If you continue to dumb down the game, you will lose half your player base

[MiaShino]

Request a cat had me wheezing
Never heard that one before, now I can never unsee it.

(And no, you are not alone with this. I tend to do it as well when something smells like someone has no clue what they're talking about and blaming others)

You are most welcome! Hearing the friends say that they are "Requesting a cat under trick attack" slays me eeeevery time. Pretty darn good way to learn that you should fit burst under raid buffs if you ask a Mia.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-for-this-duty

Enjoy.

By the twelve.. Is there factory for these types? Allagan clones? They all seem to despise healers that deal damage. Bet they go into rage every time they see Glare being cast as Medica 2 is allowed to fall off for more then two milliseconds.

[Kewitt]

Sadly there are more players who don't care how well they play than there are players who always do their best.

Take my hubby,
Ya he has cleared some EX content back in the day.
But if I want to clear content I can't run with him.

I meld, I use food.
He only melds after I tell him too.
He never uses food.

He just doesn't care and he is having fun playing the game the way he is playing it.
I'm having fun with the way I play it.

But I do EX content without him because he doesn't want to have to play perfectly.

So roulettes and whatnot we play together. Harder content we don't.

[Sqwall]

Sadly there are more players who don't care how well they play than there are players who always do their best.

Take my hubby,
Ya he has cleared some EX content back in the day.
But if I want to clear content I can't run with him.

I meld, I use food.
He only melds after I tell him too.
He never uses food.

He just doesn't care and he is having fun playing the game the way he is playing it.
I'm having fun with the way I play it.

But I do EX content without him because he doesn't want to have to play perfectly.

So roulettes and whatnot we play together. Harder content we don't.

This is my point. Not everyone want's the same thing as the VERY few that engage in Savage/ultimate. Some are just content with having fun with small snippets of the game.

I like to run savage as the highest I would like to go. Ultimate doesn't appeal to me as I just don't want that kind of stress or focused dedication. Savage prog is the right amount of hardship I care to subject myself to. EX is fun as it's low level of prog with great way to ease yourself into savage.

Also to your point about food, materia, and I would also throw rotation in there...this is completely subjective. Your husband is right when he doesn't meld or use food as he is simply doing dungeons. SE knows that this content is face roll....so they basically don't make it hard. Criterion dungeons upcoming are for me....give me that harder experience for someone that plays at my level. I hate the duty finder dailies with a passion, but I need to run them because I need the tomes. I hate this. SE has listened and dared to add Unreal back in...criterion dungeons to give a greater challenge.

Kudos to your husband for just doing what makes him happy. That's what this game is about. Fun...and the amount of frustration you want to subject yourself to.