Yuweyawata Field Station is so wrong

[Mawlzy]

i would like to see some hard data for that claim.

NA clear rate for savage on cycle is less than 25%? Thought that was generally accepted and similar in EU.

I'll solo EX unsynched occasionally if I want a mount.

Those numbers might increase if PvE in 14 was actually interesting, but unfortunately it's formulaic slop.

[Arohk]

NA clear rate for savage on cycle is less than 25%? Thought that was generally accepted and similar in EU.

that is quite a lot considering the difficulty, and "clearing" is not equal to participating, even if you only clear the first two bosses, it takes a lot of time commitment to actually finish the entire tier.

Soloing old EX fights isnt even a challenge for the most part, dont know why you bring that up. I farm all the mounts when it is the current content, (or 99 totems in most cases),
i killed Chaotic Cloud 84 times to get both mounts, did you even kill it once?

I think you are talking about content you don't really know much about.

The MSQ is about 300 hours of playtime now , if you dont skip the cutscenes, that is about 5% of my total playtime.

[Mawlzy]

that is quite a lot considering the difficulty, and "clearing" is not equal to participating, even if you only clear the first two bosses, it takes a lot of time commitment to actually finish the entire tier.

Soloing old EX fights isnt even a challenge for the most part, dont know why you bring that up. I farm all the mounts when it is the current content, (or 99 totems in most cases),
i killed Chaotic Cloud 84 times to get both mounts.

I think you are talking about content you don't really know much about.

I was pointing out the only time I engage with EX is unsynched. So you're right, on cycle I have no experience of EX, and certainly don't have the interest or ability to attempt savage.

Progging just sounds like a boring, repetitive job and I'm happily retired.

Clearing CC 84 times sounds like a self-inflicted nightmare, but if you enjoy it, that's great.

[Carin-Eri]

I was pointing out the only time I engage with EX is unsynched. So you're right, on cycle I have no experience of EX, and certainly don't have the interest or ability to attempt savage.

Progging just sounds like a boring, repetitive job and I'm happily retired.

Clearing CC 84 times sounds like a self-inflicted nightmare, but if you enjoy it, that's great.

Same. I've done a few unsynched Ex's (The Seat of Sacrifice, Zodiark's Fall, Hydaelyn's Call and Endsinger's Aria), mostly with friends - or at least one friend on the team - but I wouldn't even consider going anywhere near current high-level content.

Meanwhile the "refuse to improve" narrative continues in other threads.

[Mawlzy]

Same. I've done a few unsynched Ex's (The Seat of Sacrifice, Zodiark's Fall, Hydaelyn's Call and Endsinger's Aria), mostly with friends - or at least one friend on the team - but I wouldn't even consider going anywhere near current high-level content.

Meanwhile the "refuse to improve" narrative continues in other threads.

Isn't it... "strange" is being charitable.

There is a noisy sub-community here. Its members claim they know what people they have never met are capable of accomplishing in one dusty corner of a video game. Because of this clairvoyance, they confidently conclude that those not meeting some arbitrary benchmark clearly refuse to learn (or open their eyes, or read their tooltips, or turn on their brains, or...)

And we're presented with all these bizarre assertions without any recognition that such claims are so spectacularly arrogant that they border on sociopathy.

I'm starting to wonder whether playing video games is good for the mind. Maybe I'll return to poker.

[Arohk]

There is a noisy sub-community here. Its members claim they know what people they have never met are capable of accomplishing in one dusty corner of a video game.

No Sir, you are an Ultra Casual that thinks he has a valid opinion about a part of a game he doesn't even participate in, you may have your reasons why and i hope the game is fulfilling the way you play it.
Please go and clear at least one Savage boss, then come back and tell me again how dungeons are too diffult and i will take you more seriously.
I will tell it to you one final time, the game is NOT TOO DIFFICULT, the game has accessibility problems that confuse new players.

[Valence]

No Sir, you are an Ultra Casual that thinks he has a valid opinion about a part of a game he doesn't even participate in, you may have your reasons why and i hope the game is fulfilling the way you play it.
Please go and clear at least one Savage boss, then come back and tell me again how dungeons are too diffult and i will take you more seriously.
I will tell it to you one final time, the game is NOT TOO DIFFICULT, the game has accessibility problems that confuse new players.

What if I say that I support what they wrote wholeheartedly from my own experience, would that also qualify me as an Ultra Casual?

[Mawlzy]

No Sir, you are an Ultra Casual that thinks he has a valid opinion about a part of a game he doesn't even participate in, you may have your reasons why and i hope the game is fulfilling the way you play it.
Please go and clear at least one Savage boss, then come back and tell me again how dungeons are too diffult and i will take you more seriously.
I will tell it to you one final time, the game is NOT TOO DIFFICULT, the game has accessibility problems that confuse new players.

I think it's clear were going in circles, but since this is insulting I feel a response is necessary.

1. You assume my gender. The fact you also assume the abilities of total strangers thus comes as no surprise.

2. I believe the currently preferred pejorative is "turbocasual" not "Ultra Casual." Please check recent memos from the Briganding Officer on your Discord server.

3. There is nothing casual about the way I approach PvP, which is where most of my game time is spent. I am fiercely competitive and quite good.

4. Using BLOCK CAPS does not magically turn an opinion into a fact.

5. Why would I wish to clear anything in Savage? Making dull content more difficult so it takes constant repetition to clear is one of the most puzzling aspects of the game.

6. I have an opinion on MSQ dungeons, all of which I have cleared. Of course I regard my opinion as valid. If I did not, I would change it.

7. I have forwarded your contributions in this thread to the secretary of the Committee For The Reform Of The Mentorship Program.

At the start of the game? At character creation? When you queue? After you drop into the duty? Do we end up with damage/speed/AoE on-off on a per character basis? Wouldn't it also have an adverse effect on already struggling queue times? It sounds like a logistical and processing nightmare.

The simplest way to do it, as well as providing a useful test case that would have no impact on queue times, would be to restrict it to Duty Support.

The alternative is the status quo, which compels all players spanning a massive spectrum of skill into identical duties. This annoys people at both ends of the skill spectrum, as evidenced by this and other threads.

The current situation also tends to lead to players arguing with each other, instead of coming together and lobbying for more interesting dungeon design.

My guess is if you did include an option in Duty Finder you might have each track healthier than the single one is now, simply because both groups would enjoy the experience more. People like me might even do MSQ dungeons more than once on cycle.

[Mawlzy]

that is quite a lot considering the difficulty, and "clearing" is not equal to participating, even if you only clear the first two bosses, it takes a lot of time commitment to actually finish the entire tier.

Soloing old EX fights isnt even a challenge for the most part, dont know why you bring that up. I farm all the mounts when it is the current content, (or 99 totems in most cases),
i killed Chaotic Cloud 84 times to get both mounts, did you even kill it once?

I think you are talking about content you don't really know much about.

The MSQ is about 300 hours of playtime now , if you dont skip the cutscenes, that is about 5% of my total playtime.

Right, and MSW dungeons and trials are what? 10% of that? Call it 20%, that's 60 hours of MSQ required PvE.

In the last three years I've put in around 2500 hours of PvP. Maybe another 1500 on side quests, FATEs, Gold Saucer, hunts, Bozja/Eureka...

60/4000 = 0.015. 1.5% of my time was spent in required MSQ PvE and I basically do zero optional dungeons/trials/raids.

PvE is not the focus of FFXIV. At least how I play it.