Patch Notes are up!

[AdamFyi]

The mistake wasn't nerfing it, it was making it difficult to begin with.

The Steps of Faith isn't even that difficult. Communication; is it too hard in an MMO setting? The nerf is welcome. For players who are stuck, they can finally advance to Heavensward. But my only concern is communication. Is it really that hard to comunicate?

[Starcade]

The Steps of Faith isn't even that difficult. Communication; is it too hard in an MMO setting? The nerf is welcoming for players who are stuck so that people can advance to Heavensward. But my only concern is communication. Is it really that hard to comunicate?

Yes, it is, especially with a playerbase used to various mechanisms which, at best, might be quasi-legal.*

* = Does not apply to just XIV here. XI has many good candidates.

[Greaf]

The Steps of Faith isn't even that difficult. Communication; is it too hard in an MMO setting? The nerf is welcome. For players who are stuck, they can finally advance to Heavensward. But my only concern is communication. Is it really that hard to comunicate?

With this community, I think yes

[kyuven]

The Steps of Faith isn't even that difficult. Communication; is it too hard in an MMO setting? The nerf is welcome. For players who are stuck, they can finally advance to Heavensward. But my only concern is communication. Is it really that hard to comunicate?

Considering some of the demeaning, insulting replies from other people regarding how "easy" it is and how "unwelcome" the nerf on content they probably don't do anymore is, I'd say communication is a large issue.
Some people, even on a social game, are simply incapable of properly conveying their meaning, and some people are incapable of learning things with a single typed lesson.
It's not the amount of communication that's the problem, it's patience and quality of communication.

What even drops from steps that's so wanted??

Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The only thing people "want" is "challenging content."
Which SoF is not. It's a roadblock that requires players to operate differently than normal, and with no rewards.
They had two choices: Nerf it, or add rewards that would be obsolete immediately.
Nerfing it helps in the long run since this is a MAJOR "Gate" to the heavensward content.

Another question: If it's "so easy" and "all you need is communication," combined with the lack of rewards, why does it matter if it's nerfed?