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

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gear should help but it should be a secondary factor not a primary one

Turn 4 is a moot point, but this quote is exactly the problem! See GEAR SHOULD HELP, that's the problem, it doesn't - it barely even matters! Most of the most frustrating fights are won and lost because someone else made a mistake and the unforgiving mechanics wiped the party. So right now, as long as you have basic gear, gear is not even a factor, let alone a secondary factor. The OP is complaining that this game is 90% mechanics, 10% gear, when really it should be 60/40 or maybe 70/30 at higher levels/end-game top-tier raids etc.



So turn 4:

The fight [turn 4] is pure tank and spank gear check no more, no less. Of course it helps if you know your role(rotations, when to use cooldowns etc) but the same happens in every single fight in this game.

Why was it mentioned as a good balance? Well I saw you initially write "this game is too easy" before you edited it, but regardless it's subjective right. I know many people who struggled in Turn 4, there are some mechanics not a lot, phases too, but also a good DPS check. And yes the same happens in every single fight (like many other bosses), but when people screw up the mechanics you could compensate and still pull through...

If the OT screwed up and couldn't grab a soldier, a black mage could even pull a hero and manawall kite it a bit! How was that not awesome, nothing mechanics based really insta-killed you. I've even tanked 2 dreads with 1 healer for 30s once with perfect buff rotation and won, or as OT if a healer died Hallow Ground and backup SS the MT for 10s while DPS finish off the 2nd dread.

Ask yourself this, people find Turn 4 easier than Titan EX, even though Turn 4 is meant to be further in the game, is that right? Why? Because when things go wrong in Turn 4, the better skilled players can compensate, in Titan EX they can't do anything except watch helplessly.