Difficulty of normal content.

[NightHour]

Not everyone wants a constant challenge. You ex players and raiders get your own modes and challenges, some people just want to veg out and enjoy a non challenging game, which the game has been for ten years, to it's success. Stop trying to make other people play your way.

PF is getting worse with third party tool parses being demanded, and friends I do have whonhave gotten clears in savage ar getting kicked off teams constantly for the tiniest mistakes.

Giving the 'crushing difficilty' people an inch has caused the game to get less friendly, forgiving, and fun.

The games success didnt come from "vegging out" content at all, it came from WoW being a shit game at the time Endwalker released.



This is an MMO, MMO's are meant to have a progression path.

That path is Dungeons > Alliance Raids > Normal Trials > Normal Raid > Extreme > Savage > Ultimate

Criterion is side content.


Normal is technically "mid tier" content, endwalker difficulty did not reflect that.

The current difficulty of Dawntrail Normals is what I'd expect mid-tier content to be tuned towards.

Not too hard but also not so easy that you can put 1 hand behind your back and still clear.

and friends I do have who have gotten clears in savage ar getting kicked off teams constantly for the tiniest mistakes.

I doubt that.

There's probably more to it, no static worth a damn kicks someone for the tiniest mistake, they'd never clear anything if they did.

PF is getting worse with third party tool parses being demanded

That's plain wrong.

In the ~ 3 years I've been playing, I have not seen a PF group put up a parse requirement to join.

Unless it was a group designed for logging, which the average PF Joe has no business joining anyway. Those groups are designed for Best in Slot players to optimize their play, not to get loot or for people to clear.



There's 3 kinds of groups in PF


Practice - People learning the fight or progressing past a pre-defined part.

Clear Group - You can hit enrage or see every mechanic consistently and are ready to clear (No, watching a guide fully does not make you clear ready)

Logging - These groups are designed for Best in Slot players and are controlled environments with specific comps and strats to optimize play on fights - These are NOT designed for 99.9% of PF users.