Quote Originally Posted by Dervy View Post
This is PRECISELY the reason. The reason why I fell in love with FF14 WAS because of AK 2.0. It was excruciatingly hard, very difficult and the feeling of accomplishment getting your dungeon clear and purchasing an i55 Grandcompany weapon was next to none. Sadly, too many people whined and moaned and QQ'd because "halp itz too 4ard 4 me pls pls nerf SE"
AK in 2.0 was not excruciatingly hard...

The only thing that was remotely annoying about that dungeon was the Demon Wall and the only thing about that fight specifically were the bees, but even those could be dealt with reasonably. Was it a roadblock for new players? Certainly.

However, it wasn't excruciatingly hard. Players were speed running it and WP in a very short time. They even had to make adjustments to the instance so players couldn't speed run it as efficiently.