Escalating skill requirements & FFXIV future

[Vahlnir]

I understand that "difficulty" is a relative term. What is hard for one person can be easy for another and vice versa. However, I had very little issues with any of the MSQ content in Stormblood so far. Think I wiped once, possibly twice in the Under the Moonlight solo content, but I had it memorized and knew what to do after that. I wiped once during the Prelude In Violet boss fight, mostly because I wasn't paying attention. Once I got my bearings I was fine. I wouldn't consider any of that content difficult by any means, but it may take a couple tries for some to develop the right strategy. There is nothing wrong with that. I actually had a lot of fun because it wasn't faceroll easy. The devs need to keep it up.

[JeromeBoi]

Idk if this is a troll thread or not, nor do I know if you just got a bad team. But let me just say this, you gotta just press forward, any difficult content in any game can be beaten with enough investment in the fight. Looking up a guide and then talking with your party members to make sure everyone knows what to do, is the easiest way to beat anything in this game. Also when it comes to MSQ content you don't even need to worry about dps, do what damage you can, and watch for the mechanics and respond accordingly. If you ever have no idea how you died or what to do, ask your party members for help.

[Zephyr_Whisperwind]

Ahead of time i apologize if you have any sort of disability, if so ignore this post.

If not, how is it possible not to be able to get through the basic MSQ content that requires little to no effort or skill input from the player, you barely need to press 123 and get through it...

[eisman22500]

The key thing is everyone has different skill levels and different levels of abilities that are natural. Now with training, you can overcome some of that, but there is a point when you hit a wall that will not be easy to get over, if ever.

[Rangar]

This thread needs to be locked, it's nothing but troll bait.

Did you honestly expect the same difficulty of gameplay at 70 that you had at 15? Yes, SE has increased the difficulty, git gud or leave already and spare us your bitter diatribe about how hard stuff is getting. The alternative is to listen to players like you and the game dies due to a lack of any difficulty.

[Hiveer]

OP, just keep trying.

[hynaku]

Game not being difficult doesn't mean it will die. What will cause a game to die is if it is not fun anymore like it use to be or from lack of content and making it boring. Just look at Pagos where it got very boring fast. That's why they have hard, EX, Savage, and Ultimate modes for raids, dungeons and primals. So don't see problem making normal content easier for ones that have hard time with it. Maybe they should add option to game for normal content like they have for offline games. Where you can pick novice, easy, hard, or very hard for it.

[van_arn]

Game not being difficult doesn't mean it will die. What will cause a game to die is if it is not fun anymore like it use to be or from lack of content and making it boring. Just look at Pagos where it got very boring fast. That's why they have hard, EX, Savage, and Ultimate modes for raids, dungeons and primals. So don't see problem making normal content easier for ones that have hard time with it. Maybe they should add option to game for normal content like they have for offline games. Where you can pick novice, easy, hard, or very hard for it.

They do have an easy mode for storyline. The skip potions.

If you're stuck in 70 so badly the echo can't save you, trying multiple times for months can't save you, and you'll never be able to see more, then enjoy the cheat they release that gets you to the end of Stormblood when 5.0 hits.

I'm deeply confused how genuinely anyone can have so much trouble mashing buttons for so long, though.

[BillyKaplan]

That fight was a delight, though visually hilarious on a BLM. Sadu and I, both standing there, casting at each other's face. Potions were used. Manaward was used off cooldown. I may have used Drain once or twice. I skipped through the meadow with Sadu chasing me whenever Triplecast was on. I had to hear that killing the adds drained her HP from someone else because it all happened so fast for me. My biggest regret, truly, is that I will not be able to experience it unless I play through the story again, and no other chara I have mains BLM. Sadface.

As for difficulty, some of my friends needed several attempts to clear it, but they got there eventually as they learned the fight and planned their actions. The one that took the longest was a victim to the bug where Sadu would become invulnerable at 1% and the duty would fail, which persisted even after they reported to have fixed it. He got it eventually, though.
And now, I wonder, if OP wasn't victim to that as well. Which is an entire different can of worms that can be debated, how every patch in recent memory has some progression breaking bug or issue to it.

[TalithaSolarien]

A lot of the story fights in Stormblood have more teeth in them then the fights you experience today in ARR and HW. But none of them are really unfair and there is always The Echo to help you out. Finished the fight at the first attempt, although the meteor phase was a bit tight, the Y'Shtola fight is easy and fun, you just need to ignore Hiens pleas to leave him alone and just nuke the add while dodging Magnais attacks.