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Quite honestly and this does go back towards Thordan EX days - they already create content for "non-hardcore players", the problem is, as seen with Weeping City with...well, it's not about hardcore/midcore/casual, it's about player skill and willingness to actually want to be good at your job/the content. Remember, the content designed "for hardcore players" is the content the team designs FIRST, then REDESIGNS (which is actually taking more time) for the more casual orient crowd.
The game sadly doesn't create a progression of "get gud" in order to tackle even the easy "hard" content. Much like Thordan and Sephirot Ex, it's universally accepted that Nidhogg Ex is painfully easy...disappointingly easy, it's just "pay attention to mechanics". There's a less DPS check for Nidhogg Ex than there is Sephirot Ex, something released ages ago, which is a problem on its own for a different topic because a big downer is the fact anything you "work hard for" is worthless very soon after. So why do anything that takes an iota of skill? Why not just wait for the catchup patches and do easy content for the halfsteps?
The game sadly doesn't create a progression of "get gud" in order to tackle even the easy "hard" content. Much like Thordan and Sephirot Ex, it's universally accepted that Nidhogg Ex is painfully easy...disappointingly easy, it's just "pay attention to mechanics". There's a less DPS check for Nidhogg Ex than there is Sephirot Ex, something released ages ago, which is a problem on its own for a different topic because a big downer is the fact anything you "work hard for" is worthless very soon after. So why do anything that takes an iota of skill? Why not just wait for the catchup patches and do easy content for the halfsteps?
First, I'm not seeing any widespread problems with Weeping City. Players are clearing this pretty easily now and have been since about a week after the content came out.
Second, it's not universally accepted that Nidhogg Ex is "painfully easy." Quite the opposite. You could say it's universally accepted that Nidhogg Ex is easier than Thordan Ex or Sephirot Ex, but most people I encounter in game describe those battles as extremely difficult. Also, I've yet to encounter a single person (until now) describe Nidhogg Ex as anything but hard. People in my FC who are competent, dedicated players have made it clear that Nidhogg Ex is no joke.
As for Thordan Ex... man, my static needed five weeks and stacks of echo to get through that fight, and that's even with some of us being overgeared for it. Those mechanics are just punishing, and there are so many to memorize. And I've played MMOs long enough to know the folks in my group are actually pretty good players -- we don't have any weak links. To say that fight is just "easy" or "painfully easy" is just LOL.
Edited, Jul 13th 2016 10:28am by Thayos
