A request for some tough content.

[Hulan]

I would like to put my two cents in as a representative of the minuscule group of players I will call "eccentric casual" players. I have never played games in a way that would be described as "hardcore"; even in FFXI in which I managed to obtain a relatively high degree of gear was only through the sheer number of years that I played it. That being said, I can honestly say that the fact that hardcore content existed and was an option, something to look forward to, gave me a great amount of enjoyment. I likely do not speak for many of my casual brethren, but I for one, would relish the addition of hardcore content, even if I myself will likely not see it for many months ore even years to come.

As an aside to M.D. Mog, what I would give to be able to hire you to work on a few mobile games I am developing with a group of acquaintances. Unfortunately, we have no money to pay even ourselves on this first project, pro-Bono work is quite spiritually rewarding but damn if it isn't hard on the pocketbook. I wish you luck getting a job at SE or EA, and would sign such a petition if one exists.

[TonyMontana]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...625#post245625

Roughly 1 month ago you told us easymode was over and the final boss was a BEAST. I dont play fighting classes anymore so I dont know if you were right then or now. Why you keep flip flopping its only been a month bro!

[Anon]

I'm just wondering if you played wow and subconsciously plagiarized the alar fight or if was just a coincidence.

[Perrin_Aybarra]

As a former hardcoreish now casual, I would like to see really hard fights that are really easy to get to. I don't want to invest hours into getting a group and getting to the event. Make fights a little more accessible and then you can go nuts on the difficulty.

Like a BCNM concept from FFXI? (Which could be done with special leves too)

[odette]

we need more raid instance with more boss
hnm no thanks, hnms was easy if your ls have bot army
hnm battle was easy only tank spank

[DoctorMog]

I'm just wondering if you played wow and subconsciously plagiarized the alar fight or if was just a coincidence.

I played wow from vanilla to BC, then quit.

I must say however, there has to be a finite amount of strategies available in a MMO type system. Any idea is bound to be "like" another.

But no, I never heard of that fight until now. =(

[Yoohre_WildRiver]

i want some kick ass story lines like all FF have

[SniperRifle]

Liked. I was going to do something similar, perhaps I will somewhere down the line. I just wanted to encourage competitive gameplay. I respect all those linkshells out there who troubleshot their way through Dzemael Darkhold without a single QQ on the forums.

Some linkshells made a name for themselves in 1.18 and I really hope more linkshells get a chance to shine in 1.19 or whenever more difficult content arrives.

I'm a competitive player and if people are going to promote casual hand-holding, baby content, I'll promote competitive, challenging content.

[Reaujien]

I completely agree with the OP - 150%

I too would like long (20-40min) fights that test not how long a player can "rinse and repeat" the same mechanics or movements over and over, but will test how well they know how to dynamically use the abilities of their job/class to its fullest. That is why I'm very much so eagerly awaiting the "fixes" to the job/class and battle systems. Though the changes that have been made in 1.18+ have been amazing first stage(s) I am still doubtful such content can be introduced that would provide such a challenging test until these "fixes" take place. Again, which is why I'm eagerly awaiting 1.19 and 1.20!

Also, similar to what the OP stated, I too do not wish to remove or diminish the amount of available content for "casual" players, but at the same time I understand that that description - "casual" - is completely subjective. So, regardless, however the dev team(s) define that word I hope that in the [not too distant] future players such as myself (and, from what it sounds like, the OP too) can look forward to rewards brought not only by time alone but at least equally, if not more importantly, sweat, and of course coupled with collaborative effort.

For me, at least: the more time + the more sweat + the more collaboration = the more rewarding, comradely satisfaction. If content takes too short a time to master, where's the challenge? If content is too easy to conquer, where's the rewarding feeling? If content is surpassed with little collaboration, where's the comradeship?

[Ragz]

The problem with a fight that takes a full party and 30-45 min is... if some1 dc during that period, you are pretty much screwed. Right now for us the hardest part of doing speed run is hope for no1 dc or error out (god knows it happens alot... especially during CS). It is ridiculous that once you DC, or even worse, error out, you are not allowed to come back. I've dced during T3 fight when I was had the quest, making the whole thing rather pointless.