Difficulty of normal content.

[Cyn_Romanace]

This thread really blew up..

I will full admit I only caught wind of this through watching Xenosys stream where he covered it and initially I had no stake in it. The difficulty of the content in my eyes feels fine, had no real issues clearing it aside from the standard pains of learning a new fight. But the groups (All Random folks from the DF) had no issues looking at the fight, learning from it, and moving on. In general my whole DT experience has not been muddled down by an inability to do mechanics. Likewise this sentiment that stuff is challanging but fun has been mirrored across almost every group I am involved with in the Mateus RP community which is surprising to me.

So initially this forum post seemed to be nothing more than hyperbole by people who simply wanted a participation trophy.

Then I had something happen that made me look at this a bit closer. A good friend of mine who I have consistently done M+, rated PCP, and Mythic raid progression with in wow hit a wall with this content. He could not do it despite watching videos and trying to learn the timing. The raid and dungeons floored him to the point he simply left the game and uninstalled.

This seems to be something that has happened a lot not just with experienced folks but others across the game. Though if I am still being honest here, I don't think it is necessarily an issue with the mechanics being too difficult or hard but rather self induced stress to be able to preform.

I set down with my friend and a few others who have left or stopped doing content because of the perceived difficulty and each time I found that they by and large were worried about how others perceived them and their performance. They were worried their group would kick them, or their static would drop them. That this need to be seen as competent was weighing so heavy on them that I think it was pulling down their ability to focus and that every little hiccup along the way was only adding to that weight.

I don't know if this is everyone's specific issue and I am not here saying I have found certifiable proof that this is the cause for all of this but rather i would like to encourage people who are struggling with the content to take a moment, step back, and think if they are letting such worries weigh on them. If you are, then I would encourage you to find a group of friends to try the content with or hell, hit me up here on the forums and I can take you with me and mine. No judgement, just honest help and assistance to see if we cant help you see that things are not as difficult as they appear.