Difficulty of normal content.

[nirvaphreak]

Honestly, I feel like a majority of players at level 100 who still can't handle basic mechanics are probably those who queues for crystal tower everyday so they can only press 2 buttons and think they're playing the game. If they get anything past void ark they complain about having to actually use their brain and kits and leaves. Things might be better if they just removed crystal tower from roulettes or make all the raids mandatory, at least they can see mechanics other than a orange circle that you can stand in it and still survive.

[TDawnstar]

Honestly, I feel like a majority of players at level 100 who still can't handle basic mechanics are probably those who queues for crystal tower everyday so they can only press 2 buttons and think they're playing the game. If they get anything past void ark they complain about having to actually use their brain and kits and leaves. Things might be better if they just removed crystal tower from roulettes or make all the raids mandatory, at least they can see mechanics other than a orange circle that you can stand in it and still survive.

You can no longer ilvl cheese to fish specifically for CT. Other than that, it's a simple answer: the goal of an Alliance roulette is to gain XP and get tomes. CT takes 15 minutes and Nier3 takes ~40-45 for a similar amount of XP. Even a lalafell born yesterday can see that one is a lot more efficient per time spent than the other.

[KinDranex]

You can no longer ilvl cheese to fish specifically for CT. Other than that, it's a simple answer: the goal of an Alliance roulette is to gain XP and get tomes. CT takes 15 minutes and Nier3 takes ~40-45 for a similar amount of XP. Even a lalafell born yesterday can see that one is a lot more efficient per time spent than the other.

People are getting sick of CT because its boring to redo the same thing a thousand times, people want diverse choices and to have FUN, not forcing monotonous grinding in the simplest 24 man series.

[LilithKha]

It's not "core mechanics", it's called trash network code.

The game is built around lag and snapshotting because of limitations of the engine and the netcode they use. There is not a single instance that has been released in dawntrail that suffers from any sort of unfair snapshotting or lag delays causing issues, unless you are actually playing at like 500 ping. In that case, you are going to have problems with lag in any game, not just XIV. That is what I mean by core mechanics. If you do not understand how these things work this late in the game, it is 100% a skill issue, and the developers will never change this because it is baked into the game and design. If you have a problem with it, leave. Seriously. No one will miss your whining.

[LilithKha]

You can no longer ilvl cheese to fish specifically for CT. Other than that, it's a simple answer: the goal of an Alliance roulette is to gain XP and get tomes. CT takes 15 minutes and Nier3 takes ~40-45 for a similar amount of XP. Even a lalafell born yesterday can see that one is a lot more efficient per time spent than the other.

You are admitting that you are the type of player that would like to press the queue button and collect rewards instantly. Go play an idle game if you want free dopamine for zero effort. People like you ruin games for everyone else because you demand an experience that very few people are actually interested in.

[KomachiShikibu]

The difficulty hasn't necessarily even increased that much, they are just using more varied tells for mechanics. There is nothing in the msq dungeons that require fast reaction time, just about everything gives you at least 5 seconds to get into position, often even longer. The main difference is that there is less reliance on showing a big glowing orange danger area for every mechanic, which is a good thing. That's how the game gets stale, and Endwalker dungeons really suffered from it, even in instances where the tell was environmental, they'd still give an extra several seconds of orange ground so you never even had to learn it

[KristianFortNox]

It's a core mechanic tho, You need to look at the boss Animation if they raised up their arms or leg. You need avoid that side or inside.

[roasche]

If you're that bad at the game, level up your trusts and go in with them. The past 2 expansions have been cake walks, to where even YoshiP was falling asleep doing dungeons. Holy moly, the entitlement of expecting SE to dumb down things because you're too scared of failing is not their problem, that is a YOU problem.

You can use "anxiety" all you want, a lot of people have it too and still learn to fail then get back up. It's not always about you, or the minority. DT difficulty is perfect where it's at and I hope they keep making good mechanics that trip players up that cause them to fail but learn. You can learn if you ACTUALLY TRIED to learn.

We are level 100 at this point. If you've even remotely learned from all the dungeons, normal raids, past savages, trials, etc, you wouldn't be complaining or using it as an excuse to have a "learning cap" or "skill cap". I understand anxiety, as I am medically diagnosed with that and bipolar disorder but I still push through and learn. I fear failing but I do. Take the little steps and fail with trusts, then fail with friends, then fail with randoms. Learn that it's not that bad to fail, it's not the end of the world if you cause a wipe. This is a game, not a job or life, learn to enjoy it or go play something you do enjoy. There is content for everyone and some may not be for others.

[Jinglypockets]

You can no longer ilvl cheese to fish specifically for CT. Other than that, it's a simple answer: the goal of an Alliance roulette is to gain XP and get tomes. CT takes 15 minutes and Nier3 takes ~40-45 for a similar amount of XP. Even a lalafell born yesterday can see that one is a lot more efficient per time spent than the other.

"Have you heard about the new Mass Effect game that just came out? It's the most time efficient one yet!"

It's genuinely fascinating to me that someone would value time efficiency so much more than fun that they would intentionally cheese to get Crystal Tower.

[Jinglypockets]

It's not "core mechanics", it's called trash network code.

It's a core mechanic resulting from the limitations of their network code. It's how the game works -- you watch the castbars and the ground telegraphs rather than the animations. It's a weird, annoying quirk of the game, but it's 100% predictable and it doesn't make the game any more or less challenging.