This game is far to difficult.

[Akira_Tenshi]

I have been stuck trying to clear Coil Turn 5 for months. I know how to do the fight perfectly but it doesn't matter if the others can't do it. I have joined countless "farm" parties that can't survive twisters. Finding a full party of decent players is like winning the lottery, clearly raids on this game are just to much for the majority of players.

Why can we not have two tiers of raids like WoW? Instead of making an even harder mode of Coil that nobody will be able to do, when its already extremely challenging, make an easy mode. There are people just looking to clear the content who don't care about loot. Remove the high end rewards for easy and let players choose which raiding style is better for them. Only catering to hardcore players is only going to hurt the game in the end.

If people are struggling to clear old content even with the echo buff and with the difficulty seeming to increase with every update, the game will only drive players away. I understand some players love the difficulty and that is fine but it is not for everybody.

I am tired of paying for a game where I feel as though I am not making any progress because of the difficulty of the content. I don't mind a challenge but I am tired of people giving up and making fake "farm" parties.

[Duuude007]

snip

They already said they were looking into maybe altering instant-kill mechanics in older content such as titan ex and t5, so that they are survivable.

Easing content happens with time. That said, if you befriend the good players you come across, forming a win party shouldn't be TOO tough.

[dejavutwo]

Also remember that SE is alternating between releasing casual/hardcore raids by alternating Crystal Tower and Coil releases on top of all the other regular content they release. SE isn't catering specifically to hardcores, its just that it was the hardcore's turn to get content in the last major patch.

[Akira_Tenshi]

They shouldn't have stopped increasing the echo buff, not that it helps against instant death. This is old content though and people are getting left behind, what is the harm in making it easier? The loot is crap now anyway.

[Tashigi]

Honestly, Echo shouldn't exist at all.
It's a lazy approach to solve a bigger problem; and often, it only makes the problem worse (Titan EX/Twintania).

[Akira_Tenshi]

No, I think the solution would be to have an easy mode without the rewards. The hardcore players can keep on doing what they are doing and the casual can clear the content they want and not feel left out.

[Lego3400]

No, I think the solution would be to have an easy mode without the rewards. The hardcore players can keep on doing what they are doing and the casual can clear the content they want and not feel left out.

No carrot on the stick means the chocobo stops running.

Or in other words: No loot means peple do it once then never again

[Tashigi]

What Lego said.
Also, the "hardcore" base as you refer to, also agrees that instant kill mechanics are a poor choice.
If all goes as planned (Which never happens) then instant kill mechanics are okay. But there is always something happening, that you'd either struggle up hill to recover from or wipe against.

[Akira_Tenshi]

No carrot on the stick means the chocobo stops running.

Or in other words: No loot means peple do it once then never again

Well maybe not no loot but lower item level versions of the gear.

[Radacci]

how long does it really take to figure out what skills the boss is using? and how to deal with them?
i'm not expecting everyone to be all pro....but it's just memorizing simple patterns.