Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
On one hand maybe..

on the other hand as wide as the audience may be it does a real bad job at keeping them interested... and I think the lack of difficulty is likely a part of that.

there's no satisfaction or accomplishment in clearing content that's virtually impossible to fail...
and if the game isn't rewarding players are going drop it very very quickly..
Yes, but its not as if that would be the case with the game - the game still has difficult content.
Its just that thats current content and that your shinies are becoming less shiny over the years and getting replaced by new shinies.

Shinryu EX is just as failable as Nidhogg EX and Leviathan EX were (comparisson drawn because all are dragon-like, not because of difficulty - just for the visual).
Heck, I'm even seeing people fail Byakko EX, a rather easy primal! Just how we saw people fail Shiva and Bismarck EX.

The difficulty is still in the game - its just in the new content and you dont contain absolute bragging rights for clearing 4 year old content - what seems to be what the OP is missing. Not actualy difficult content, since they appear to not even set foot into it.

If you want the feeling of accomplishment for clearing a difficult fight, you can still have that - either by running old content syched at minimum ilvl (if you only care for the challenge) or by doing the new, difficult content (if you care for the challenge and the bragging rights). Its not as if Kefka Savage just tips over once you poke him.