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The problem with hard stuff in FF14

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There is a problem with hard stuff in FF14, and no, it's NOT the difficulty. Well ok, hard stuff IS hard, but that's not what this blog is about, partially. No, the problem with hard stuff is.....the TIME you get to really DO it!

Yes! If you have been playing this game for a while and actually do hard content, then you know time is a critical factor if you will actually be able to clear said content easily.

Why is this? Simple. People go Gaga over new crap that comes out and really, REALLY want to clear it as quickly as possible. So tons and TONS of parties will show up on Party Finder for said new content giving ample opportunities to partake in the new and shiny content.

But after time as people get their clears and exhaust their interest in the content, those PF's start drying up becoming fewer and fewer. Eventually they go away only cropping up once in a awhile as late comers try to get any experience with the now old content.

People, this happens time and time again. I see it ALL the time. With new trials, with new dungeons, with new Unreals, it don't matter WHAT it is. Within a few weeks the interest goes bye bye and it becomes very very difficult for people, especially soloers, to have a chance to try out the stuff, much less clear it.

Now some things last longer than others, Savage stuff being one of them. Ex primals usually last like a month too, but the other stuff tends to go away in a couple of weeks, especially if the rewards for them are crap. If the rewards are crap, there is no point to run them again so people don't.

Now with the new hard Criterion dungeon stuff, we have coins to get, so at least SOME incentive to run them. But even this does not help much. Why? Simple, clearing the bosses. As people learn the bosses, they want PFs that give prog on the LATER ones. So you end up seeing prog pf's for boss 2 or 3. If you have not done 1 yet, oh well, OUT of luck! Also farm groups are showing up, so you better know ALL the bosses perfectly for maximum farming speed!

If you have not done the hard version of CD, those fights are about EX level in difficulty, and you got THREE of them to do to finish the dungeon! Yeah, NOT easy for people learning them. And if you are late to the party, good luck getting Silkie prog parties a month from now, cause you ain't going to learn Silkie's bitch moves with out progging them, even WITH a guide!

I don't mind telling you, it is soooooo frustratiing have to DO this, pushing yourself to get it done fast, fast, fast to have a decent chance to actually clear it.

I won't lie. it is HELL on me since it takes me a VERY long time to learn hard content. Trying to do hard stuff for hours and hours burns me out and is NOT very fun. But if I don't, I won't get the groups needed to have any chance to clear this crap

Sadly though I have been sick these last couple of weeks, and that has REALLY affected my playing. Now much you say? Enough to say I am absolute shit now trying to do anything in the game. Hell, even Aria is tired of me sucking so much. I was sooooo bad this past Wednesday trying to get the 12th mark on the normal criterion dungeons, that I died over 8 times on the last boss.

Yeah, NOT a stellar moment. See wife, I DID mention you carried me, so THERE! Phhhhhht!

Sigh, something is off with me. My reactions are too slow and I just can't see mechanic patterns very well. Maybe it's the illness, maybe it's the drugs. Hell, maybe it's just age! Whatever it is, it makes me NOT want to try anything in the game anymore. Hell, I just CANNOT beat that stupid Silkie either in the hard dungeon after THREE hours of trying! UGH! (CRY!)

So yeah, the longer I wait, the less chance I will see a clear of this new content. Oh well, maybe it was just meant to be. At least I hope I can clear the normal crap to get that stupid Silkie mount. Just TWO more to go!

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Arturia Crossroads

Faerie [Aether]

I threw my back out carrying you woman, I better get a mention!

Bear Ironfist

Faerie [Aether]

Grab some friends, hop on discord, and keep at it! You clear MINE, you can do this!

Annabel Ashcroft

Faerie [Aether]

Ok FINE! Yes people, Aria CARRIED me through that 12th dungeon! I would have NEVER got through it without her, Satisfied?

Yeah Bear, I can hope. But right now I am playing REALLY badly and just hate burdening people with my suckiness, especially on hard 4 man content where each person is so important.

Plus I have to go as healer since I have no DPS's with 610 gear. Cause SOMEONE wants me to go back to Lala to have incentive to make it for me! BAH!

Annabel Ashcroft

Faerie [Aether]

One interesting thing about the hard and savage Criterion dungeons that may make it last are the rewards from the coins, specifically the throne mount since you can actually sell it on the market board.

That thing is so hard to get that it is going for an obscene amount of money, currently 100 million gil and I bet it may raise as fewer people do the content.

With THAT much profit, people are trying to learn the dungeon to be able to farm it for the coins to buy the mount.
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