Content Becoming Easier in the Future

[MasamuneBranford]

There are a lot of people who do not like this (including me). I've had the game since launch and I just finally completed the main story. I move at a casual pace. However, that isn't to say that I don't want to experience the challenges this game has to offer. We have been told that there will come a time when players will receive a buff to allow them to complete the more difficult older content to catch up with the rest. Here is my solution:

Allow players to play old outdated challenges with the original level cap / item-level cap the challenge had upon its initial release. Award unique achievement items for players able to complete these challenges (players who completed these challenges upon their initial release would obviously also receive these awards without any additional action on their part). I think something like this would go a far way in pleasing both casual and hardcore players.

Thoughts?

[Alberel]

They won't be making the content itself any easier, they'll just be applying the echo buff to older turns of Coil and such. The echo buff is not automatically applied; it triggers on death and gets stronger the more you wipe meaning things won't instantly be easy mode, you can still challenge it at the original difficulty first.

[Johnist]

They won't be making the content itself any easier, they'll just be applying the echo buff to older turns of Coil and such. The echo buff is not automatically applied; it triggers on death and gets stronger the more you wipe meaning things won't instantly be easy mode, you can still challenge it at the original difficulty first.

EVERYONE! JUMP OFF THE PEDESTAL UNTIL HEALERS HAVE 8000 HEALTH!

And you can turn the echo off if you wish I believe.

Where is this option...?

[Starlord]

And you can turn the echo off if you wish I believe.

[ZephyrK]

Well, you can't kid yourself. As they introduce new gear and new content, old content can't help but get easier. If you wait another year to do Coil, you simply won't have the same experience as those players that did it last month.

[Cherie]

There is already some help in place to some degree. You can get furniture/vanity items from the hard mode primals already... Granted, the items they turn into aren't implemented yet, but it's coming soon!

I foresee more people farming HM Titan, Garuda and Ifrit for these items once housing comes out. This would mean that people that already know how to win these fights will be helping out people just doing it for the first time.

I farmed Garuda for a while yesterday for myth tomes and to try to get my feather and I got one! I already got my Titan heart as well... Just need a Ifrit horn still. Sadly people think I'm nuts cause I can't even use them yet, but it's stuff to do!

I think them doing stuff like this makes more sense than nerfing the fights. Having someone to help you, that knows the ropes is better than just making the fight less fun.

[Felis]

Where is this option...?

Like with every buff, right-click on the buff icon to get it away.

[Zezlar]

Luckily with the route they're taking you can simply remove the buff. So the option to complete content in the original form will still exist. Much MUCH better than redesigning it to be easier.

[NightWrath]

There are a lot of people who do not like this (including me). I've had the game since launch and I just finally completed the main story. I move at a casual pace. However, that isn't to say that I don't want to experience the challenges this game has to offer. We have been told that there will come a time when players will receive a buff to allow them to complete the more difficult older content to catch up with the rest. Here is my solution:

Allow players to play old outdated challenges with the original level cap / item-level cap the challenge had upon its initial release. Award unique achievement items for players able to complete these challenges (players who completed these challenges upon their initial release would obviously also receive these awards without any additional action on their part). I think something like this would go a far way in pleasing both casual and hardcore players.

Thoughts?

It will come a time that will be incredible hard for u to find group for this content, just as it happens in wow, go try to find a party to do low lvl raid, u will need to take a few days research member, low lvl equipment... to do as u want, also as time pass by, a lot of mechanics will sure change, new high and low lvl skill will probably be add, balances change... all this will made it easier them it is now.

This buff is just meant for playing don't get stuck on low lvl raid without being able to find party and when u do, their player skill don't get u stuck or the other way around.

[NoctisCaelus]

Old contents gets easier for new people, alts perhaps, and casual players. New contents are harder. If you want it to be a challenge, wear some underleveled gears. If it's a i90 dungeon, use a i70 for example. But really, who would do that? o.o