Is the chaotic raid tuned a little too high? Maybe. I won't argue that, It's very difficult to carry anyone through, one person's mistake can snowball and ruin the whole fight and no amount of item level bloat will save you from 2+ people missing a tower soak.
But the bigger problem I've had with this content is attitude of so many in the party finder. I've never seen a group last more than 2 or 3 pulls. Someone will, legitimately or not, rage quit after a wipe. Then we either wait to refill the party finder which can take time, or what has been more likely there is a mass exodus or the party just disbands all together, only for the majority of that group to join the next one on the list in the party finder. We'll have the same 10-15 people who will make the same mistakes and we will do the whole dance again until either the bad apples get gud or don't make it into the next pf and we'll do this for a few hours because we seem to as a whole lack the maturity and/or communication skills to provide constructive criticism or even just vote kick the one or two bad players.
With the raid finder, you wouldn't have as many rage quits as they would suffer the 30 minute penalty, There would be an option to vote abandon if the group isn't up to snuff. and randomness of the queue I'd hope to get a completely fresh group instead of slight variations on the same one for hours on end as we migrate from one pf to another. It would enforce the slightest amount of patience and good behavior
The cons have always been the fear of getting people unprepared and unwilling to learn the fights expecting to be carried; barely meeting the item level requirements turning out to be more a hindrance than a help. Which is fair, Its the reason why mentor roulette is such a nightmare. But for the chaotic raid at least, I don't think item level has been the barrier to success for most, its been the poor communication, and maybe one or two people consistently missing towers who you could just vote kick and probably not run into again for at least a little while.
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But the bigger problem I've had with this content is attitude of so many in the party finder. I've never seen a group last more than 2 or 3 pulls. Someone will, legitimately or not, rage quit after a wipe. Then we either wait to refill the party finder which can take time, or what has been more likely there is a mass exodus or the party just disbands all together, only for the majority of that group to join the next one on the list in the party finder. We'll have the same 10-15 people who will make the same mistakes and we will do the whole dance again until either the bad apples get gud or don't make it into the next pf and we'll do this for a few hours because we seem to as a whole lack the maturity and/or communication skills to provide constructive criticism or even just vote kick the one or two bad players.
With the raid finder, you wouldn't have as many rage quits as they would suffer the 30 minute penalty, There would be an option to vote abandon if the group isn't up to snuff. and randomness of the queue I'd hope to get a completely fresh group instead of slight variations on the same one for hours on end as we migrate from one pf to another. It would enforce the slightest amount of patience and good behavior
The cons have always been the fear of getting people unprepared and unwilling to learn the fights expecting to be carried; barely meeting the item level requirements turning out to be more a hindrance than a help. Which is fair, Its the reason why mentor roulette is such a nightmare. But for the chaotic raid at least, I don't think item level has been the barrier to success for most, its been the poor communication, and maybe one or two people consistently missing towers who you could just vote kick and probably not run into again for at least a little while.
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