Difficulty of normal content.

[Jinglypockets]

Reading this, along with the rest of this thread, comforts me in the idea that this game does need tiers of difficulty, PSO2 style, where harder difficulties give better rewards.
That way people that are enjoying the route that DT is taking difficulty wise can also enjoy previous expac dungeons while players that enjoy a more relaxed style of play where they don't wanna think too much can also enjoy.

Non standard double wall to wall pull would be good too, changing the pacing of the dungeon to not always being 2 sets of mobs then boss would be refreshing

I find it completely impossible to enjoy lower-level content because syncing down mangles my character by taking away all of my abilities. I have a hard time seeing this as a viable option.

Then again, it seems likely that people struggling with current content would probably cope better with their character getting broken in half better than I do.

[Alice_Rivers]

I like the idea of removing walls between pulls and bosses, lets bring back tank agency. Knowing how far you can pull should be part of the tank's skillset and would help a bit with the healing requirement issues.

[RaitoRalana]

So we are back at ARR: Pull to boss room to lock out the adds?
It was fun.. 10 years ago, but Im glad it changed.

[RaitoRalana]

Edit: For anyone wondering about the amount of pages of replies, when this thread was around page 11 the streamer Arthars covered it live, twitted about it and then uploaded it to YT. Later I found out that other big content creators covered it too and that this thread was linked both in 4chan and reddit. What you are seeing are multiple big streamers and some smaller ones too putting a target in me, this thread and anyone sharing this opinion (plus 4chan trolls for good measure).
While I understand that some of my opinions in this and my other posts in this thread can be interpreted as hyperbole I stand by them. My position is unchanged.

Ngl, you should be glad. The forum is used by.. I dont know.. less then 1% of the community. I would even say less then 0,1%.
And its not like "Oh, streamer A or B covered this" = ALL of those viewers going into the forum, just to hate it. Im pretty sure some were be like "Oh, that person is correct, I should like the comment!"

And when the game is "too hard" for 1% of the players. That hard that those people quit (they wont, maybe 10% of those 1%). It might attract 2% new player.
For me the Dawntrail raids are totally fine. Some new mechanics, but totally fine. I had more issues in older tiers.. and I still made every raid/alliance raid tier for 10~15 weeks after they were released.
Sometimes I was healer and sometimes I was dps. Because I had more fun with one or it was just easier for me. *Shruge*

And the BIGGEST issue is: Where are you drawing the line might be completly diff for others.
Like, when you say: "Normal raid/alliance raid and dungeons should be easy doable for everyone."
There might be people, who think all of that is way too hard right now.. and SE reduce the difficulty by 10%.
After that there still might be people who think its too hard.. another 10%. etc And that increase the gap between normal and extreme/savage/ultimate etc and people who enjoy "harder" content, might quit before, because anything else is just too annoying/boring to bear.

In ARR were people, who left the game, because some story instances were "way too hard" (especially that one in northern Thanalaan) - or well - some job quests. Mostly because people were extremely undergeared. Someone I saw back in the day, was super angry, that they were not able to beat the dragoon job quest fight.. and that person had lvl 40~ gear. For a lvl 58-60(?) job quest.

[jdtuggey]

I mean, am pretty sure OP cleared the raids at this point and realized that it's not hard at all. :P

[Deslyxic]

I mean, am pretty sure OP cleared the raids at this point and realized that it's not hard at all. :P

And you would be wrong. Haven't even returned the quest for doing M2. I stand by what I wrote.

[jdtuggey]

And you would be wrong. Haven't even returned the quest for doing M2. I stand by what I wrote.

I did say I wasn't sure. Standing by what you wrote doesn't mean you're right though. :P
Edit: I found the problem you're experiencing! You're running a full set of 660 gear in content meant for 685+ gear! :P
At ilvl 663 on my viper, I have over 15% hp less than at 700, not to mention all the defensive stats you're missing out on.
In that context, yeah, everything would seem overpowered to me.
I do not think you get synced up either ?
Compared my stats on my 693 summoner, and yeah, about a 10-15% increase in all stats too.
Do you need information on how to gear up at 100 ? (who am I kidding lol)
About at the midway point of an expansion (~95-96) is the point where I notice my optimized gear from the previous XP doesn't do it anymore.
Rofl, really hard to believe such a huge drama train started for such a silly reason.
Edit2: Did you even step into arcadion ? lol, you shouldn't be able to with ilvl 660. I'm doubting that you even tried at this point.

[Dovaah]

I did say I wasn't sure. Standing by what you wrote doesn't mean you're right though. :P
Edit: I found the problem you're experiencing! You're running a full set of 660 gear in content meant for 685+ gear! :P
At ilvl 663 on my viper, I have over 15% hp less than at 700, not to mention all the defensive stats you're missing out on.
In that context, yeah, everything would seem overpowered to me.
I do not think you get synced up either ?
Compared my stats on my 693 summoner, and yeah, about a 10-15% increase in all stats too.
Do you need information on how to gear up at 100 ? (who am I kidding lol)
About at the midway point of an expansion (~95-96) is the point where I notice my optimized gear from the previous XP doesn't do it anymore.
Rofl, really hard to believe such a huge drama train started for such a silly reason.
Edit2: Did you even step into arcadion ? lol, you shouldn't be able to with ilvl 660. I'm doubting that you even tried at this point.

Let me add a little something: what are these melds lmao

[Deslyxic]

I did say I wasn't sure. Standing by what you wrote doesn't mean you're right though. :P
Edit: I found the problem you're experiencing! You're running a full set of 660 gear in content meant for 685+ gear! :P
At ilvl 663 on my viper, I have over 15% hp less than at 700, not to mention all the defensive stats you're missing out on.
In that context, yeah, everything would seem overpowered to me.
I do not think you get synced up either ?
Compared my stats on my 693 summoner, and yeah, about a 10-15% increase in all stats too.
Do you need information on how to gear up at 100 ? (who am I kidding lol)
About at the midway point of an expansion (~95-96) is the point where I notice my optimized gear from the previous XP doesn't do it anymore.
Rofl, really hard to believe such a huge drama train started for such a silly reason.
Edit2: Did you even step into arcadion ? lol, you shouldn't be able to with ilvl 660. I'm doubting that you even tried at this point.

Have you considered that this isn't my main?

[jdtuggey]

Have you considered that this isn't my main?

So you pay for boosts and server transfers on a throwaway alt that you logged on in-game regularly during the past two weeks (your glamours changed, and you were on jenova prior, we can see that in Arthars' video) that you hide behind on the forums to speak your mind ? I don't know man. Sure sounds like a lot of effort for an alt ? Not criticizing for buying stuff, just not what I would expect.
That profile sure fits the behavior you exhibit here also.
It's a reaaaaally convenient thing to say in the situation you're in. Or maybe that's just me.
Let's not talk about the like... dubiousness of hiding behind an alt to post a statement like you did.
Either way, it's a pretty poor outlook.