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

[rhemi1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Crystal Tower exactly the thing for people like the OP's blog post? A more casual, much easier raid that drops lower ilvl gear? Nothing in Labyrinth was at all difficult and if they introduce 24-man pre-mades in 2.3's CT I think it'd be perfect.

Really, they should be introducing CT-tiers alongside Coil. Kinda sucks there's not a lot for lesser skilled players to do at end-game.

Also the OP's blog post is ridiculous and if every encounter in the game was T4 I'd want to quit. T4 (and T8) are nothing but gear check encounters, and they have their place in any progression MMO.

I do agree they could possibly go a little bit lighter on the instant kill mechanics, but I think that's just a natural problem deriving from the default raid size being 8. Small raid sizes = more individual responsibility = tougher to recover when a single player dies.