What are your unrealistic expectations for the upcoming Combat Live Letter?

[Zeastria]

[Mid-core difficulty]: Especially when it comes to raiding!
A way for casual players to dip into a bit higher difficuiltiy content
w/o it beeing too demanding in both time and effort.
More focus on fun/creative mech!

[Gemina]

[Mid-core difficulty]: Especially when it comes to raiding!
A way for casual players to dip into a bit higher difficuiltiy content
w/o it beeing too demanding in both time and effort.
More focus on fun/creative mech!

This word for word, describes EX encounters.

[Supersnow845]

This word for word, describes EX encounters.

It really isn’t, EX tips too heavily towards being savage light in the modern day

The closest thing we have to that sort of description would be ozma

Something harder than the Diablo armament but easier than your general extreme (also I’m not saying this because I’m bad at the game, I’m a savage raider I just don’t think EX is the right description)

[Gemina]

It really isn’t, EX tips too heavily towards being savage light in the modern day

The closest thing we have to that sort of description would be ozma

Something harder than the Diablo armament but easier than your general extreme (also I’m not saying this because I’m bad at the game, I’m a savage raider I just don’t think EX is the right description)

Not all EX are created equal. I can agree that mechanics such as enums/partner stacks, multiple heal checks in a small time frame, tether trading, limit cut, and tight enrages might be a bit much for the entry level into more difficult content. There are several encounters off the top of my head that I feel qualify though. Ravana, Sophia, Susano, and Hydaelyn aren't too demanding, but still punishing if you screw up the mechs. Players should have to coordinate and learn basic set ups such as clock spots, light party stacks, and role splits in these encounters, and EX is where it starts.

[Zeastria]

This word for word, describes EX encounters.

Ex doesn't have a set difficulty level, their difficulty is all over the places.
Also it's just one boss - barly any content at that.
To understand what i mean
one must have played other mmos than ffxiv,
since ffxiv doesn't have that which i define midcore.

[HappyHubris]

[Mid-core difficulty]: Especially when it comes to raiding!
A way for casual players to dip into a bit higher difficuiltiy content
w/o it beeing too demanding in both time and effort.
More focus on fun/creative mech!

This is exactly what extremes do. The gap between normal content and extremes leaves almost no room for a new tier.

The fact that so many people are incapable of imagining a hypothetical content whose difficulty is (ON AVERAGE) higher than normal but lower than extreme is downright mind boggling.

It's not that we can't imagine it, it's that it will be incredibly niche. Where are these players who want more difficulty than normal but can't handle extreme content?

[Supersnow845]

This is exactly what extremes do. The gap between normal content and extremes leaves almost no room for a new tier.


It's not that we can't imagine it, it's that it will be incredibly niche. Where are these players who want more difficulty than normal but can't handle extreme content?

There is 100% room for a tier that sits in the middle

Let’s imagine something that looks like T1 (binding coils turn 1)

A mini boss with mechanics, some interesting trash, then a boss

The mini boss could be something that acts like about the difficulty of a current top end normal raid (something like E8) with damage scaled up a bit to encourage mitigation, you could also add things like shield cheeses and cleanses or interrupts

The trash could look like criterion’s trash with a bit more leeway

The final boss could look something like ozma or the Diablo armament but with an enrage and mechanics that do more damage


So the collective teaches what you need to know about not falling asleep but mistakes of one person don’t spiral as hard as your average extreme, then you can reward gear stronger than casual but weaker than savage

[posona]

This is exactly what extremes do. The gap between normal content and extremes leaves almost no room for a new tier.


It's not that we can't imagine it, it's that it will be incredibly niche. Where are these players who want more difficulty than normal but can't handle extreme content?

*raises hand and cries*

I don’t really care for more content of that nature though. I don’t bother with EX unless it’s unsynced. I’m here for casual-friendly stuff. So I would try it but I’m not looking for it.