Tired of the Same ol' Formula...

[Heskett]

I would like to see them introduce harder 4 man content

Or maybe the problem lies in the community

Pharos Sirius in 2.1 was a tragedy. Somewhat challenging 4-man content that was lambasted by the community and subsequently nerfed. You can't have difficult content in FFXIV that's not specifically designed for hardcore players like Savage raids without outcry from casual players.

[Cidel]

Pharos Sirius in 2.1 was a tragedy. Somewhat challenging 4-man content that was lambasted by the community and subsequently nerfed. You can't have difficult content in FFXIV that's not specifically designed for hardcore players like Savage raids without outcry from casual players.

This is only marginally true. Pharos Sirius was unappealing because there were easier alternatives in the roulette. A couple of the boss fights might as well been primal EX lite because they actively punished the party for DPS'ing too fast. The fact of the matter was, people wanted to take the path of least resistance (understandably) for their dailies.

It has nothing to do with "the community can't handle challenging 4-man content" more than "the dev team shouldn't decide to make 1 out of 3 options, all offering the same rewards, noticeably a bigger hassle than the other 2."