Difficulty of normal content.

[jdtuggey]

This is the previous mega-thread that we had on this topic: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-to-increase./
You'll see that most (not all) replies are ragging on OP for being "elitist" (you will find that word many times in the replies).

And here's another large thread from the world-famous aveyond-dreams calling for a higher difficulty, with most replies criticizing him: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...and-Exclusion/

This is biased. People who are against this have way more incentive to say no, same with here. We're way more incentivized to speak up when we need to say no, because people want to protect their interests.
Your arguments are pretty naive and shortsighted.
Look at the threads that speak positively about the changes, they're wayyy less popular, people that agree just have very little incentive to post in these.
Notice also how suspiciously absent people who think it's hard are in these threads also, maybe most of them realized that having it a little harder is much more fun after all ?
Like, look in this thread also, there's a couple of individuals at most ? Where are all these people that were saying no to this ? You even said yourself that you're fine with the difficulty rofl.
Even with the added incentive to say no and defend their interests, they're nowhere to be seen.
When we speak of "hard" in terms of video games, usually people see like... Fromsoft kindof hard, even I wouldn't be okay playing FF14 if it demanded that much of me, is why I don't savage and such.
(still love elden ring tho, but I don't play it for the same reasons I play this)

Even Yoshi P said he was getting sleepy during endwalker content. Imagine your life's work making you sleepy. I wouldn't want that lol.
Like, it's important to understand that yes, they want to like, "please" their players I suppose, but also it's their game, even if you bought it, you don't have to like it, and they don't have to change the game so you do ? Especially if they're gonna alienate other players lol.
I haven't read those threads, but given how you're superhyperbolic with everybody here and crafting narratives about them that suit your points, I wouldn't be surprised that you grossly misrepresented them, and am not even sure it's worth looking, cause I already gave you my thoughts if you're being truthful. Like, you really don't see all of this leveled with most here and I do not feel you're being reasonable at all, yet you're saying we're the ones that are not, and demanding we conform to your standards.
You also like... keep putting OP in the crosshair by re-setting fire to this thread lol, really counter-productive to your alleged goal. You can't control a community of people like this, they'll do the opposite you demand just to spite you lol. You're boosting this thread as much as Xeno, Arthras and MrHappy. :P