Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
It just so happens that Yoshi-P mentioned in an interview recently that one of the issues in Forked Tower may have been that they placed so much emphasis on a player's responsibility that it affects everyone else too much.

They should try to find another way if they don't intend it to be hardcore content though. What worked in Heavensward was:
  • Vuln stacks (whether just on you, or on the whole party)
  • Bleeds (whether just on you, or the whole party)
  • Placement objects. Weeping City is just a great example of this. You place webs, you place poison areas, tanks place adds, people place meteorites. Failing mechanics can result in things such as bleeds, or 50% of people wiping that didn't get onto a poorly-placed web.
  • Orb collecting so they don't overwhelm.
These are examples of mechanics that all worked in Weeping City. It was a raid where people frequently wiped to bosses and abandoned, but it really wasn't that hard. I joined Ozma in progress a lot and cleared every time. But full-wiping a good 3 or so times through the run was fairly common, and that's the exact balance they should be aiming for in casual content. 3 wipes, which make you try harder and become better to overcome it.

If things like bleeds and vulns get ignored due to our excessive mit and healing tools, then the only thing I could suggest is adding a mechanic to disable or reduce the effectiveness of our excessive mit and heals similar to the rez restriction.

I should also say if they are looking for inspiration for casual raids that aren't a joke, but don't have body checks, they could draw inspiration from:
  • Weeping City
  • Castrum Lacus Litore
  • Dalriada (the 8-player boss wasn't tough enough in my opinion, but most runs were close leaving bodies everywhere)
  • Dun Scaith (it's not my highest ranked, but you get a lot of deaths to the first boss, and other bosses at least beat people up and make them have to try and hold it together)
  • Orbonne pre-nerf was alright. Not my highest ranked since in Stormblood they started getting safer, but not as safe as what came later...
Maybe Yoshi needs to take a break and let someone else take the reins. Dude has been out of touch for way too many years.