The CODDLING of modern ShB/EW newbies has led to insane player skill stratification

[Elucesta]

I vote putting enrages in more(not all) trials. Adds in trials(which they are kind of doing now), More healing checks,(Not mitigation checks, think of Cid thunder God Ivalice Raid), and more reasons for me to position the boss effectively as a tank.

[Atelier-Bagur]

I also add more raid wide damage or special attacks that frequently hit other players besides the tank so that healers always have something to heal rather than dealing damage. They should MOSTLY heal rather than MOSTLY damage.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Imagine being salty that crafting is more accessible.

I know people who are, for THIS reason

the rework to allow EVERYONE to be a crafter was a shit decision that literally tanked the marketboard and actual crafting mains got screwed over.

Because now they can't control the Market and make people dependent on them, and now they cant make Millions of Gill as easily.

[Kes13a]

not to put too fine a point on it...

but isnt the OP a Shb/EW "newbie"?

[DPZ2]

Im not a fan of easy mode for story as well... there need to be points of "you need to be THIS good to continue".

Those points exist. Thankfully, they're much higher than what you might desire. An MMORPG becomes unprofitable when you make it so hard that the players you wish would quit do so..

[TheMightyMollusk]

not to put too fine a point on it...

but isnt the OP a Shb/EW "newbie"?

Given the OP has one maxed out combat job and the rest all gathering and crafting, he's more than likely just another gil farming sockpuppet who's trolling the forum on a throwaway account.

[EstelleCere]

This tho. When Aglaia was newer, I'd seen my alliance wipe because not everyone fully understood the balance mechanic during the Nald'thal fight, and I see similar things happen in some of the other less frequented raids (both normal and alliance). But funnily enough, I personally experience the most wipes doing ARR content with new tanks/healers.

So... ultimately, this is anecdotal, and any struggle I witness is usually down to inexperience or just, like, "wow, it's been a while since I've done this one," but it still amounts to the same thing. The challenge is still there, just not for players who frequently run the content in question, and especially when said content is less formulaic than the usual fare.

Yeah, I'm still in alliances at times where people wipe, because of the reasons you listed. Hell, I still have been in wipes in CT or Stormblood raids LOL

Literally who is wiping in Euphrosyne

Many people still wipe there, especially when it was new. I saw alliances (mine included) wipe multiple times before.

[caffe_macchiato]

The bait is strong in this thread, maybe you should focus on leveling something else besides your crafters and gatherers? Why is it that forum trolls always have marketboard alts and bot chars?

So you'd disagree with the following?

That's why FF14 is so successful. Because it doesn't push people.

The successful troll operates by revealing what other people are really thinking, not himself. You think the casual and midcore content is challenging? Why not say so? Or, perhaps, you know that he's right and don't want to argue on merit? Because we know the facts are on his side. We know that millions of people started playing FFXIV since 2021 (many of them did not stay). We know that Yoshi-P demanded jobs become more simplified, because he said so. We know that boss hitboxes have gotten bigger to allow for max melee. And we know that "toxic positivity" has been discussed ad nauseam on here and elsewhere. He's not making any of this up.

So what's really going on here? Are you upset at the truth of what's happening to the game? Would you like to pretend otherwise? Why not do so and have everyone evaluate that, instead of mocking the OP? Perhaps people like you are exactly what he's referring to.

Given the OP has one maxed out combat job and the rest all gathering and crafting, he's more than likely just another gil farming sockpuppet who's trolling the forum on a throwaway account.

If a troll can make a better argument than a regular person, then does that reflect upon the troll's abilities or yours?

[TheMightyMollusk]

If a troll can make a better argument than a regular person, then does that reflect upon the troll's abilities or yours?

I haven't even bothered to make an argument in this thread. It's just bottom-barrel baiting and you're falling for it as hard as anyone. I'm just having a laugh at it all.

[DixieBellOCE]

Imagine being salty that crafting is more accessible.

Crafting was always accessible.

You just had to get off your ass and put some effort into it.

The game is so dumbed down that any sense of accomplishment is slowly drained out of every activity.