I read about 12 pages of this before I stopped to make this post. I was originally coming to this thread after a friend told me about it, and I was going to post something along the lines of "skill issue" but now....

I want to give you a piece of advice that my static uses in our Savage/Ultimate prog: Stop attacking. Obviously in Extremes and up, there are enrages, damage checks, heal checks, etc, so you do have to eventually be able to attack while doing mechanics. But in normal content? No enrages. If you are struggling with a fight, just stop pressing your buttons for a moment and look around you. Take your time to dodge mechanics, take stock of the situation, etc. Is a mechanic coming up that you die to a lot? Just stop attacking. Do the mechanic. Continue attacking after. Yes, the fight will take a little bit longer each time you do it, but you will get through it. And what's more, you will be giving the mechanic your full attention, so you will be able to process it better. This is one way to get better.

The fights are fine as they are. In fact, there were multiple instances during the fights where I told my friends "wow this is exactly what I was asking for" or "this is just like a mechanic I was praising a few months ago" as if the devs heard me without me saying anything. Most players seem to love the fights. The point is for everything to get more difficult as you go. This is easy mode compared to how hard it should be this far into the game. Do I still think the game needs a proper tutorial? GODS yes. Is this content doable without one? Also yes.

At the end of the day, if you refuse to get better and just demand easier content, you're just going to get a lot of people angry at you. This is optional content. Either get better, get someone to carry you through it, or just stop doing it. For me, I got unlucky and the MSQ (non-optional content) lvl 100 trial gives me a really bad headache from all the flashing lights and moving effects (the ground grid that warps is KILLER on my head and I get super dizzy). I still need the triple triad card from it, but I dread doing that fight because of how it makes me physically feel. So you know what I'm doing about it? I'm not playing the fight. I'm just not going to do it. If I happen to get it in a roulette, I'll do my best to tough it out, and maybe I'll get lucky and get that card. But otherwise, I'm just not going to touch it. Cause it's not for me. Despite being normal content, it's difficult to me, but that's a me problem. No one else's. So I'm going to shut up and deal with it, because this game isn't designed for me alone. Everyone has something in this game that isn't made for them. Maybe these raids don't have to be for you.