We need expansion/duty bans and easier/harder modes of duties.

[Elfidan]

You didn't type it, but what you implied is dripping with it. See, the difference with total blind acceptance vs the Understanding without acceptance thing is that one allows anything and goes with the flow while the other can see the perspective presented and still disagree or stand against it. In this situation, there's literally no middle ground. You have one side asking for something and the other side standing firmly against it.

'You didn't type it so I did for you.' I just think you don't understand. Let me ask you if the OP wants to run with trusts how is a lower difficulty setting effecting you in any way shape or form? Absolutely absurd to decide to die on this hill.

How many have we left alive vs how many have we killed? I'll wait.... I can think of 2.... a couple have gotten away, but the ones that we have actually left alive.... 2. Now... there are some that have turned to our side... that's a different situation altogether. Surely you're not considering those in your statements... right?

The whole story is full of issues caused by the MC leaving people alive when they clearly shouldn't. Or letting them escape because incompetent. As for enemies we made into friends as I originally said if you think there's only two, I don't think you actually pay attention to the story. Which is fine. I don't think anyone should have to but definitely don't try to lecture if you don't know the subject matter. Turned to our side... Yeah that sounds like making frienemies to me.

That's simply not the majority of responses. I won't deny that there are people being unreasonable in this thread and the others, but the majority are not. Disagreeing and standing against the opinion of the OP also does not equate to that. If you think it does, then you're part of that same toxicity. Also, no one is saying players need to be good from the beginning, but expecting to play through an RPG without ever improving your skill level is asinine. No RPG in the history of RPGs lets you skirt by without improvement. MMOs are not exceptions to this. The difficulty ramp of FFXIV is actually on the slower end, even with Dawntrail. The anomaly here is that Endwalker was so much easier than previous expansions. Also, no one is saying people need to play at an advanced level. They're simply saying that you can't expect to just cruise by with a snot bubble and think you're gonna clear later expansion stuff. Nothing in DT is hard. It requires paying attention. That's all.

It's actually really funny I started back through the thread to count the negative and unhelpful 'get gud' style replies but stopped after a couple of pages of almost nothing but those. Again, why is a difficulty setting for this person running content you consider beneath you that's run with trusts an issue? I personally don't run content with trusts because they suck so ironically making a lower difficulty setting for them might bring that experience in line with actual players in the DF. Though I'd much rather that they make them better at healing and use AOE skill/let the player direct when to trigger the limit break. Endwalker was absolutely not easier than previous expansions unless you're going way the Frick back to Heavensward pre nerfs. There were more deaths in Endwalker duties than most prior to that. Dawntrail's issue is that the dungeons look the same as any dungeon till you get to a boss and then there's suddenly three or four mechanics going off simultaneously where there use to be two at most. That's a pretty steep increase for the average player. The game itself has set a precedent for less than perfection being bad. Dying feels bad wiping feels bad and in some cases party members will indeed shit talk over it. So then the expectation is clear. Paying attention doesn't help someone when they get hit with multiple mechanics they've never seen before. To be honest this kind of stuff is what the mentor system should be for. But that's tied up with people who queue for extreme in ARR because the game tells them to even though that's not really a thing. Point is "teaching" isn't something "good" players tend to do well in "Basic" content.

Do you need the game to hold your hand and force you to read your tooltips? Heck... 90% of the hall of the novice could be summed up in "This is what your role is supposed to do. Read your friggin tooltips...." Just because the game doesn't slap you in the face with an explanation of an ability doesn't mean you shouldn't know what the ability does. The tooltips generally do a pretty good job explaining abilities, though there are some exceptions. Maybe it's because I come from a generation of gaming before tutorials existed, but there's little excuse to not use what the game gives you. It's there.

I don't but that's an unfair comparison because I've been playing since 1.0 beta etc. I know what role abilities do because they use to be necessary. My point is that the average player doesn't really get explained that they even exist outside of the pop-up menu that most people don't read. I see you're upset that people don't read tool tips but let's be honest most people don't because that's just not what gaming is anymore. Why don't games come with instruction booklets anymore? Nobody was reading them. The explanation tool exists it just needs to be implemented in a way that works. Hall of the Novice is still optional content, and many people reach maximum level without ever doing any of it and in some cases don't even know it exists. It doesn't matter how old you are or what era of gaming you hail from you should want the people around you to understand because it's your community and you only benefit from it.