Why are they nerfing content already?

[SorriorDragneel]

I wonder about the future if a new player enters the game, plays up until 50 then plays the latest i55 dungeon that hands out i200/300/400+ tomes for the latest gear and pretty much skips a huge amount of content that was in the game previously, challenging or not. I fear that the future players might not even play older content, like asking someone decked out in the latest max ilevel gear a question about Wanderer's Palace and having them go "what's that?".

The need to unlock via older content should counter this while if they ARE that OP then they can just breeze through it.

[Bufkus]

The first expansion isn't even out yet. There's no point in doing challenging content when they nerf it before it's completely outdated.

Really, really bad sign for the direction the game is going to take imo.

Get out then. We need less players with your attitude.

[HeroSamson]

Reason because its a smart move.

They don't want it to end up like final fantasy 11, where new people join and the older players already beat stuff and didn't do other content, they tried to fix it with 1000 exp bonus if you helped with Cop but nobody came to help, then same with the past everyone did the stuff didn't come back dynamis same thing.

You have a lot of players who couldn't catch up with anyone else in game so what else is there to do but quit the game SE loses revenue and they aren't gonna do that because your subscription doesn't out weigh the many, so if you quit see you later but if not quit crying.

[Versiroth]

I'd also like to say that people that have BC 1-5 and the Extreme Primals on farm are in large part to blame for these nerfs. You complain about them nerfing the content so causal people can participate more and yet when was the last time you let one of these people into your group? Almost every single Turn 4, 5 and Ex Primals PF group I see demand experience and threaten to kick if people make any mistakes. If people weren't so exclusive with this content, then maybe SE could have left it alone. As is, these buffs will give these excluded people a way to start groups of their own without having to beg you to include them. And sure, they can make learning groups now, but in my experience, those groups never last long. I've been further in titan Ex in a DF group than I have in PF learning groups.

Anyway, maybe next time a player sends you a tell saying "Hey, I watched a video, but I've never done this before", you'll think twice about just scoffing and not responding. Then again, you probably won't.

[Emtron]

Best Post ever!

I 100% agree with everything you stated this helps more then hurts because it does give more people the opportunity to do the content.

[Versiroth]

I don't see why people complain about AK's gnats anyway. When's the last time anyone actually killed them? The tank grabs them, and everyone just DPS's the wall. Heck, get a group of I80+ people and you'll likely never even see the gnats you kill it so fast.

[File2ish]

I don't see why people complain about AK's gnats anyway. When's the last time anyone actually killed them?

Did AK yesterday for my relic on my ilvl 72 PLD. The DF group I got consisted of a SMN in fairly good gear (at the very least had 3 ilvl 90 AF1.5 pieces, I never checked his equips so can't say about accessories), a DRG in ilvl 55 WP and AK drops, and a WHM in similar ilvl gear as the DRG. Killed the adds because of the lack of DPS, not everyone is Ilvl65+ to just burn the boss.

[Vahlnir]

Did AK yesterday for my relic on my ilvl 72 PLD. The DF group I got consisted of a SMN in fairly good gear (at the very least had 3 ilvl 90 AF1.5 pieces, I never checked his equips so can't say about accessories), a DRG in ilvl 55 WP and AK drops, and a WHM in similar ilvl gear as the DRG. Killed the adds because of the lack of DPS, not everyone is Ilvl65+ to just burn the boss.

This is true, but it doesn't really depend solely on item level. The group composition and competence are a greater factor in this case. Killing the gnats wasn't a huge hassle to start, but if it helps keep the focus on the wall by getting rid of them entirely I'm all for it. Some people tend to tunnel vision their way through content as it is so this should make things a bit easier all around.

[Versiroth]

Did AK yesterday for my relic on my ilvl 72 PLD. The DF group I got consisted of a SMN in fairly good gear (at the very least had 3 ilvl 90 AF1.5 pieces, I never checked his equips so can't say about accessories), a DRG in ilvl 55 WP and AK drops, and a WHM in similar ilvl gear as the DRG. Killed the adds because of the lack of DPS, not everyone is Ilvl65+ to just burn the boss.

So, due to lack of DPS, you had the DPS stop DPSing the boss so they could instead DPS adds? That doesn't really make a lot of sense. As long as the tank can grab and hold aggro and the healer can keep him alive, there's zero reason to ever ask the DPS to kill those adds. It's a waste of time and could cause you to lose due to the boss closing in before the DPS can get him down.

[Gormogon]

2.1 is old and busted.
2.2 is new hotness.

Screw Costa del Sol I wanna go to Doma please.