Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Gormogon]

Except you are making this all up to support a position that has no substance.

Yeah I made this all up.

There's absolutely no "watch video" requirements and those that aren't part of the top 10-100 that don't have the luxury on relying on guides aren't relying on them either. I see too many times from none top statics and in DF/PF that don't know what to do in a tough stop have since they have no situational awareness and reflex to go with it. Their overall skill is based on that video awareness and those videos don't say in case this happens consider the following.

I've seen many healers and bards not use the tier 3 LB to prevent a wipe and get a clear at 2% hp.
I've seen many bards neglect using their songs.
I've seen many players prefer to take a beating from a melee mob than kiting it instead and die for it.

None of this ever happens and is just a myth.

Do you guys not see how you keep stepping on each others arguments? Your little rhetoric here implies that mechanics are so confusing and obscure that it's impossible that people understand them on their own. Let's not even talk about the chicken and the egg dilemma, since the guides actually do come from players which had no previous exposure, and let's just focus on the idea that "common players" cannot understand mechanics by themselves.

So what is it? Are mechanics so hard and cryptic that they are impossible to understand? (I mean, I can obviously see how landslide is so confusing...)

So according to the sum of all ideas in this thread we have:

1. Mechanics are impossible to understand. If so, it would be understandable that people would want you to see a guide for them, no? Now, observe this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ture-looks-dim
Can we make our minds please? Are they hard or are they not?

2. Once you copy them, they are easy to execute. Ok, if they are easy to execute, why do people keep using the argument that "aprox. only 5% of players has beat Twintania, so something is clearly wrong". This makes no sense, can we make our mind please? If you watch a TT video they obviously understanding the cryptic and obscure mechanics of the fight is no longer an obstacle, so what's stopping people from victory?

I don't know, it really looks like you people are just venting your frustration with your inability to finish specific content.

1.) Take the guides away and see how many none MMO vets can improvise strategems that make sense to tackle mechanics from first and second binding coils of bahamut that aren't obviously pointed out like with the primals.
2.) Mechanics are for the most part in this game simply artificial difficulty. Insta death isn't hard it is simply a punishment to the group if someone wasn't able to tackle those mechanics with 100% timing and accuracy.
3.) It's not a made up fact that only a very small percentage makes the cut to do the content before it is fixed and nerfed and it is as small as 5% within the first 5 weeks if not more.
4.) If you're gonna resort to playing that superiority card you are no better than those you claim to be venting.