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

[Velhart]

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.

In the old days, players learned and adapted on the fly, thats more skill than someone nowadays who just looks up a video of a pre-scripted fight and just follows the same movements everyone else does.

There's no skill in following a pre-scripted movement pattern. Adapting on the fly takes skill.

The only thing the modern player is skilled at is looking up strategies so they dont have to exert 1 ounce of mental effort to learn it on their own, and looking up what drops there are in the dungeon that they want to roll on. Google-Fu is strong with this generation, but "on the spur of the moment thinking"... not so much.

Yea this isn't true. People used guides just as much back then as they do now. The only difference is YouTube was not a thing. With how much was usually in stake (like a BCNM/KSNM orb from FFXI), people would look up every detail of the fight to make sure all their efforts don't go to waste. Actually if anything, people used guides even more back then. MMO's today at least give you a peace of mind to experiment before deciding to use a guide.

To the 2nd point 1st since it leads into the 1st.

These events are tuned to sub ilvl 100 at optimal play. So sorry but tanks being amazing at cooldowns and DPS being awesome is not a requirement with ilvl 110 which is achievable without ever stepping foot in raids which brings me to the 1st point....

Why aren't there more people clearing T9? The better question is Why would you clear T9 at all? There is next to no motivation for anyone beyond hardcore raiders to do it. It is childs play and tuned for the SUPER casuals. But why would the super casuals bother to learn the DDR moves when they can just afk in town until a hunt spawns > port out > and be handed raid loot.

I thought the current discussion was pattern in fights, not the motivation to do them. Sounds a tad off topic.