How do people calling themselves casual feel about the difficulty level?

[KraggyKor]

1st successful run will only be the one that matters. All the rest will be doomed to become a chore for many.

Which of course is why a game like FFXIV where content is locked behind multiple gear-grinds needing endlessly repeating the same, stale content is a Bad Design (tm).

[Penguinmayhem]

I'd like to be able to do more of this endgame stuff with my small group of people I know but it seems most of the content is 8-people-or-more.

[LineageRazor]

Semi-casual here. I typically log on 2-4 hours each night, sometimes longer on weekends. Been playing since ARR launch, have four crafting jobs to 50, two gathering jobs to 50, and WHM and PLD to 50. Garuda HM was a rough fight for me on WHM, and Titan HM is still scary even as PLD. Haven't even attempted EX primals or Binding Coil, yet.

So, yeah, I feel that the game has plenty of stuff left to do, and plenty of challenge left to offer.

[Mergadeth]

I don't know where i fall really. I would consider myself frustrated if anything. Currently stuck at Twin and Titan EX. What i find true is that my skill level doesn't really matter in Titan EX. Every run someone will inevitably make one mistake and it's all over. In that sense I guess due to lack of progression I'm a casual.

If I didn't lead a FC with my bf, i'm pretty sure I would quit trying at this point, because these two fights have done nothing but stress me out.

[Phe]

Currently stuck at Twin and Titan EX.

snake phase and after heart-phase? xD
Me too, but i'm still motivated tho.

What's kinda annoying is that you have always play through the phases that you don't even need to practise anymore.
always wasting 10 minutes to get to the point where it gets interesting.

don't give up yet - we will make it!

[Sadana]

Casual who plays many hours. I'm alright with the difficulty level. Not stressing over beating everything. It'll be there and I'll get it some day. ^_^

[Kayo]

Im casual, very casual. I feel the game is more difficult than the usual MMO at least. Mostly because things take much longer to die so there is more time to screw up and die. However, anyone who looks up strategies online really has no place complaining. Youre like the kid who buys the game along with the strategy guide then complains you wasted $80 on a game you beat overnight. Even the toughest games out there become trivial if you know exactly where to get the best gear available and what needs to be done and when.

[Iymala]

I consider myself and my significant other quite casual.... both of us have been hardcore in previous MMO's when younger, and feel the content in FFXIV is too easy. For reference we have cleared all EX Primals and T1-T5 of Coil. The challenge for raid content is quite low and really is just hoping one person does not fail at he dance and the "fun" mechanics of the game are seriously lacking. Dailies have been finished for months, crafting is useless, housing is a joke.... The fact that they made CT then are introducing Coil to the Duty finder with no loot lock out makes me shake my head at the pointlessness. If they were going to make CT obsolete so quickly, I wish they would have put their developing power behind something that would have had a long term benefit to the community.

I think for "casual" (in the terms of time invested) is often confused with unskilled players. For unskilled players, of course the content is difficult, but for a lot of players.... regardless of if their time investment is "casual" or "hardcore" the game is quite boringly easy.

[NaliaBrown]

I consider myself a casual player. I play a lot, but I play to have fun. I'm in a Free Company raid group that has consistently gotten to Turn 4 of Coil, but we haven't quite beaten it yet (we hope to get it done before 2.2 is released). I'm ilvl 84 on my DRG. I don't bother capping myth tomes every week because I don't really care that much. I'm decently geared for the content I'm running, and I'm fine with that. I (with the help of a FC party) beat Ultima HM for the first time last night. I still haven't beaten Garuda EX, but not for lack of trying. It took me a month to beat Titan HM the first time, but now I know it well enough that I'm not afraid of it anymore and I can stay alive most of the time.

I'm happy with the difficulty of the content, generally. Some of the fights are frustrating, but I can deal with that. I'd prefer not to have current content nerfed.