A weary player sees hope in the new update

[Malakhim]

Amen

The Final Fantasies OP played and the Final Fantasies I've played must have been completely different games. I can list the truly challenging moments in this whole series in my hands, and 99% of those are related either to optional bosses (hello, Yazmat) or some of the (optional) mini-games and sidequests (1.000 jumps in FFIX's jump rope minigame, anyone?). And even those are just a matter of doing tedium leveling and / or repeating the same stuff over and over till you beat it.

In fact, there's only one mandatory content in the series (excluding FFXI) I would call challenging: Ramza VS Wiegraf solo fight + Velius battle right after in Final Fantasy Tactics. I wonder how many players had to start from scratch because they had no backup save....

If anyone is buying Final Fantasy for the challenge, they're doing it very wrong.

If anything, that fight was more like a "I hope you were grinding for X hours or you're fucked!" :P

But seriously, completely agreed. I don't understand where anyone gets the idea that Final Fantasy was ever a bastion of "challenge" or that older Final Fantasy games before _insert arbitrary entry selection here_ were totally challenging either for that matter. In fact the only "complex" strategy I can think of was casting reflect on yourself to bounce back magic.

Takes a real tactical genius to figure THAT one out apparently.

Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea that the feeling of satisfaction and entertainment people recieve from long term tasks was invalid.
People have different tastes.

Fair enough. Some people must think cheaply of their time if instead of desiring continuous engagement they'd prefer staring at paint drying.

[Gramul]

Fair enough. Some people must think cheaply of their time if instead of desiring continuous engagement they'd prefer staring at paint drying.

Or maybe they happen to be happy doing what they're doing. Maybe they think the feeling they get from getting through something others are too impatient to do is greater than beating the same content people do every night.
You're awfully egocentric if you think what you do to waste time is better than what other people do.
In the end, very little do in the game is going to help us in real life. It's a time waster any way you mark it. We may as well make it a waste of time all kinds of gamers (not just casuals with little time available) can enjoy.