A Crazy Solution To The Growing Problems of Inadequate Preparation For Duties.

[Just-Communication]

I recall that one time when SE tried to increase the difficulty on a normal instance. Steps of Faith, anyone? When it first came out players were eating dirt left, right and center. And then came the torrent of complaints and, well, guess what - it got nerfed. Who here thinks they should have left Steps of Faith as it was as a gate for casual level 50?

And then you have the guy in the other thread talking about Coil of Bahamut? Well what do you know - guess you can't just faceroll/1-2-3 through content after all. So what's with all the comments about underperforming players who don't know their skills succeeding at the game? You mean, allowing them to complete normal content?

And when Titan EX first came out - I doubt that those uninterested, not invested, unmotivated players would have been able to clear that trial.

Or the Demon Wall way back when it was new content. Contrary to what others might claim, I remain unconvinced that lazy players are able to clear difficult content, in any period.

[Kaethra]

Or the Demon Wall way back when it was new content. Contrary to what others might claim, I remain unconvinced that lazy players are able to clear difficult content, in any period.

I got that dungeon a week ago in a roulette. Came on that boss and was like, "ooh this will be interesting," seeing as its been a few years since I last did it. Only to be told the adds don't appear anymore. Wth? Just step left and then right until the boss is dead? There's no fun in that.

[dragonseth07]

I got that dungeon a week ago in a roulette. Came on that boss and was like, "ooh this will be interesting," seeing as its been a few years since I last did it. Only to be told the adds don't appear anymore. Wth? Just step left and then right until the boss is dead? There's no fun in that.

And yet I STILL manage to get groups that all get knocked off... This playerbase is really just awful. :/

[LineageRazor]

And yet I STILL manage to get groups that all get knocked off... This playerbase is really just awful. :/

To be fair, how intuitive is it that the boss pushes forward, and you wind up flying SIDEWAYS - just because your character happens to be turned sideways? If you don't know ahead of time that this mechanic is going to work in this weird way, there's absolutely no reason to expect it. And this is an old-content, nerfed-to-the-ground dungeon, so neither is it reasonable to expect players to study up on this one, any more than they would any other faceroll dungeon.

Yeah, dropping off for Demon Wall is forgivable, in my book, if it's your first time there.

[Jetstream_Fox]

I recall that one time when SE tried to increase the difficulty on a normal instance. Steps of Faith, anyone? When it first came out players were eating dirt left, right and center. And then came the torrent of complaints and, well, guess what - it got nerfed. Who here thinks they should have left Steps of Faith as it was as a gate for casual level 50?

Steps was a challenge mainly due to the fact it's entire goal is to use the environment to clear it. There was never really any build up dungeons to that fight, everything was just AoE down and hit 1-2-3. You get thrown into it and have to contended with a new set of rules, tack on during release there was groups who could clear it getting matched with first time runners with 0 idea where placements were, and players who thought it could be burned before nurfs. SE released this ans it wasn't a smart thing to shoehorn in and hence the reason why we haven't had a single instance like it since.

Could argue the same thing for Castrum and Praetorium, sometimes SE just makes things that weren't really thought out.

[Fuma]

Oh wow, this is actually a pretty good idea, lol. Just give the new skill half way through that quest chain for that level and have it teach it to us to complete whatever the job quest objective is for that level.

[Kuroneko_Jutah]

See, everyone and their mothers seem to hate people who level via Palace of the Dead because it supposedly promotes bad habits. I must be the only person who plays who honestly thinks PotD could be an excellent teaching tool, because it introduces your skills faster, starts you over from level 1 (a big deal when new classes are coming at higher levels now, you can learn your skills one at a time this way instead of being handed a toolkit and not knowing what to do with it right away). Granted, the game does not enforce learning your class whatsoever and people who have no interest in learning how their skills work will just spam the attack they perceive as strongest (my ex roommate literally used to spam dragon kick over and over and it made me want to wring his neck). But then I'm the type who looks up optimal rotations and watches fight videos and guides and thinks about the game when I'm not playing it (else I wouldn't be here, would I?).

P.S. READ YOUR TOOLTIPS! It's easy, you hover your cursor over the skill and then, gasp, this is the hard part, read what it says.