Difficulty of normal content.

[Estrid]

I personally think this is some of the best content we've had in a while. I'm very excited for this savage tier.

Also of course the normal raids are gonna hit hard day 1. It's day 1???? If you don't have max iLvl right now either suck it up or get better gear by griding tomes like the rest of us?

I don't know were this whole "Woe is me the game is too hard! Change it too my skill level even though everyone else if having a good time! DIDNT YOU HEAR ME!!?!?!? IM NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME!!! ME!!!" mentality came from. Anyone whos taken the time to play this game from ARR to DT should have the mechanical skill to do DT content. Read your buttons. Drop a GCD so you dont hit, and If you die who cares? It's optinal content at the end of the day.

Your Level 100 now. Act like it.

[Mooserocka33]

I have been playing this game for ten years (this is not my first character). Why should I be forced to leave the game because I agree with Yoshida that the netcode is poorly fit for the mechanics they designed? Should Yoshida leave too, since he and I agree on this issue? And I know that's a possibility because many people's previous MMO (WoW) also saw the directors leave. And the game failed because of that. So are you sure you want everyone who disagrees with you to be forced out?

You are using a minute increase in difficulty as an excuse to lash out at those who have differing opinions about the content. That is the most troubling aspect. Some people have been waiting for three years to do this and are now finally having the opportunity to express a highly negative and elitist attitude like they used to do in other games. It's not a good sign for the FFXIV community.

Whoever said that was wrong to say that but like I said in the quote before if you want to experience the end game stuff without trying just grab a controller not plugged in follow a play along with a steamer and enjoy you get the same experience if you do not want to learn or better yourself. You can also pause mid content ect. No one should have to ever leave the game this game is for everyone. People need to stop saying that there is maps, fates glam, housing, fishing these are true casual fun. Please do not ask the devs to make the only content we have gotten with a little bit of a challenge in years to be geared to you. I keep hearing people saying stop making content to cater to a small minority , yet its exactly what this group of super bad players are doing. Just do the content available to you guys because the bad thing about complaining like this is yoshi p listens and he has changed the game for the casual bad players before and it made us so upset. We just recovered from that please dont make him do it again.

[caffe_macchiato]

bro, how long u play doesnt matter. if u suck at the game, then u suck
my office friend only play for 2 months at endwalker with 100ms, he can clear latest content savage already (it was tier1)
if u dont want to learn or adapt then be quiet

You need to re-read the post that you made. It doesn't sound like the same FFXIV that we had before Dawntrail. A very bad attitude has come out of the woodwork since the raid tier dropped. Unless all of this is just from the Arthars raid, it doesn't make FFXIV look too good, especially in a PvE game that's not even competitive. We have a difficult ten years ahead of us.

[Volfe]

I have been playing this game for ten years (this is not my first character). Why should I be forced to leave the game because I agree with Yoshida that the netcode is poorly fit for the mechanics they designed? Should Yoshida leave too, since he and I agree on this issue? And I know that's a possibility because many people's previous MMO (WoW) also saw the directors leave. And the game failed because of that. So are you sure you want everyone who disagrees with you to be forced out?

You are using a minute increase in difficulty as an excuse to lash out at those who have differing opinions about the content. That is the most troubling aspect. Some people have been waiting for three years to do this and are now finally having the opportunity to express a highly negative and elitist attitude like they used to do in other games. It's not a good sign for the FFXIV community.

I don't think the netcode or lag is a problem when my south american friends and I can easily clear all the content with our crap connection/ PCs. You just have to do some minimal extra planning at most.

[alfarini]

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.

-the difficulty is perfect (could be tweaked a bit to be more difficult in some instances), the fact wipes happen is IMO a good thing, its not brain dead easy nor is is stupid hard. learning a fight is essential to understanding how to position yourself for the win. its simply comes down to a skill issue and peoples refusal to learn mechanics. im sorry but we are at level 100, we should expect a harder time rather than a level 50 tank and spank on a boss.

The problem with the difficulty on normal fights as I see it is:
-Use and abuse of non standard telegraphs.
-Nasty mechanic overlaps, stuff you would see on extreme and harder fights.
-Mechs resolving too quickly for the mental capacity they demand to process.
-One too many "catch this!" mech (mechs that have you running around like headless chicken evading seemingly random patterns).

-its not abuse, you need to watch the boss and learn the telegraphs. its a new fight don't expect it to hold your hand the whole time.
-nasty? you mean overlapping a few mechs like they have always done in normal 8 man, trials, EX trials, Savage, ally raids, dungeons. this is not new your just not wanting to learn new things. things get me off guard at times to and i love it, makes it more interesting.
-once again this is a you issue, look at the cast bar or the position of the boss. you can easily know what's about to happen and even preposition accordingly. if you got here to lvl 100 content then you should know the absolute basics of what's happening.
-I'll give you this one ONLY if your still trying to do your rotation while not executing the mech properly, take the time to do it right. use it to your advantage to reflect on the past mechs and what you'll need to do if/when it comes up again.

All this has been making fights in this expansion frustrating and exhausting.

and this is a good thing, for to long the games been getting easier and easier. People cried for it to be harder, Yoshi P himself said this aswell. He agreed the games been to stress free, so they team is essentially testing the waters seeing how we respond to this. i love it its great, challenging, makes me think, and pay attention. the normal mode 8 man (level 100) fight doesn't demand your full attention but it at least punishes you for not giving it the majority of your attention.

might come back with points on the last half if your post.

[Sqwall]

Normal raids has always been the bridging content between true casual content and extremes, it’s why it’s optional

Normal raids are designed to be tuned to about as hard as the devs are willing to make content with a full pick me up group and no actual strat discussion

EW was the outlier here as besides P3 the rest of them are over glorified trials rather than actual normal raids

P8S would beg to differ.....

And P10S....

Those fights were tuned to the max....

Damn near ultimates.

[Alyx-Greywind]

You need to re-read the post that you made. It doesn't sound like the same FFXIV that we had before Dawntrail. A very bad attitude has come out of the woodwork since the raid tier dropped. Unless all of this is just from the Arthars raid, it doesn't make FFXIV look too good, especially in a PvE game that's not even competitive. We have a difficult ten years ahead of us.

That's what I am thinking, I keep saying the difficulty is misplaced. We're not exactly looking like an appealing community right? I'm not even in agreement with some of the OPs statements but the outright bullying and abuse is disgusting.

[Sqwall]

The difficulty isn't the issue I see anymore. At this point....it's skill. The fights are NOT designed to be cheap or punishing. They are designed to teach you. I cleared them all within maybe 2 hours. Only one that gave me trouble was M3 as it took me a while to know max melee and snap shots.

Normal difficulty....yeah feels normal to me. Savage on the other hand....I'm honestly excited for savage this expac. Endwalker felt fair in savage difficulty. Not cheap....fair.

If you think something is cheap....consider this. Others probably learn from those mistakes and get better at the game.

This is your opportunity.

[Sol_Seppy]

P8S would beg to differ.....

And P10S....

Those fights were tuned to the max....

Damn near ultimates.

LMAO no...

[Sqwall]

LMAO no...

LMAO yes...