XIV EW Job-Gameplay is Terrible... Why?

[strawberrycake]

I think you missed the point entirely. I'm saying they have multiple barriers to entry on Savage just from the standpoint of crafting. Not sure if people forgot, but the first tier was literally people scrambling to get crafting up so they could capitalize on week 1 and those people had to go full time crafting loco to do it (I know because several people in both my FC and various LS's all were involved) and that was with a one week head start. And the thing is that yes, back before DC travel and Aether determined the pacing it was possible to go more slowly or not care, but because of DC travel now it's just everyone has to go to aether, everyone has to deal with the same limited time wave of savage raiding that dies out quick and then leaves people struggling. And this isn't even getting into statics because it turned into nothing but people breaking up left and right once we hit the second tier and third tier.

I'm tired of people tossing others out of parties because they aren't learning fast enough, when the guy doing the tossing is using assistive technology like Cactbot. I'm tired of freaking ACT parse groups. Yoshi P. made a statement saying that if people are going to use assistive technology to make the savage fights easier, then it isn't worth making the content. There is literal rampant proof that people are using assistive technology to complete the content more quickly and it is influencing clear rates as well as how people behave or act to others, because those without those technologies are at a disadvantage just by choosing not to use them. And a lot of people don't even have an option since they play on console.

The only barrier to entry is doing normal and your ability to learn, I've taught plenty of people savage, and it's not hard to do, IF people are willing to learn. Second, crafting isn't needed at all, and I never encourage my raiders to use it if they don't wanna, I just tell them to buy food and pots which is cheap af if you do rouls and I provide them if need be since Idm being helpful. And as for Aether determining the pacing, thats bs, as you can make your own PF with your own rules, I encourage people to do that more often, also network, this is a social game after all.

And as for tools, a tool is a tool, it does nothing but present information, what people do with that information is another thing, and sad to say it but yes, if I see a person who is keeping my party down I have the right to remove them, and so does everyone else, again make your own PF or join a static. Making your own static/PF, with your own rules aleviates ALL of that.