Quote Originally Posted by Mawlzy View Post
At the risk of cross-threading, it's the solo duties that are the big problem because there is no way of helping friends through them.

As to where the "this tall to ride" bar should be, I'd suggest it is getting boosted artificially high because of the people the director/producer listens to. I'm very uncomfortable with any scenario in which people who breezed through Stormblood now find themselves stuck.
Solo duties also have “very easy” mode. At that point your natural regen is overtaking damage dealt even if you chase AOE’s and the NPC’s can solo the fight. You literally have to try to die in very easy mode

And the bar is only getting returned to what it was basically before EW, EW is the anomaly here that asked literally zero from the player. You also have to balance the fact that EW’s casual content was almost universally derided for being too easy. Is it worth blocking the small cohort of people who are blocked from EW->DT difficulty to increase satisfaction amongst other players?