Thread: The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

Originally Posted by Alahra

On the flip side, midcore players won't "step up" to content that's too challenging (which is what we've seen with Savage) the same way that hardcore ones will "step down" to content that's less challenging than they would like (as long as, again, it's still challenging enough)..

I think you'd be surprised to find how many "mid core" and even "casual" players would actually step up to more difficult and challenging content IF they felt the rewards were truly worthwhile. this is why I say motivation is more of a problem than difficulty.

Again COP was an example of this. there were many complaints of it being too difficult but at the same time it was content that many people persevered with and eventually overcame. because the rewards for making progress were epic.

Originally Posted by Dzian

I think you'd be surprised to find how many "mid core" and even "casual" players would actually step up to more difficult and challenging content IF they felt the rewards were truly worthwhile. this is why I say motivation is more of a problem than difficulty.

Again COP was an example of this. there were many complaints of it being too difficult but at the same time it was content that many people persevered with and eventually overcame. because the rewards for making progress were epic.

I definitely agree with this. Our FC is more on the mid-core side, and it took us right up to Heavensward to do it, but we eventually cleared every turn in Coil because it felt like a real accomplishment. Everyone wanted to do it for different reasons - some for the story, some to farm Dreadwyrm gear out of FCoB, and some simply for the achievements/title/minion and prestige.

But that same feeling just isn't there for Alexander. Something is definitely missing.

Originally Posted by Dzian

I think you'd be surprised to find how many "mid core" and even "casual" players would actually step up to more difficult and challenging content IF they felt the rewards were truly worthwhile. this is why I say motivation is more of a problem than difficulty.

Again COP was an example of this. there were many complaints of it being too difficult but at the same time it was content that many people persevered with and eventually overcame. because the rewards for making progress were epic.

It would still very likely be a small percentage of the playerbase. If we look at WoW which probably has one of the most comprehensive systems for raiding, even with unique gearsets with special animations, titles, mounts and highest stat gear, only a small percentage of the playerbase actually got anywhere with mythic difficulty while it was relevant. That trend tends to be the same across all games with multi tier raiding or content with a higher difficulty level.