I am sorry that you are all struggling so much with a game that we all love. With that said, I am going to officially extend to each and every single person here on these forums an olive branch. If you are having any kind of difficulty with DT content, be it MSQ Dungeons, Optional Dungeons, Trials, Normal Raids or even Extreme Trials and want help completing these things, I invite you to reach out to me.
Barring any kind of extraordinary circumstance, there is no reason that Dawntrail should be giving any one any kind of severe difficulty in my personal opinion. So, if you find yourself struggling, I would suggest that, despite however many hours you have invested, it is time for you to become more familiar with the games less explained mechanics.
Specifically the ideas of a proper rotation, and of differentiating your Global skills from your Unique skills (aka your GCDs from your oGCDs). I played thru all of ARR, HW, SB and ShB until finally catching up to current content in late patch 5.2 not understanding these two concepts, and Final Fantasy XIV FAILED IN EVERY WAY to teach me about these things. It wasn't until I had friends invite me to start savage raiding that I knew either of these concepts were even a thing in this game, and I had been playing for 3 or 4 years at that point.
You cannot know to ask the questions if you don't know they're there to ask, nor can you learn to utilize them if you're unaware that they even exist. So please, instead of coming to the forums to complain about a "difficulty spike that makes the game unplayable" take the time to improve your own abilities, and understand that while learning, failure is ok, it is allowed, and even expected.
Many of us, who seem to be learning more quickly, or seem to be "more skilled" are actually not, we just understand these two fundamental concepts that you may or may not even know exist, let alone interact with. So please, reach out, take the time to improve, and let's all enjoy Dawntrail together, in a way that makes everyone happy.
P.S. To those of you who decide to come here and say anything to the effect of "I shouldn't have to do any of this." You are, objectively, wrong, and I will say now, unabashedly and unashamedly that if this is, in fact, how you feel, this game is not for you, bar none.
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Barring any kind of extraordinary circumstance, there is no reason that Dawntrail should be giving any one any kind of severe difficulty in my personal opinion. So, if you find yourself struggling, I would suggest that, despite however many hours you have invested, it is time for you to become more familiar with the games less explained mechanics.
Specifically the ideas of a proper rotation, and of differentiating your Global skills from your Unique skills (aka your GCDs from your oGCDs). I played thru all of ARR, HW, SB and ShB until finally catching up to current content in late patch 5.2 not understanding these two concepts, and Final Fantasy XIV FAILED IN EVERY WAY to teach me about these things. It wasn't until I had friends invite me to start savage raiding that I knew either of these concepts were even a thing in this game, and I had been playing for 3 or 4 years at that point.
You cannot know to ask the questions if you don't know they're there to ask, nor can you learn to utilize them if you're unaware that they even exist. So please, instead of coming to the forums to complain about a "difficulty spike that makes the game unplayable" take the time to improve your own abilities, and understand that while learning, failure is ok, it is allowed, and even expected.
Many of us, who seem to be learning more quickly, or seem to be "more skilled" are actually not, we just understand these two fundamental concepts that you may or may not even know exist, let alone interact with. So please, reach out, take the time to improve, and let's all enjoy Dawntrail together, in a way that makes everyone happy.
P.S. To those of you who decide to come here and say anything to the effect of "I shouldn't have to do any of this." You are, objectively, wrong, and I will say now, unabashedly and unashamedly that if this is, in fact, how you feel, this game is not for you, bar none.
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