One of the big issues that no one wants to admit is, the community simply isn't good enough to get what they are asking for. We've had bosses hit harder in previous expansions and you couldn't heal it. We've had DPS checks in previous expansions and you couldn't make it and you also have emnity checks in previous expansions and you couldn't hold it. This goes as far back to the original Steps of Faith if anyone remembers that. It was tough, required teamwork and hit hard. Nerfed within a few weeks because it was easier to nerf it than to improve.

Yoshi unfortunately has catered to the complaining that the community done when stuff was too hard for them and now we are where we are today. Stuff gets nerfed, jobs get gutted and the gameplay becomes bland. The common Johnny is here to play for the story and the majority of them make up the biggest revenue for Square. They have to cater to them.

Now people are asking for bosses to hit harder, more bleeds ect which is fine, except a lot of the community wont be able to heal it, you may be able to but you have to look at the bigger picture, it's no longer about increasing numbers. What is needed now is to reimplement punishments for failure. DPS checks, heal checks, mechanic checks and enrages even for normal modes need to return. It's absolutely no issue to wipe as long as people are learning something.

When you spoon feed people they learn nothing, level up and move on to harder content and they keep coasting until endgame and you get stuck with them and now any sort of challenge in any content automatically signals cries of nerfs or worse yet, they drop the game because it's either too hard or too easy for them.

Older players from this game will often tell you things were better back in the day, and they are right. Yes, we most certainly had plenty of Jank, missing QoL and Job balance but the gameplay made up for it. Would I go back now? For the job design and casual DF experience absolutely, but the lack of QoL would be very rough. We need to get both of these elements right.