Difficulty of normal content.

[Echidna-Lefex]

I've literally never stepped foot into a savage or ex until I can unsync solo it. I say that to show that I'm extremely casual, I get on level my jobs, do my roulettes, hang out with friends and that's about it. This normal raid tier is 100% perfectly fine. It wasn't difficult at all, mechanics made sense and were easy to follow. I healed all 4 and the biggest problem was just learning the fight. The dots aren't overly punishing they can be healed through with a medica 3 easily enough. Every week this will get easier because people will know the fights and be able to do the mechanics appropriately. This is not difficult content by any stretch of the imagination.

[ElliCat]

If I may, for future reference...

You absolutely may, and it's greatly appreciated! Thanks! I'll have to remember that next time I'm in there.

I've literally never stepped foot into a savage or ex until I can unsync solo it. I say that to show that I'm extremely casual...

Same boat here. I've done a bit of Coils and a bit of Alexander Savage Solo. Only started a couple of years ago during Endwalker. So far, Arcadion's been the most fun I've had in this game.

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I have to disagree with others that have stated that the game doesn't teach you mechanics well. Hell, the bosses all do weaker forms of their later attacks for you to observe and learn, so that you can use your magical human brain computers later to analyze and deal with combinations and harder versions of said attacks. And again, most of these attacks are no different than attacks that have shown up dozens of times in earlier instances. (Honey B. completely stealing a couple of Barbariccia's attacks... and you HAD TO get past her to even get into Dawntrail in the first place!)