To acquiesce with the inane demands of casuals, everything in this game is being dumbed down to a level where a four year old can complete without difficulty. The only thing that requires any brain cell to do is now Ultimate.
Remember when Savage raids actually took more than a day to clear? Remember when crafting isn't just one-button macro that you copy and pasted from The Balance?
Job difficulty is gutted across the floor. Healers are now a two button job, one 30s DoT, one glare/malefic/broil spam with the occasional healing/utility ogcd weaved in. In Heavensward, healers needed to juggle Cleric Stance, and almost half a dozen DoTs in their DPS rotation. Today's Lv 80 healer is easier to play than Heavensward's Lv 60 healer. Tanks had to care about aggro, and jobs such as ninja had to actively help with aggro management. This resulted in creative applications of aggro management such as getting a healer to take one of the earth shakers in O4S with the combination of good tanking and good ninja play. Aggro management is now a one button afterthought.
Crafting and gathering are dumbed down to the extent that while Ironworks Cap of Crafting could fetch a hefty 2M on the market board in Heavensward, an Aesthete Cap of Crafting could barely fetch 90k gil. Because anyone and everyone can craft, including bots. They removed half of the crafting skills, and so-called Expert recipes are easier than the shortcuts you could take with Whistle While You Work all the way back in HW and SB.
Dungeons are nerfed over and over again. How many times have Steps of Faith been nerfed? Compare Pharos Sirius, an ARR Lv 50 dungeon to The Heroes' Gauntlet. Even after the nerf, you see more wipes in Pharos Sirius, something everyone easily out-item-levels by an expansion's worth, especially on the first boss, than in The Heroes' Gauntlet. Dungeons have gotten progressively easier and easier. There are more mechanics in Pharos Sirius's Siren boss than the entirety of The Heroes' Gauntlet.
Even Savage is dumbed down. There are now only 2 hardcore raids per expansion, compared to what is supposed to be 12 per expansion.
Stop dumbing down the game, you're making this game unfun and everything in this game other than Ultimate is now a snoozefest that people can sleepwalk through.
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Remember when Savage raids actually took more than a day to clear? Remember when crafting isn't just one-button macro that you copy and pasted from The Balance?
Job difficulty is gutted across the floor. Healers are now a two button job, one 30s DoT, one glare/malefic/broil spam with the occasional healing/utility ogcd weaved in. In Heavensward, healers needed to juggle Cleric Stance, and almost half a dozen DoTs in their DPS rotation. Today's Lv 80 healer is easier to play than Heavensward's Lv 60 healer. Tanks had to care about aggro, and jobs such as ninja had to actively help with aggro management. This resulted in creative applications of aggro management such as getting a healer to take one of the earth shakers in O4S with the combination of good tanking and good ninja play. Aggro management is now a one button afterthought.
Crafting and gathering are dumbed down to the extent that while Ironworks Cap of Crafting could fetch a hefty 2M on the market board in Heavensward, an Aesthete Cap of Crafting could barely fetch 90k gil. Because anyone and everyone can craft, including bots. They removed half of the crafting skills, and so-called Expert recipes are easier than the shortcuts you could take with Whistle While You Work all the way back in HW and SB.
Dungeons are nerfed over and over again. How many times have Steps of Faith been nerfed? Compare Pharos Sirius, an ARR Lv 50 dungeon to The Heroes' Gauntlet. Even after the nerf, you see more wipes in Pharos Sirius, something everyone easily out-item-levels by an expansion's worth, especially on the first boss, than in The Heroes' Gauntlet. Dungeons have gotten progressively easier and easier. There are more mechanics in Pharos Sirius's Siren boss than the entirety of The Heroes' Gauntlet.
Even Savage is dumbed down. There are now only 2 hardcore raids per expansion, compared to what is supposed to be 12 per expansion.
Stop dumbing down the game, you're making this game unfun and everything in this game other than Ultimate is now a snoozefest that people can sleepwalk through.
Continue reading...