Quote Originally Posted by Bharata_Senka View Post
My biggest problem with the OP is not his understanding of how the content finder would possibly work, but rather the fact that newbs or bad players should not be allowed to play with experienced players for an AV run, because they don't know how to run it correctly. How else are players supposed to get experienced in AV runs if they don't take the opportunity to run it with more experienced players, or at the very least - trial and error a new dungeon when it's released.

Everybody is a newb at some point in the process, some players are just slower at getting access to things.
I agree but you are sort of missing my point. Its not that new or bad players cant group with good/experienced players to get a win in dungeons. Its that the current difficulty level is imo way too high, and should not require this. My thinking is this, if a average group of players that have decent gear and have a decent grasp of their class/job's mechanics que up for a dungeon they have never done before on NORMAL mode, it should offer an average challenge and fair rewards. And this group of players should be able to get a win within 5-6 tries of their first time entering the dungeon. I my opinion the current difficulty of AV/CC is already hard mode, so if they need to add a easy and normal mode at least, and an extreme mode for players that need more of a challenge. (My reasons are I can get wins with my LS, and anytime I go with any P/U group no matter how skilled some of the players are, it only takes a couple of bad players to doom the run). The most important thing to me is that this game succedes, I dont want it to fail due to catering to the hardcore players too much. Believe me I am happy they want to offer us more challenge and more content, but I hope they are keeping in mind the casual and average players that want to experience this content too. Its not enough just too say, oh well they can just buy/make materia'd gear, or they can do GC and leve quests. I have a brother that likes to do EG type content, but doesnt have the time to commit the kind of effort it takes to beat AV/CC. So firstly, his sub is not worth less than anyone elses so there should be difficulty settings to accomodate his needs. Secondly, this should not mean that he can only get "trash" gear, because he doesnt have the time to commit to hardcore EG. No one will be happy grinding Normal mode dungeons to get crap gear. If thats the case then they might as well buy materia'd gear, and if thats the case, they wont want to play. Everyone should be able to experience all EG content with appropriate rewards that are in line with the challenge.