Thread: Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

Originally Posted by Istaru

Why do you say that it is mostly community inflicted?

Clear rates are so low because of the heavy reliance on statics. the first thing we say to someone interested in raiding is not "hop in the raid finder for a phase one learning and go from there" but find a static. this cuts down the potential people who want to raid because having a static means you have 8 people who can all meet up a certain times a few times a week to even attempt the fights. So it becomes I want to raid but can't because i have limited time or no one else fits my time slot. Which is completely the community's fault because these fights are basically glorified synchronized swimming dances that don't require 7 other people to meet you three times a week but requires 7 other people who can memorize the dance and execute it. but the only way to learn the dance is to get in there and try to do it but we've basically blocked it off for people. our disdain of the duty finder because every once in a while you get someone whose watching netflix and randomly pressing buttons makes us not use the raid finder which should have been the boon needed to increase raiding but our community is too set in the ways of "you must have a static to raid" mentality. All I've seen in this thread and in others is "the carrot isn't tasty looking enough that's why people don't raid or why raiders quit". Raiding isn't the main focus of this game true and there should be some nice reward for doing it outside of i just wanna do really hard content just cuz. Its just not the main reason raiding is declining even more its a self inflicted wound that's the real issue.