Patch Notes are up!

[Spiritreaver1217]

Fair points

I just think its disingenuous for a small portion of the game's playerbase to lay future issues with bad players on SoF being more clear friendly.

Call me w/e you like(not you DragonSlayer45, in general), but i could not care less if player X, Y, or Z became a better player after doing a piece of content. Eventually content will adjusted to a level that makes it accessible to the largest %age of that game's playerbase. And without fail the largest group is NOT gonna be the highest performing segment, it is gonna be everyone else-the good, the middling, the bad, and the truly horrible. The adjustments to SoF and other past changes go along with my take.

As to trying to make 'lesser' players into 'better' ones, that's not gonna happen. Players that want to improve will strive to do so. Those that don't care to-for w/e reason-won't. Changes to content are just that, changes to content; they aren't changes to to the players.

[Shougun]

I don't recall them saying that all Primal Mounts will fly, only that Kirin will be able to fly.

I've never had the chance to quote myself before so I had to lol, the news is recent, someone else also had the question you had :P

Unless it was accidental wording, "Ahriman and Bomb mount (from Kobolds) as well as primal horses will all fly. First one to fly will be Kirin.". Source.

Kirin will be the first, but all primal horses will at some point fly (although "first" was phrased with a question mark lol). Sleipnir would technically be a primal horse.

[ExiaQuanta]

Saying that Steps of Faith should be easy because its part of the main scenario is like saying

all Final boss in every game should easy because its part of the final scenario LOL.

ah well in the end i think the instance will probably still be a demon wall to people because IMO the issue wasnt the damage but rather people didn't wanna follow along with the game plan.

[Ashkendor]

Saying that Steps of Faith should be easy because its part of the main scenario is like saying

all Final boss in every game should easy because its part of the final scenario LOL.

No. It's not the same. You literally cannot progress in the Main Scenario without SoF, which would mean people would be barred from Heavensward since you can't access Ishgard without completing the current end of the MSQ. You can progress to the expansion without many other things, including the Crystal Tower raids, Coil raids, and EX primals.

[Ultimatecalibur]

I've never had the chance to quote myself before so I had to lol, news is recent someone else also had the question you had :P

Direct 2nd party (i.e. from SE US staff) info trumps a 4th party (reader) translation of a 3rd party (online magazine) interview.

[Evergrey]

I've never had the chance to quote myself before so I had to lol, the news is recent, someone else also had the question you had :P

Ok, well it would fit the norse mythology that Sleipnir can fly. Still misses 4 legs though (Sleipnir has 8 in the mythology).

[Seif]

This really makes me want to get a pony now!
Also MOOGLE EXTREME PONY MAKE IT HAPPEN NAO!
Just imagine rocking the fields to those tunes!

[kyuven]

I find my apathy at something no one does except for trial roulettes or first time clears with no rewards barring some solidiery/poetics getting nerfed to be increasing.
Seriously, I understand the sentiment but Risk vs. Reward is a thing here people. SoF isn't a reward, it's a roadblock.
The mistake wasn't nerfing it, it was making it difficult to begin with.

[Wizarus]

So... because its main story, and effectively the "final boss" before the expansion, its not supposed to be difficult? I can't quite grasp the logic here. Maybe I'm the only one, but I love struggling against bosses because the moment you actually beat them, it makes the accomplishment that much more rewarding.

That "reward" after wiping multiple times and taking up to 20 minutes each time was actually inferior to the now face-roll Sycrus Tower run. Something needed to be done to stop end-game players from refusing to even attempt the Duty.

Although this nerf doesn't fix the core issue. Wipes will still happen and it will take about minutes to attempt another run.

[Starcade]

OH...

MY...

GOD.

They might as well have just handed everybody Steps at this point. They pretty much nerfed everything!

It's clear that the number of players who were clearing content was completely unacceptable to Square-Enix, so crap on all of us (yes, even me who went 1/30 or something) who actually cleared it unnerfed.

This isn't a nerf -- this is a wipeout!