Question. Have you ever seriously played any other Western MMOs? Like WoW or SWTOR? I'm asking because SWTOR used to be my main game until I really got into FFXIV a few years ago. This is my home and I have no plans of ever going anywhere else.
But I still dabble in SWTOR occasionally, just to check things out. I miss my characters over there sometimes, and full disclosure: I'm a huge Star Wars nerd.
So, last night I was running an instance in SWTOR with a random PUG. We were all DPS. No tanks or healers. Boss fights consist of healing terminals and whoever deals the most damage, usually gets the aggro. The boss usually ends up ping ponging all over the place.
It was chaotic but fun. But even then, I had no worries of ever dying. And I didn't. Not once.
In FFXIV? There would have been wipes. Coming from games like WoW, SWTOR, and trying out other games like LOTRO and DCUO for example, you can mindlessly zerg your way through group content near effortlessly. And players are nigh indestructible.
FFXIV does actually expect more from you even in normal dungeons. You must constantly dodge AOE, watch for telegraphs, look for visual clues from the boss and do all the mechanics correctly. If not you die instantly. Doesn't matter how well you've been playing up to that point. Any dungeon from 50 up is far more challenging than anything I've encountered in those other games I've played.
So, I'm just curious. Unless you've exclusively played Eastern MMOs, which do seem more challenging, what makes you think this game is too easy?
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But I still dabble in SWTOR occasionally, just to check things out. I miss my characters over there sometimes, and full disclosure: I'm a huge Star Wars nerd.
So, last night I was running an instance in SWTOR with a random PUG. We were all DPS. No tanks or healers. Boss fights consist of healing terminals and whoever deals the most damage, usually gets the aggro. The boss usually ends up ping ponging all over the place.
It was chaotic but fun. But even then, I had no worries of ever dying. And I didn't. Not once.
In FFXIV? There would have been wipes. Coming from games like WoW, SWTOR, and trying out other games like LOTRO and DCUO for example, you can mindlessly zerg your way through group content near effortlessly. And players are nigh indestructible.
FFXIV does actually expect more from you even in normal dungeons. You must constantly dodge AOE, watch for telegraphs, look for visual clues from the boss and do all the mechanics correctly. If not you die instantly. Doesn't matter how well you've been playing up to that point. Any dungeon from 50 up is far more challenging than anything I've encountered in those other games I've played.
So, I'm just curious. Unless you've exclusively played Eastern MMOs, which do seem more challenging, what makes you think this game is too easy?
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