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Damn didnt occur to me that the jaded vets are the ines keeping the game easy. Not saying its true but it makes sense. Look how they reacted to praetorium. Quiting becaise they've done it a billion times. I myself dont queue uo to story roullete and havent for a long time.

I will repeat copy pasta what I wrote on the other thread about this.


2) the idea that the game didnt become easier we as a player base just got better after 10 years of playing the game. This may be true but I have two friends of comparable skill one played before Shb and the other after. Pre-shb friend did Ifrit Normal and was like "man that felt like a real boss from like a single player game. I want to queue again." Mind you we didnt wipe. We cleared it pretty easy. But the spectacle of it was awesome. Second friend post-shb did Ifrit normal and was like "Thats it? That was stupid. Very dissapointing." And it was because we destroyed him super fast. Im sorry but no amount of increase in player skill can account to that. Thats straight up raw damage increase from Shb. And I like the Shb change. It always bothered me that melee classes would purposely nerf their damage. But this great buff came at the cost of the lower level enjoyment.

I will also add that a lot of the arguments against making lower level hard dont hold water.