Am I the only one that sort of kinda likes the nerf to SoF?

[OranKells]

Abandon rates say otherwise.

I'm sorry, but it's just flat misinformation for taking opnion as fact on this. The raw numbers were the deciding factor of the nerf.

It needed to happen, and needed to happen now. There's little over a month until heavensward and there should be no major obstructions keeping people from participating in the baseline experience they paid for when purchasing the expansion.

Those who rely on the 'get gud' argument really have no sense of economics.

This was not that major an obstruction. I think it needs an easier reset button but, this trial was not that difficult; if you could just think it through and actually pay attentions to mechanics instead of burning it down. But also would it be so bad if there were any obstructions?
I appreciate SE wants everyone to experience the basic story. And maybe it isn't fair to just pick five eight teenagers with attitude out of nowhere, just tell them to stop Rita Repulsa and expect them to save the world. A team is only as good as its members.

However the way this game shoves echo down your throat every time we fail a story quest. I see level 50 paladins who don't know what shield oath is, Black mages who spam fire 3 and ONLY fire 3, and they get through it because nothing challenges them at all to learn how to play better.

I just want one fight to be a skill check. Not a gear check, not a dps check, Something simple, that shows you know your ABCs can count past 10 without taking off your shoes, and can tell the difference between a ladybug and a chimera. I feel like this fight accomplishes that, there needs to be something that keeps the bad players from advancing until they get better.

[Kikoten]

I just had a thought. I wonder if SE worded their patch notes regarding the nerfs differently, there'd have been less outrage.

For example, instead of saying they reduced such-and-such damage in Steps of Faith, they say that the Ishgardians have improved their technology, and their artillery is now reinforced with upgraded ammunition and casing. As a result, the Ishgardians' fighting spirit have deeply affected you, and together with the Ishgardians, you have become a greater force of reckoning.

[Rendecrow]

I just had a thought. I wonder if SE worded their patch notes regarding the nerfs differently, there'd have been less outrage.

For example, instead of saying they reduced such-and-such damage in Steps of Faith, they say that the Ishgardians have improved their technology, and their artillery is now reinforced with upgraded ammunition and casing. As a result, the Ishgardians' fighting spirit have deeply affected you, and together with the Ishgardians, you have become a greater force of reckoning.

No, I dont think wording it differently would have changed the response! lol

People would eventually figure out what was changed, even if it was cryptically described in the patch notes, only to mindlessly argue about it on the forums.

I personally believe that the change to SoF was good because it is required content. Coils however.... not so much.