[ffxiv-future] A request for "Player-Selectable Difficulty Scaling"

[Edgecrusher]

I've got my own opinion on the OP and his rebuttles to all replying, but those can wait. that being said...i DO at least agree, that possibly there could be a way to take the stress out of doing a darkhold run, or ifrit. the timed darkhold run and hyper mode ifrit are and are meant to be difficult, period end of story, but if they let's say gave you the choice in say for instance of darkhold a "non-timed" run...with no difficulty change...and let's say the reward for every chest and even the bosses would just be dark matter (say like 5 for defeating mini boss and full boss) because: 1) you're NOT doing it timed, you shouldn't get the same reward a guy on timed would. and 2: you would get a different set of rules.

What rules? okay this is just me shooting in the dark: 1) since it's not timed, you're already not working against a clock, so people like the person in question, and all involved, could pre-plan before sections of the dungeon, or even say in the middle of said dungeon just rest up, or regain composure..whatever, and while this would help the stress of people like the person in question and you could still do the instance and learn it, because only the finishing time frame has changed, not mob density or difficulty.

and 2 (i know i'm gonna get either hell or at least a "atta boy" for this) : You get a guaranteed mulligan that doesn't involve a full reset and re-entry. Let's say you get to that damned ogre or batraal and you wipe, when you all return to the entrance on non-timed ONLY you get the option to reset the fight you failed at, and then do it again, not the entire run.

This kind of kills two birds with one stone, you can plan and learn different strategies, which is great because the difficulty hasn't changed...only the time you have to do it all in. so when you ARE prepared for a timed run, you can function as a unit better. then you're getting dark matter when you do kill and progress through, so you can just repair and go again if you want. (of course this is only a theoretic deal on my part...i imagine it sounds silly, but hell it's what i thought of.)

Giving my opinion of the OP, being on his server and dealing with him, i can say that his replies are pretty much par for course when talking to him daily, if he doesn't agree with what you have to say. in fact i've had him blacklisted for at least the past two months because i just got sick of his attitude if god-forbid, you don't bend over backwards trying to see his point of view or agree blindly with what he says as gospel. the game nor any dungeon they could throw at me pissed me off as much as him just yammering on swearing on LS chat, so it was just better to ignore it AND him. i DO appriciate the fact that for once he claims he's not doing this for himself..so i hope..and maybe one day they may implement some way that people who suffer like that can maybe enjoy the game at their own pace, dungeons and all.