We need expansion/duty bans and easier/harder modes of duties.

[Estguard]

Dawntrail has shown a lot to me of the coming days that its been out, being sorry to say. Some of the absolute worst duties in the game. The whole expansion from MSQ to combat being completely awful.

Its about time we obtain the rights to be able to ban duties or complete expansion we no longer want to do in the game. We paid for it. We should be able to completely opt out of it.

I understand, it feels like a majority of players say "Get Good" etc and have a horrible toxic mentality. And Casuals officially have nothing in the game to do unless its 8 hours of mindless crafting and gathering.

Endwalker has shown me the ramps are already too much and too uncomfortable. And Dawntrail forced it to be even worse.

Currently outside of Worqor Zormor all the dungeons, and every single trial in this game is WAY too hard for the majority of the playerbase. And wiping for the 6th time to any of these duties are actually unfun completely.

Am I asking for "steamrolling"?

Not with players, no. What we need at the current time is NPC/Trusts to be literally 100% easier at all times to do any of the content in the game (along with trusts being able to do roulettes now.)

We also need a normal mode that is only 25% harder, that would be the msq and normal roulettes making things a 1-2 wipe at the max if not 0. People should be 100% able to get the MSQ. Its MSQ. Meaning EVERY SINGLE duty. Needs a BLUE QUEST. That is the current terrible (and in my opinion and others that are getting shamed it feels like) difficulty of this expansion.

Which also comes to the "Expansion Bans". We need them now. People don't want ARR anymore? Oh well its banned from their roulettes (except mentor) etc. IT IS time for this to already be in the game. So those that arent having fun anymore with things and wish to opt out.

We also need straight 15% of each roulette being able to be banned if your not banning an expansion(s).

Games becoming too difficult as a casual of casual. I dont want midcore in my MSQ this should be in blue quests and something YOU can opt into. Not the thing that your FORCED to do to play the expansion. I want fun. And replayability. Not frustration and every waking moment im thinking about pressing the "abandon duty" button.

Though seeing how... kind of toxic this forums become along with reddit. I'm sure I'll have the opposite opinion.

[Supersnow845]

Why even write a post if you are going to sign it off with “but yall toxic so you won’t agree with me anyway”

[Carin-Eri]

Why even write a post if you are going to sign it off with “but yall toxic so you won’t agree with me anyway”

Has probably been reading a certain other thread of a similar nature.

[Iedarus]

Why even write a post if you are going to sign it off with “but yall toxic so you won’t agree with me anyway”

They're mad that they're losing their social hangout game because we're finally taking it back. Being passive aggressive and giving up are all they know how to do when faced with any hardship.

[TDawnstar]

They're mad that they're losing their social hangout game because we're finally taking it back.

Who are "we", exactly?

[Iedarus]

Who are "we", exactly?

Sorry, I meant to say Joe.

[Zakuyia]

Why even write a post if you are going to sign it off with “but yall toxic so you won’t agree with me anyway”

Cause Op is seeking validation and approval from like minded people, people like us do not carrrreeeeeeee

[Vatom]

I’ll be honest not being sarcastic but I read everything you said and don’t have a clue what you want

[Conando]

Did you just say Endwalker was too hard? I don't think the game, or at least whatever job you are playing, is for you then. Yeah I'm coming off as a jerk but Endwalker was the easiest expansion.

[ConantSivrha]

(along with trusts being able to do roulettes now.)
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Which also comes to the "Expansion Bans". We need them now. People don't want ARR anymore? Oh well it’s banned from their roulettes (except mentor) etc. IT IS time for this to already be in the game. So those that arent having fun anymore with things and wish to opt out.

We also need straight 15% of each roulette being able to be banned if your not banning an expansion(s).

My understanding is that roulettes exist in part so that people who want to do specific duties can get a party for those duties through Duty Finder. If roulettes could be done with Duty Support/Trusts and could be curated so that people could avoid the duties (or whole expansions) that don’t align with their preferences, it would probably cause some notable problems and detract from the positive impact roulettes currently have on the game.

Queues would probably become significantly longer for people who need to do low-level dungeons and trials for the story, which could drive people away from the game. Yes, those people could use Duty Support, but Duty Support is designed to be unpleasantly slow, and most people go into an MMO expecting multiplayer content. Beyond that, people who don’t filter out ARR, the specific duties that most people dislike, the slowest duties, etc, might have their roulettes oversaturated with those specific duties.

Roulettes are optional. Gil, EXP, tomestones, and materia are obtainable through other means.

That aside: I fully support the addition of easier options in solo duties and Duty Support, for players who can’t or don’t want to play the default difficulty for any reason. This would only be a positive change for the people who need it, and it wouldn’t negatively affect the experience of anyone else.