit]

That used to be the case, but it's getting spottier and spottier. The root cause is probably the fact that both DPS checks and stack markers (wasn't Nidhogg one of the first fights to elicit complaints on a mass scale, come to think of it? ...) are used more and more often even in story modes.

Nidhogg didn't elicit complaints on a mass scale as far as I know. There was usually a wipe the first time, because tanks didn't tank properly or they didn't know they needed to all stack for the stack marker. This is a lot better now that they teach stack markers in ARR, but battle system changes have made it easier too.

The trauma conga line is then fairly easy to retrace, and usually goes something like so (of course, Alphascape V3.0 is the poster child):

Now there were complaints about Alphascape V3.0 to the point that the developers had to have a meeting where they decided to always name casts clearly such as "Left/Right". Every cast like it since then has been Left/Right.

The steps you described would be resolved by trying again and everyone learning from their mistakes, which is intended. It's OK to take more than 1 pull to kill it. It usually wouldn't take very many. They nerf old trials with a buff called The Echo when you die which significantly increases your damage, HP and heal potency.

There's also a few glaring outliers here like the 5.3 trial

The trials do get more demanding for a casual player just doing the story, because they expect they are slightly competent at the game by then. But even that trial grants The Echo and people overlap the flare and stack all the time without a problem. All they need to do is the QTE and The Echo will pull them through eventually. The QTE literally say to press a button in the middle of the screen. It couldn't be more clear.

[RyuDragnier]

Nidhogg didn't elicit complaints on a mass scale as far as I know. There was usually a wipe the first time, because tanks didn't tank properly or they didn't know they needed to all stack for the stack marker. This is a lot better now that they teach stack markers in ARR, but battle system changes have made it easier too.

It was mostly concentrated in a single thread. Or at least, that's the only one I can find via the search function.

[RobynDaBank]

It was mostly concentrated in a single thread. Or at least, that's the only one I can find via the search function.

Woah, some posts read like present-day. The more things change, the more they stay the same!

[RyuDragnier]

Woah, some posts read like present-day. The more things change, the more they stay the same!

Different time, same arguments.