Difficulty of normal content.

[ArielTimeshrine]

I don't feel like the people with difficulty issues are actually complaining about the lag at all. If they were, the complaint wouldn't be "this is too hard" but "this mechanics is unfair/doesn't register correctly." They would be mentioning the fact that they KNOW the mechanic and felt like they did it PROPERLY but got hit anyway.

They are truly struggling with identifying and responding to mechanics. Which makes me think that if the engine/netcode were improved so that visuals/damage snapshots actually lined up they wouldn't have any easier of a time getting through it.

Wholeheartedly agree. Once you understand how snapshots work and how ping fundamentally affects the game, you can play around it. Excessive ping (anything into the mid 3-digits, especially if jitter is a factor which people gloss over a lot) will still affect your rotation, but you can mitigate this through class choice, usage of skill queueing to ensure optimal weaving, or avoiding double weaves where not absolutely necessary. On the other hand, there are things you can do that are only possible because damage snapshots exist, such as cast a Benediction directly before a tankbuster lands, but have the healing apply after, or mitigate a raidwide with Eukrasian Prognosis while double dipping Pepsis for healing. That isn't the issue people have with the game, people are either unwilling to learn or don't know that pattern recognition is important in this game and comes with practice.

[Ellona_Andrivari]

I have seen 3 players from China clear UCOB on Crystal DC if they can do ultimate tier content on their connection, anyone can do anything just believe in yourselves.

[CateDesu]

This is kind of sad. Barely even noticed the difficulty of this stuff changed at all. Just learn one single extreme and the rest of the normal content will forever be braindead to you. I'm happy they're at least trying to make this an MMO a little bit again.

[Mishaniz]

I am a pretty casual player, started on the free trial during ShB, go caught up during EW, and this is the first expac I've been around at launch for. I've never done any extremes or savages without unsyncing them for Wondorous tales or my HW relic. I do duty support for my first run of content whenever possible. I absolutely love the difficulty of the MSQ content, expert dungeons, and these raids. if you think you're getting killed out of nowhere, you're probably not looking at the boss's animations or the environment.
And remember: its okay to get hit. its okay to die. you're not doing world-first prog, you're doing regular content in duty finder or with duty support. if you think there's just too much going on at once, do the basics of your rotation and watch the mechanics. once you are comfortable with dodging, then you can work on getting more damage out while things are happening.

you absolutely can clear whatever content you are stuck on. I believe in you.

[Gummiisnacks]

This is coming from someone who considers themselves to be a 'casual'
I mean this in the nicest way possible but if you have been playing this game long enough to be at level 100 you should know your basics in this game, including the fact that you are going to die while learning and that normal raids were made more difficult than the normal trials because they are optional content that you don't even ever have to touch.
The only way you will not learn is if you aren't paying attention or are actively trying your hardest to not absorb the clear information the fights are giving you, it's as simple as that.

[Guntank81]

I wanted to wait to see the raid tier before I say anything. There are already post about dungeon and trial difficulty, and now normal raids should be thrown into the discussion too, and I might repeat points already said but I think we should really make a point of this, we (the people not ok with this difficulty) need for the devs to hear it to hopefully make a course correction.

Listen, I get that some dudes are saying normal content is too tough, but let’s be real here brother, introducing slightly more complex mechanics is actually a good thing. It keeps the gameplay fresh and prevents it from turning into a snoozefest. Like, do you really want every fight to be the same old, predictable stuff? No way, dude. By mixing in these tougher mechanics, devs are helping us get better, preparing to attempt and do harder content like EX and Savage down the line. It's all about progression, brother. Plus, it’s way more satisfying when you finally nail those tricky fights. It’s like, you gotta earn that victory. And honestly, the variety keeps things spicy and interesting, catering to all kinds of players. And let’s get one thing straight this content isn’t even that hard. It’s about trial and error. It’s okay to die in a fight and learn the sequences of mechanics. That’s how you improve. It helps you and everyone around you become better players for the tougher content. So yeah, bring on the challenge, brother!

[Avina]

skill issue.

[Avyuir]

I don't get it honestly. I'm very much a casual these days and the first runs through dungeons are about the highest form of difficulty I experience now in the game.

The story dungeon difficulty step up has been awesome. Every game doesn't have to be for every player, and I think posts here show this is a minority opinion and I just hope it's not something taken forward.

[Dimi824]

The trusts can clear an entire dungeon. You don't have to press a single button.

[AurisNix]

But you see I already decided that I gonna protest (and yes, I think deserves to be protested) by just not doing it (already said it in the OP) and not go with the second option because a) I'm not an as$hole, and b) as I said I don't believe the people in this forum represent the community at large and I would be griefing the wrong people.

Yet you are here in the forums thinking you represent the community and trying to fish a validation by twisting the words from a streamer when there is no validation for not knowing how to play the game and to realize this is not a walking simulator, you just wanna grief for the sake of grief to anyone playing with you and your "protest" and openly claiming it against ToS. The irony lmao.