Zepla: The Players Endwalker Left Behind

[Supersnow845]

I already put a comment on her video, but might as well drop one around here, I guess.

This whole "casual/midcore/hardcore" division is kinda messy, because while she sees Baldesion Arsenal as her midcore bridge, anything that makes me go through a Discord server to play immediately is out of my comfort zone. If something goes wrong (and on my first run, that's gonna be inevitable), I'm gonna have the risk of having some quad ultimate legend Limsa glam NPC screaming in my ear and I'm not about to risk it.
I'm not averse to dying. The two things I hate is feeling like I'm making no progress and feeling like I'm a burden to others while I'm learning, so what I'd consider my ideal "midcore bridge" has to be something that I can repeat until doing it is second nature, but that having me still learning wouldn't be a detriment to others.

What I suggested in the video is some content where you get tokens according to your individual performance. Something that doesn't stop or reset when you wipe, but rather gets delayed, while still rewarding trying to finish fast.
Some kind of "Survival" trial that has EX and/or Savage difficulty mechanics that you can learn by ramming your head against it until you figure it out. You died 17 times? You get 5 tokens. You didn't die? you get a 25 token bonus. The boss was killed too slow? No bonus tokens. You get your individual score tokens exclusively. Boss killed fast? +10 token party bonus.

Something that has rewards priced like the Gold Saucer: Some cheaper mounts, minions and emotes for newbies (like the 3k rewards from the Saucer), scaling in pricing to things like the 4 million mount from the Saucer for more dedicated players. Rewards that reward handsomely playing well while also providing a sense of progress and scaling for people that are still trying to get better.
A game mode that you can hop in at any time, completely disregarding Discord servers and Youtube tutorials, and say "I'm gonna go in and get some progress done" regardless of whether or not you ate every mechanic or if [The Ultimate Legend]������Lily Rainbowo������|Balmung decided that using a healing spell was a 0.073 DPS loss.

You have a really warped view of what the BA discords do

As a BA host in the biggest of the discords in the nicest way possible “you are a faceless drone to us” we like helping you clear but we would never call you out for anything, we’d never blame you for anything. We just ask if you have questions then carry on and calmly ask you to do things to help us clear, the only time someone is gonna get pissy in a BA run is if a caller made a deliberately stupid call or if you are actively griefing the run (which you won’t do by accident)

The discord is mostly there to dodge BA’s entry requirements and help with the fact that ozma has personal responsibility mechanics

[Eelanos]

You have a really warped view of what the BA discords do

As a BA host in the biggest of the discords in the nicest way possible “you are a faceless drone to us” we like helping you clear but we would never call you out for anything, we’d never blame you for anything. We just ask if you have questions then carry on and calmly ask you to do things to help us clear, the only time someone is gonna get pissy in a BA run is if a caller made a deliberately stupid call or if you are actively griefing the run (which you won’t do by accident)

It's not my view specifically on what BA discord does, it's what I'm afraid of facing after years of gaming. This is not a personal thing against the BA discord, this is a fear I've developed after years of playing online games, and the reason why I don't do any EX/Savage content at all.
That's why my ideal "midcore content" would be something I can check the EX/Savage trial mechanics without having to go into a Discord server. I want to gain confidence in my skills and convince myself I'm worthy before risking putting myself out there and being told by someone else that I suck and barely know where the WASD keys are.