Please re-evaluate the difficulty of previous endgame content on the DF

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I don't know why you keep mentioning they HAVE to learn camera control for divebombs. I have never moved my camera when divebombs are coming down. When I first went into the fight I read guides to help me know whats coming (there were a few by the time I got to T5) and I found a way to adjust without having to move the camera. As a lala if I got the marker I wouldn't see it over the taller races (have a few roegies in my group) so I turned up the volume for battle sounds, turned off the music and just listened. Everyone was stacked well enough and you move when ya hear it...

My original point is that the difficulty curve for leveling content was set too low. Players should have been dealing with fights at least at the level of the HM primal battles at levels 45 to 50 and not afterwards. MMO communities tend to be more forgiving of failure during the leveling experience than end game because the expectations are different, and there isn't a case of statistical power inflation. The reason this is not the case is that SE needed money. They knew they could maximize initial box sales by making a game that has mass appeal, but little staying power with casual gamers due to the requirement of end game difficulty to maintain mainstream gamer interest. However, part of creating a good MMORPG is understanding the social ramifications for different design decisions and how those ramifications effect the ability of players to complete the content. SE purposely made a design decision that was good for their wallets in a time when they were strapped for cash, but not good for the health of their community.

The whole Twintania ranting was the result of a bunch of people taking my original post out of context because the topic of the thread has them up in arms and attacking anything in sight.