Should SE scale high end content difficulty towards the usage of SIM ?

[Stasya]

The fact that using a sim is the optimal way to play the game shows just how bad modern raiding is.

Bait thread with bait replies.

[VeyaAkemi]

So we're at the point where people want the hardest content to be doable only by addon if not outright automated, eh?

I think you are completely misunderstanding what a "sim" is...

[CaedemSanguis]

So we're at the point where people want the hardest content to be doable only by addon if not outright automated, eh?

So much for the "git gud" mentality when even the most skilled players are out there cheating because they can't function in the game otherwise, lol.

no matter how hard a content is, it will be doable without add on/sim

[VeyaAkemi]

If you're going to suggest it's just "training wheels" to help someone get better at the content, than why don't any of these training wheels ever come off when it's time to do the actual content? Why do the number of addons GO UP with every new fight, and not down when people are supposedly confident enough to do it?

So you not only don't know what a "sim", you are confident in how wrong you are about it.

Just so we are clear, sims are simulators, they replicate game conditions and allow for repeated practice, they do not interact with the game in any capacity, are not addons, and are only third-party programs in the same sense Google Chrome or Discord are third-party programs, they are more comparable to an interactive video, they are training wheels yes, but they do come off when it is time to seriously raid since they are a separate program altogether, it would give no benefit to use a sim while playing the games, if anything, you'd be risking mess yourself up.

Everything you said makes absolutely no sense in the context of sims.

[Clockworks]

So we're at the point where people want the hardest content to be doable only by addon if not outright automated, eh?

So much for the "git gud" mentality when even the most skilled players are out there cheating because they can't function in the game otherwise, lol.

I hope you understand that FFXIV sim is literally a website... That's all it is.

Yall have a very interesting version of cheating, if the sim website is cheating, then by that standard discord is also cheating since you can send a picture of the arena and prepare a raid plan.

[Kazuke_Miso]

Bait thread with bait replies.

Yeah OK, not that I expect the modern FF14 SHB baby raider to know how to do anything other than ultra-scripted dance fights.

Imagine being able to sim actual good gameplay like Elden Ring on a shoddy vector graphics site

LOL

[Valence]

You can be salty if you like but there isn't much point replying to my post if you aren't going to say anything of value.

You literally replied to me by being unnecessarily aggressive, calling me a scrub that's just using excuses to justify how I suck at the game, made strawmen, ad hominems, just because I used the word "artificial difficulty", and now you play all coy and patronizing because you're being called out for it? What did I ever do to you? Did that word tilt you that much? You know you could have just explained your point rationally and perhaps I could even have come to agree with a "fair enough" or "point taken"?

What's wrong with you?

[Stasya]

Yeah OK, not that I expect the modern FF14 SHB baby raider to know how to do anything other than ultra-scripted dance fights.

Imagine being able to sim actual good gameplay like Elden Ring on a shoddy vector graphics site

LOL

Do you have enough age to type something without parents' consent? I guess no.

[BigCheez]

You literally replied to me by being unnecessarily aggressive, calling me a scrub that's just using excuses to justify how I suck at the game, made strawmen, ad hominems, just because I used the word "artificial difficulty", and now you play all coy and patronizing because you're being called out for it? What did I ever do to you? Did that word tilt you that much? You know you could have just explained your point rationally and perhaps I could even have come to agree with a "fair enough" or "point taken"?

What's wrong with you?

Bruh.

I didn't call you a scrub, I said that the term "artificial difficulty" is useless because it has no clear definition and exists purely as a shield to be used by scrubs to deflect from the actual issue, which is generally that they suck at the game. Note the intentional use of words like "they" and "people" over words like "you". I even clarified this already in a previous post.

What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? Seems like your insecurities might be getting the better of you here.

[Kohashi]

Bruh.

I didn't call you a scrub, I said that the term "artificial difficulty" is useless because it has no clear definition and exists purely as a shield to be used by scrubs to deflect from the actual issue, which is generally that they suck at the game. Note the intentional use of words like "they" and "people" over words like "you". I even clarified this already in a previous post.

What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? Seems like your insecurities might be getting the better of you here.

Examples of artificial difficulty that can be applied to all fights are :

Blinding flashing effects from bosses sometimes covering the entire screen
Obstructed Character model, hidden by a spawned object or the boss model itself
Camera view
Overly large models of either bosses or mobs
General visual noise

UWU is a prime example of all of these. Ultima 3/4 of map view sometimes more, Titan, Garuda, and Ifrit all spawning randomly further altering your view.

FF14 does have a lot of noise that inflates the difficulty.