Wife unable to do alliance raid roulette once she hit 60.

[Kozh]

PvE is, for most of us, a tiny fraction of what the game has to offer.

Who is this "us" you're talking about? You and a handful of people you know?

I'll let you know that outside of ff14 community like reddit, discord, twitter, most players are only concerned with PvE content. They don't even really care about the msq story (which is one of the selling point).

Please list other "major" things the game offer to us, if you think PvE is "tiny fraction"

[Kozh]

Were it not for the glam, the Nier raids would have been DOA.

Lol, dude think his imaginary scenario is canon. Even when the collab was just teased, people were already hyped. The glam is just a bonus. You don't know how popular Nier is among jrpg gamers, do you?

[Daralii]

Lol, dude think his imaginary scenario is canon. Even when the collab was just teased, people were already hyped. The glam is just a bonus. You don't know how popular Nier is among jrpg gamers, do you?

Automata is one of the most overrated games of all time. The original and Drakengard aren't even worth mentioning because no one played them.

[AmiableApkallu]

I mean... I'll be 42 this year, so I already have the issue that I can no longer "git gud" because aging makes the reaction times and manual dexterity go down, not up.

I'm older than that, and have no problems with normal mode content. And weirdly, the more I play and and try to learn and try to do better, the better I get.

If I can't figure out a mechanic or what I'm doing wrong, I ask someone. I'll occasionally step foot into a current extreme or savage, just to test and push myself.

Absent bona fide conditions like cataracts, arthritis, etc. etc., you certainly can "git gud better." The biggest hurdle is overcoming the mental block of, "I can't, I won't."

[Rika_Isshoku]

The required number of NPCs can be any size I suppose, the main goal is to give people a story option while keeping the 24-man Crystal Tower available and even improving on it because I'm almost certain the reason why it's been made so easy is because Square-Enix wanted it to be a story gate, not a skill one, and they'll never dial it up so long as it remains mandatory. And given the #1 complaint vets have about CT is that its too easy and boring, that maybe they would start enjoying it (or at least tolerating it) in their roulettes because it posses a challenge now.

I'm just generally in favor of MORE options for everyone across all skills levels instead of Square-Enix trying to crowd everyone into a single difficulty and then acting shocked when they can't play well together and never will. Chaotic for example SHOULD have been a harder full alliance raid for those who wanted it instead of being just another boss room.
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If other people my age and older manage just fine and even soar, all the more power to them, but I don't operate under the delusion that I personally can be as good as anyone else and that I hit my skill cap a long time ago if I'm dying on the "sooo easy" normal content while playing "sooo brain dead" jobs. People making everything out to be a constant breeze doesn't make it more approachable, it just makes the failures feel that much worse.

And I try to make it a point to NOT speak up in-game because frankly a sizable chunk of this community isn't all that nice to deal with, and in the case of Dynamis, it just doesn't exist at all. So I'm just trying to play what I can while not being a bother to others at this point because even day one of playing I was being pushed to just over-level/gear and unsync solo to progress the MSQ because even 4-mans were taking 30+ minutes to pop back then, so I've just kinda given up on the social element of this game beyond the forums. (And even then nothing said here really matters in-game.)

I agree there should be more options for people, and I found it strange that Cloud of Darkness Chaotic was just that boss (to be fair though it was in the name).

As for your struggles with content, what is the biggest thing in common you struggle with? Like is it movement, skill usage, etc? Depending on the issue there are a number of things that can be done to help improve that that are not tied to skill.

[AmiableApkallu]

So I'm just trying to play what I can while not being a bother to others at this point

Except that this isn't true. You're spending time typing out self-defeatist commentary on these forums instead of doing literally anything else that might make you a better player.

And I try to make it a point to NOT speak up in-game because frankly a sizable chunk of this community isn't all that nice to deal with

Pot, kettle, say "hi" to each other.

If you'd like advice on how to improve, I'm happy to offer my own perspective. So would many others. After all, my first run of a dungeon with other human beings, Lv.15 Sastasha, had a wipe because I didn't know what I was doing at the time. (Imagine being the healer who didn't know what "line of sight" was.)

Or if you don't like my takes, ask a question, and maybe someone else will chime in.

But if you'd rather wallow in self-pity, more power to you.

[AllenThyl]

Except that this isn't true. You're spending time typing out self-defeatist commentary on these forums instead of doing literally anything else that might make you a better player.

You are talking with a poster who deleted a significant number of their posts in a fit of paranoia after SE announced their policy that they will not stand idly by while their staff gets abused online. To use that poster's words, "tyrannical". And so they left the forums. But alas, here we are again. The truth is, you just can't argue here, the whole "I'm old and not able anymore" has become a self-soothing statement for this poster, who somehow "strives" in PvP which is much more hectic and even less readable / learnable, but somehow completely overwhelmed by even the easiest mechanics in normal content.

[Mawlzy]

You are talking with a poster who deleted a significant number of their posts in a fit of paranoia after SE announced their policy that they will not stand idly by while their staff gets abused online. To use that poster's words, "tyrannical". And so they left the forums. But alas, here we are again. The truth is, you just can't argue here, the whole "I'm old and not able anymore" has become a self-soothing statement for this poster, who somehow "strives" in PvP which is much more hectic and even less readable / learnable, but somehow completely overwhelmed by even the easiest mechanics in normal content.

Isn't that part of the point, though? PvE is a memory/speed test whereas PvP is dynamic, reactive, and to many of us far more interesting.

[AmiableApkallu]

PvE is a memory/speed test whereas PvP is dynamic, reactive, and to many of us far more interesting.

Yes, PvP in FFXIV is a memory/speed test cranked up to 20. By comparison, PvE is Baby's First Time Playing a Video Game.

You can have a valid, defensible opinion about whether FFXIV PvP vs. PvE is "more fun", but anyone who's minimally competent at PvP can clear the MSQ and normal-mode content just fine.

[Mawlzy]

Yes, PvP in FFXIV is a memory/speed test cranked up to 20. By comparison, PvE is Baby's First Time Playing a Video Game.

You can have a valid, defensible opinion about whether FFXIV PvP vs. PvE is "more fun", but anyone who's minimally competent at PvP can clear the MSQ and normal-mode content just fine.

The memory test in PvP boils down to remembering a 4-button combo typically. While movement is fast, the reaction time required is much less than that in DT dungeons and trials.