Here we go again

[PorxiesRCute]

I can understand that some people have slow reflexes and bad vision, but the complaints about the attack telegraphs being too slow... Please, please tell me, that at level 100 in patch 7.3, you have figured out that there's more to telegraphing than the orange glow on the ground?

[Miguel85NYC]

Xeno said to get good

[Carin-Eri]

Xeno said to get good

Yeah - and he is actually right in what he says about learning to laugh it off. I guess it's just easier to laugh it off when you know how the others in the team feel about a team member dying often - and that isn't always obvious.
But he's not wrong

[RagAndBoneLady]

Why do we make lifts and ramps right? Just find someone to drag their bodies up the stairs, that's what society is about. Personally I enjoy climbing up a burning rope with my cheeks thanks.

I mean it's just lifting one foot and then the other. Do they even really try?

[MsQi]

Being an older gamer, been playing since ff14 came out, Meso Terminal is unplayable for me on the 4 bosses that chain to you encounter due to the dodge mechanics firing to quickly.It would be nice to have a easier mode choice when doing it with the npc's to "progress thru the story" as I feel it's better to npc it first so people aren't upset if i die as a healer. I am not asking for an easier mode for que'ing just for doing it with npc's heck i don't need any loot in an easy mode option either but i do feel that we all should have content we can get thru if its mandatory for the story.

Nowadays it seems their idea of an engaging encounter is just throwing more !@#$ at you. Stuff that doesn't even feel like the boss is doing it, just things happening around you.

[Khutulun]

FF14 will need to add a difficulty option for players who want to experience FF14 for mainly story and easier gameplay. It's going to be the only way to reconcile the gap between players with disabilities / handicaps and those with no such problems. Something similar may need to happen to combat jobs one day (assuming FF14 ever makes the jobs more interesting/unique than the current cookie cutter).

SE probably understood this would be a problem (to some extent) hence the slow expansion of Duty Trusts going from EW into DT, but I think they miscalculated the needs of the target audience.

Hopefully SE can rectify (not holding my breath) this fundamental issue during 8.0's lifecycle. FF14 exists in an unsustainable position where current content is both not engaging enough for one population of players and too engaging for another population of players.

I can understand that some people have slow reflexes and bad vision, but the complaints about the attack telegraphs being too slow... Please, please tell me, that at level 100 in patch 7.3, you have figured out that there's more to telegraphing than the orange glow on the ground?

From experience with a thread back around DT's launch, some players have not learned that there's more to tells then the orange juice puddles. When I see "reflexes" brought up I'm (in general) suspicious that the player in question is only reacting to attack markers meant to show your mistake (which you are not meant to react to).

[Supersnow845]

They already have two tiers of content; the “extra help for people who need it” is “play a tank with duty support”

If you cannot clear a dungeon with the modern tanks on duty support where the NPC’s move for you then you are honestly reaching a point where balancing anything around you is relatively untenable

[HyperiusUltima]

I think in general the main crux of dungeon difficulty tuning is execution. They dialed that up this expansion in just about every dungeon and fight, though with some jobs easier to play than others, it can differ depending on how hard it is to play said job. Executing mechanics has been a staple for a while for XIV, but it’s a crutch they need to take a different look at if everyone is struggling with the 2nd Boss.

Having individual mechanic work isn’t anything new, but the way they expect you to execute it in rapid succession can be overwhelming for some. One argument from experienced players and raiders is that dungeons are just mechanics ‘sped up’, and some of that is true in fight design. In general though I can see how it’s frustrating to black out and reset every time you(the WoL) die - because the Warrior of Light never dies.

Not in a single instance have we had that, and even then we came awful close multiple times across XIV’s lifespan so far. It’s more as if the devs know that if the WoL is beaten or dies, the world ends - which is typically how these MMOs are with their hero. I’m honestly feeling we do need to be taken down a peg though in terms of power, even to just allow Trusts to be able to raise us, or simply have the stacks they give you for fights like Hydaelyn so you aren’t thoroughly destroyed every time you eat dirt, only when using Trusts though.

[UkcsAlias]

They were all instakills for me.

Thats a gear issue. All non extreme or higher fights are designed to not demand any shields to be beatable. If it insta kills you, that means you have outdated gear. MSQ gear is on that by default outdated as tomestone gear is always ahead, which might on that be bad design. But even then, the minimum ilvl requirement does make it so you are always able to beat it.

[Atreus]

Maybe when you're doing dungeons with trusts, you can get that "Willful" buff that you get in trials that's essentially a self-raise.

Like fine, whatever helps people get through story stuff, but I support the "increase" in difficulty we've gotten this expansion.