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

[Pooky_Pasha]

I don't think you know what you are arguing for anymore. I'm out.

There is no point in trying to have a useful discussion with that small group. They speak of toxic behavior, when in reality, their behavior toward what they call "elitists" (people who want a challenge) is the most toxic speech I've seen.

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You've got a funny idea of "hardcore" vs "casual" if you think dungeons, Coil 1-4, primals, and crafting/gathering are "hardcore." You can take 2 hours/day, still take 2-3 days off from it, and cap soldiery. Even Turn 5 is faceroll easy now if 6/8 people can dodge Divebombs and Twisters reliably well. This whole game permeates casual content, which isn't a bad thing because, personally, it gives me a bunch of stuff to do. The only real "hardcore" content is Titan Ex and Coil 2.

[Jacost]

Thus the mark as Semi-Hardcore or as the OP put it, "Mainstream". Casual play isn't just "Hardcore but in smaller bites". Casual players are those who aren't aiming for progression, but are simply playing for the joy of playing. Even those who play 8 hours a day can still be casual, just as a hardcore player might only manage 1 hour.

[Yukiko]

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Somehow i am getting sick of those "I have a static, so everyone must have one..." arguments...

[Pooky_Pasha]

Somehow i am getting sick of those "I have a static, so everyone must have one..." arguments...

Where did I ever say I have a static? Everything can be done in PF or FC/LS without a set static, even Coil 2. Please don't make assumptions.

You do not, stream it to prove, i do not believe you!
You said "take 2 hours/day" or "Turn 5 is faceroll easy", sorry but either you are meaning static or you just live in a dreamworld...

Everything can be done in PF or FC/LS without a set static, even Coil 2.

Also, expert+hard roulette is at least 90 soldiery, both of which can be done in a pre-made party. All it takes is 5 days, at 30 minutes max per dungeon. 15% Echo Buff makes Turn 5 faceroll easy. It was solo-tankable (even by some PF groups) before echo, now it's super easy to solo-tank it. How is that living in a dreamworld or prove I run those with a static?

[Yukiko]

Where did I ever say I have a static? Everything can be done in PF or FC/LS without a set static, even Coil 2. Please don't make assumptions.

You do not, stream it to prove, i do not believe you!
You said "take 2 hours/day" or "Turn 5 is faceroll easy", sorry but either you are meaning static or you just live in a dreamworld...

[Xine]

I've done t5 with randoms in PF before and no, it can NOT be done by just anyone without a set static. True to a point that there ARE people who CAN handle the fight who don't have a static such as myself until last week. But no, a majority of the people I see in PF who say "must be experienced" don't even have a clue what they're doing to begin with. If these people can't even handle completing t5 without being carried, how in god's name can you ever hope to clear SCoB without a set static?

Just to further prove this, my new static went with a pug just 2 nights ago and managed to pick up someone who claimed to know t5. What did he say when we got to conflags? "Oh I must be lagging, I have some blue thing on my head" and "I dont know what to do with that red thing over my head" .......... to reiterate, we picked this guy up in PF and our search comment said i90+ and to "please have experience up to twisters". It's quit obvious this guy has never made it to twisters as he couldn't even handle Conflags and Fireballs, the second we got rid of him we were getting to Snakes and Twisters with 4 brand new people to Coil consistantly.

[Ghastly]

It doesn't matter what you do

Square-enix needs to be more careful how they handle end-game. End-game fights shouldn't be 99% about "jumping ropes"

[OPneedNerfs]

You do not, stream it to prove, i do not believe you!
You said "take 2 hours/day" or "Turn 5 is faceroll easy", sorry but either you are meaning static or you just live in a dreamworld...

You really believe Turn 5 is impossible with pugs from PF?

Claiming that it is Impossible is a pretty big statement.

Especially when posts like this have appeared before.

And that is using the DF, it would seem far less likely that out of all the controlled PFs looking for people to clear t5, none of them have cleared it since the start of the game.

[Yukiko]

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And now please tell me where i have said it is impossible?

[Nephera]

We also have some power creep issues going on already too.