Thread: Is anyone else really disappointed with the nerfs coming in 2.2?

You stole my nickname, OP.

your a hardcore player so NONE of the nerfs have any affect on you whatsoever. people like to gripe about it but it does 0 harm to the community. while all you hardcores are clearing T6-9 with ease us casual players will still be trying to clear T1-5. the echo buff helps but it will not replace skill. Why on earth would SE block 90% of their community out of content just so that the 10% can say they are the only ones who will ever be able to beat it. SE has to cater to all players, not just the hardcores. the ONLY thing you have to say about any endgame content in any mmo is "I did it first" that is all you are ever going to be able to say. If you havent realized that about MMOs i suggest maybe going back to non-online games.

Not for me, no. But I've been there and done that. So I don't really care if Joe Casual gets to feel like a winner.

Honestly I haven't found much "challenge" in the content. Simply in the amount of time I have to play because of my schedule.

I mean you're complaining about them nerfing content you've probably beaten ad nauseum and you don't even know how tough the new content would be. If you wanna go back and do EX primals in DL or something after the nerf go crazy.

I'm sure everybody will be really impressed.

Originally Posted by Kuponutz

Thing is, it's not really how XI worked.

Is this an argument, or are you just making an observation?

Because it's hard to tell whenever FFXI gets involved.

Contrary to what you might think, there are a lot of players that genuinely find AK difficult at it's current state. Some of these are people that are new to MMOs and need some extra help to complete the content that's currently available. If you're going to bring up WoW, I actually know several people that were stuck at Karazhan and couldn't progress any further in BC (even towards the end when Sunwell had come out) and they lost motivation to play due to the big wall.

It's not fair to deny newer or less skilled people the opportunity to see content that's already been completed by more competent/skilled players. The devs don't want to spend months making content that only 5% of the population of the game actually sees. Blizzard has stated this multiple times regarding WoW (and why they changed their structure in Wrath of the Lich King), and it looks like SE has also chosen to follow that design philosophy.

Sorry if you're upset that more people get to experience the content, and if the game's too easy for you then be happy in the knowledge that you have a better social network of friends that are highly skilled at MMO's. Many other people don't have that luxury.

Originally Posted by Kuponutz

Many FATES are being scaled down (coz FATES are hard, right?...).

Yes, yes they are. Some are downright impossible. Maybe you should make a fresh character and try to solo some, because most FATEs are solo content now. No one does them. If they aren't going to nerf them they might as well just delete them.

Originally Posted by Kuponutz

Every boss in AK is getting nerfed - not echo, direct nerf.

All the bosses in AK were a pushover in November. I can only assume that if SE feels they need to make them easier it's because of some data they have saying some people are somehow having a hard time with them.

Originally Posted by Kuponutz

I mean, Extremes are supposed to be, well, extreme. Just leave them be. People will either rise to the occasion or they won't.

You're right, people will either rise to the occasion or they won't. So, if they don't, you think they should just quit the game for a year?

Originally Posted by Almalexia

Is this an argument, or are you just making an observation?

Because it's hard to tell whenever FFXI gets involved.

I'm really quite curious, how difficult was FFxi? I don't consider "grind" to be a part of "difficult" btw.