Why I didn't do Extremes or Savages and now I do.

[Landon_Targaryen]

Hi everyone,

So this is I think my very first, maybe second post on the forums in like 10 years playing, so forgive me for being some rando sharing his opinion, but I thought it was kind of important to share because I was talking to someone and they were telling me how utterly terrified they were to do Extremes and savages. It was all the usual reasons you might hear, and I used to feel like that too, but no one should ever be scared or intimidated out of doing content, so I thought I should share my my own story and Perspective on the issue.

As I said, I've been playing roughly 10 years myself and I used to feel similar. The reason I avoided things like EX's & Savage isn't because I think its beyond me or whatever. I KNOW I can. My quote unquote Problem is 2 fold.

1) I am disabled right? Because of that I have issues with my hands that make me slower. I will eventually get it, but there are many many...many deaths.

The second, and this one is entirely me being stubborn and pig-headed I admit... I don't and won't watch guides. I like Green runs. I want to learn it myself the same way the day 1's did, by doing it, by smashing my head against that preverbal wall and dying 1001 times and getting angry and screaming at the game like an old school gamer; but I know that I am in the minority in this and as a result and the reason I avoided them forever - a lot of players get angry and gripe and yell at me thinking that I'm trolling or a bot, and that can be very disheartening.

That's why I LOVE PF! I can put exactly what I'm doing in there and what I need/expect. I can tell ppl its a green/no guide run, I can tell them I'm disabled if I want to. I cant tell them I'm gonna run for 90 min, or 3 hrs or whatever. No its not perfect and has its own hurdles and issues, but I find it works for me and my needs.

You are certainly free to disagree with me, but as I said, no one should be scared or intimidated out of doing content that they might want to do, and I hope that if you are reading this and are one of those that this helps and/or encourages you