Don't do chaotic raid again

[Voidmage]

Honestly speaking in terms of casual content, I don't actually think the current difficulty is far off what we saw in HW/SB. Much of HW was lent to having some terrible design decisions embedded, in combination with sheer lack of QoL. Stormblood I actually found is a little easier than current. Some may agree and some may disagree with this statement, but I think current casuals are better than what casuals back then were, both naturally and because of various QoL.

Now what they need to do is find what difficulty they want to aim for and then stick to that difficulty as when they constantly yoyo around on difficulties, that is when you get issues.

They should also be more transparent with what they aim for.
Criterion was a huge shock in how the difficulty jumped and they never implied anything like that.

Also they should be more consistent in their work.
This here is the what? Second time they went "oops, a bit more difficult than planed. Have Savage instead of Ex."

[Menriq]

They should also be more transparent with what they aim for.
Criterion was a huge shock in how the difficulty jumped and they never implied anything like that.

Also they should be more consistent in their work.
This here is the what? Second time they went "oops, a bit more difficult than planed. Have Savage instead of Ex."

Not sure what you are referencing, but they said in the LL that it would be equivalent of an early savage floor, so sounds like it is exactly as they intended.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/511393

[Voidmage]

Not sure what you are referencing, but they said in the LL that it would be equivalent of an early savage floor, so sounds like it is exactly as they intended.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/511393

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSE3nsx3x4
There at about 11:50 onwards.
It was also in the translation discord. He himself admits that it resulted in more savage than extreme.

In that vein, I have yet to do more than one lockout of Chaotic, but it seems like at least in P1 you don't exactly need to organize yourself with other party members. A lot of personal responsibility there however, and its very punishing if you make a mistake. We'll see how that develops in the future.

It's in phase 2 when all hell starts to break loose and you are back to "know your position, where to stand or you wipe everyone and their grandma.