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

[Kallera]

Great read, totally agree with OP/Blogger
(And I have read every page of this thread so far)

As many have said before, Insta Death Mechanics are a lazy cop-out for the developers. I'm sick of watching Youtube videos before I'll even be allowed to join a PF group (I only have a few hours of free time each night... I sure as hell don't want to spend it watching YouTube FFXIV fights! I want to actually play the game I pay for!

Remember when dying would cause EXP loss and you could even down level? Imagine if that was still the situation! Everyone would be in Rage-Mode about our current "jump rope" battle mechanics. I know I've died quite a few times just because 1 party member messed up and we were no longer able to meet the DPS check on Titans heart ~_~

I couldn't agree more about the youtube videos being a prerequisite. It's become the new 3rd party program addon that you have to have or else you might as well not even play. It just seems that now people are enforcing their own penalties for failure. In the face of content that takes a sharp rise in difficulty and investment, the community, instead of coming together like in XI, comes apart. It becomes less a social experience and more a "You can't dodge this mechanic? You are dead to me, the game tells me so!"

For a Side note, let's take the logic of endgame and put it into the first few levels, in order to start your character, you need to watch a MrHappy video about creating your character, followed by a video on going through the tutorials as your selected class...and let not forget the harrowing first leve! that'll need a POV video so that way you speed run and aren't a liability when playing through with your class. Learn to DPS, Conjurers!