Difficulty of normal content.

[mallleable]

The only DT mechanic that is actually kinda BS is from the snake world boss fate. The tells for the in/out left/right sandstorms are way too similar, and the boss is too big to properly see them. They are especially hard to read at night. A fair fix would be to change the color or tone of the particle FX of left/right attack so that players can better distinguish them at a glance to find the safe spots.

[alfarini]

The only DT mechanic that is actually kinda BS is from the snake world boss fate. The tells for the in/out left/right sandstorms are way too similar, and the boss is too big to properly see them. They are especially hard to read at night. A fair fix would be to change the color or tone of the particle FX of left/right attack so that players can better distinguish them at a glance to find the safe spots.

Whenever I was doing it with like 500+ people in the zone I swear I thought I got hit but the game let me live lmao. Then I think the tics caught up to me and I just died outta no where lmao. Got me rodent ez peezy tho. Will do again for insane exp and gems, super fun. I hear is up in 5 more min.

[caffe_macchiato]

We got posted on Reddit again! The bacon Narwhals at midnight my fellow Redditors!

The developers are going to see the critics on the JP forums and the anti-critics on the English forums/Reddit/YouTube and conclude that these new raids were a mistake. None of the 1000+ commenters were saying any of this stuff during Endwalker. If you complained about the game being too easy or boring, people lashed out and told you to play other games. But now it's different. Everyone's regulators must've gotten an update.

[EiraWoqiso]

We got posted on Reddit again! The bacon Narwhals at midnight my fellow Redditors!

The developers are going to see the critics on the JP forums and the anti-critics on the English forums/Reddit/YouTube and conclude that these new raids were a mistake. None of the 1000+ commenters were saying any of this stuff during Endwalker. If you complained about the game being too easy or boring, people lashed out and told you to play other games. But now it's different. Everyone's regulators must've gotten an update.

I'll admit that I tried my hardest to avoid using these forums (hence the low post count), but were people actually hostile to those asking for normal content to be a little more difficult? That sentiment's been around since I started playing (just before 5.1 SHB) and it seemed extremely common, at least outside of here. I remember that final pull in Anamnesis Anyder getting a lot of praise because it was a little harder than most dungeon pulls at the time, even if it quickly got outscaled and now a caster LB turns it to smithereens.

[Cyn_Romanace]

This thread really blew up..

I will full admit I only caught wind of this through watching Xenosys stream where he covered it and initially I had no stake in it. The difficulty of the content in my eyes feels fine, had no real issues clearing it aside from the standard pains of learning a new fight. But the groups (All Random folks from the DF) had no issues looking at the fight, learning from it, and moving on. In general my whole DT experience has not been muddled down by an inability to do mechanics. Likewise this sentiment that stuff is challanging but fun has been mirrored across almost every group I am involved with in the Mateus RP community which is surprising to me.

So initially this forum post seemed to be nothing more than hyperbole by people who simply wanted a participation trophy.

Then I had something happen that made me look at this a bit closer. A good friend of mine who I have consistently done M+, rated PCP, and Mythic raid progression with in wow hit a wall with this content. He could not do it despite watching videos and trying to learn the timing. The raid and dungeons floored him to the point he simply left the game and uninstalled.

This seems to be something that has happened a lot not just with experienced folks but others across the game. Though if I am still being honest here, I don't think it is necessarily an issue with the mechanics being too difficult or hard but rather self induced stress to be able to preform.

I set down with my friend and a few others who have left or stopped doing content because of the perceived difficulty and each time I found that they by and large were worried about how others perceived them and their performance. They were worried their group would kick them, or their static would drop them. That this need to be seen as competent was weighing so heavy on them that I think it was pulling down their ability to focus and that every little hiccup along the way was only adding to that weight.

I don't know if this is everyone's specific issue and I am not here saying I have found certifiable proof that this is the cause for all of this but rather i would like to encourage people who are struggling with the content to take a moment, step back, and think if they are letting such worries weigh on them. If you are, then I would encourage you to find a group of friends to try the content with or hell, hit me up here on the forums and I can take you with me and mine. No judgement, just honest help and assistance to see if we cant help you see that things are not as difficult as they appear.

[AmoryAtohi]

you should probably play a different game if you think this content is too hard, lol.

[Zaytex]

I'm so glad the community has dog piled on OP and others for wanting to dumb down the game after we had 3 years of EW where the skill cap of normal content was in/out + spread/stack mechanics that put you to sleep after your second clear.

The content isn't too difficult, you're just bad, and instead of accepting that you want the game to be made to accommodate you. I hope the developers ignore your requests because god forbid normal content can be anything but sleep inducing. I shouldn't have to play savage or ultimate in order to feel engaged with something, and the new raid tier is a perfect example of a good middleground where it's difficult (I, a savage raider, died a few times when first doing them) enough to challenge you if you're not comfortable with the mechanics, but not easy enough where you just fall asleep after your second re-clear.

[caffe_macchiato]

I'll admit that I tried my hardest to avoid using these forums (hence the low post count), but were people actually hostile to those asking for normal content to be a little more difficult? That sentiment's been around since I started playing (just before 5.1 SHB) and it seemed extremely common, at least outside of here. I remember that final pull in Anamnesis Anyder getting a lot of praise because it was a little harder than most dungeon pulls at the time, even if it quickly got outscaled and now a caster LB turns it to smithereens.

This is the previous mega-thread that we had on this topic: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-to-increase./
You'll see that most (not all) replies are ragging on OP for being "elitist" (you will find that word many times in the replies).

And here's another large thread from the world-famous aveyond-dreams calling for a higher difficulty, with most replies criticizing him: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...and-Exclusion/

[Strike_]

That this need to be seen as competent was weighing so heavy on them that I think it was pulling down their ability to focus and that every little hiccup along the way was only adding to that weight.

I've noticed this a LOT with WoW expats. they're so used to being berated for making mistakes that they feel stressed out when making mistakes even when no one is berating them.

[Volfe]

This is the previous mega-thread that we had on this topic: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-to-increase./
You'll see that most (not all) replies are ragging on OP for being "elitist" (you will find that word many times in the replies).

And here's another large thread from the world-famous aveyond-dreams calling for a higher difficulty, with most replies criticizing him: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...and-Exclusion/

And then when it actually happened, it worked. None of those people are here now lol