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

[Clavaat]

Sorry but moving from point A to point B because the video tells you that now is the time to do it is not skill.

Except that doesn't work. When was the last time you went into a group where everyone watched the same video and beat it in 1 go, and NEVER had to adapt? In order for that to happen, everyone would have to be the exact same job as the video, do the exact same positioning as the video, and hope that the boss' RNG (yes, they have some) selects the right people.

You are greatly over-generalizing everything. You also act like people didn't look up guides/videos forever. I remember watching Kirin fights in FFXI and reading guides to figure out what we were supposed to do WAY ahead of time, back in '06. As a matter of fact, I always had FFXIclopedia open for all quests all the time...because it was nearly impossible to figure out what you were supposed to do otherwise.

It's the same as it's always been.