The constant disbanding of Steps of Faith

[LineageRazor]

It's really silly to leave. This instance is so easy now.

However, having said that, last night I DID wind up in a SoF group that failed. I couldn't believe my eyes. It probably had, in part, to do with the fact that no one was willing to step up to volunteer for cannons or Dragonkillers. I assigned some cannoneers, and took DKs for myself, gave a quick rundown on what to do (DPS on main dragon, tank pull adds to the front for cannons to nuke, etc). Then, I watched as DPS flailed around attacking adds, the cannoneers bolted and joined the fray as soon as they realized the tank wasn't bringing the adds and never manned another gun - it was hilariously awful.

After Vishap broke down the door at 10% health, I reminded everyone what they were supposed to be doing. No one left, so it was the same crew, and the second try went as smooth as butter. I could hardly believe the same people were participating. Vishap died just after the second Dragonkiller.

This battle is so easy, as long as you pay even the slightest attention to the mechanics of it. I guess some folks just need to be reminded that not everything in the game is zerg the boss and dance around aoes.

[Tuathaa]

It's really silly to leave. This instance is so easy now

It was easy before. Just a matter of following mechanics.

[LineageRazor]

It was easy before. Just a matter of following mechanics.

That's easy to say, but the problems with old SoF were the same as the problems with Ex Primals - or even some HM primals, for a time: The mechanics aren't hard, and if you follow them, you'll win, but they are UNFORGIVING. If you failed to follow them, even a little, you lost. And, just as with Titan Ex, if you brought in a gaggle of random people, one or more of them fresh and new to the instance, others with connection issues or other reasons for poor coordination, SoF was going to be a rough ride. With the nerf, you still need to follow mechanics, but you can make mistake after mistake after mistake and still pull it off. It's only when you completely toss them to the curb that you stand a chance of losing.

To be honest, any fight in the game is easy if you "just follow mechanics". That's the very definition of what mechanics are: what you need to do to win. And yet there's folks who struggle with coil when they could win easily if they just followed mechanics, and folks who are proud of their victories there in spite of the fact that all they did to win was just follow mechanics. To dismiss something in the game as inconsequential because it's "just mechanics" is pretty much dismissing the game as a whole.