Once people release guides then those ways will become the new meta on how to do the fractal(s). It’s no different than when they revamped AC and people were constantly failing at spider queen until someone found a way to kitten the mechanic and stack in a corner to faceroll it.
That’s utter crap. Fractals was and is nothing like other pve. There may be certain ways to do it, and those ways have hardly changed. But just because a group goes through he right motions doesn’t mean they can face roll it like any other dungeon.
With instabilities and mob scaling fractals is about knowing when and which skills to use which is hugely diverse among pug groups.
If 1 member of the group isn’t using necessary damage mitigation or isn’t outputting the expected dps it will show.
That’s why people get kicked.
Fractals is about individual skill making up a solid team which is why lower levels tend to be slower and less efficient.
Pre patch and post patch to an extent in 30-40+ were usually faster and smoother due to a better overall individual performance.
No random guide or meta will compensate for that unless it is game breaking.
I do agree with you that it’s nothing like open world PvE where people can just zerg to win. However, fractals are pretty much the same as dungeons. They’re in a slightly different format but essentially the same. There is the addition of agony resistance, which can be negated with AR, and instabilities.
Instabilities do not really change the overall methodology to overcome obstacles. If you have to stand on two pressure plates to open up a cage for someone to use a switch to open of a door, instabilities do not change this. They’re just another handicap for you to overcome. I guess another example would be for the Queen’s Gauntlet and those handicaps.
Obviously seeing/reading about something is much different than actually doing something. I assumed that everyone knew this so I did not add that clarification in my post. I was unfortunately mistaken for choosing not to do so and I apologize for the confusion I created for you.
The actual point that I was trying to make in that post was that people were struggling when AC got revamped and they couldn’t get past the spider queen. Someone came up with the idea you could stack in the corner and completely negate the only thing that was dangerous about her fight; the poison pools. People learned to do this and can now, for the most part, efficiently do it every time. To summarize: people struggled, someone came up with a solution, people attempted it and eventually got it down.
It’s no different than what will likely occur with the fractals. Someone will find a better way to get past an obstacle (e.g. dredge bomb room), it doesn’t matter whether it’s an exploit or not, and that strategy will become the new meta. Like everything, it will take practice to do it, but people will get the hang of it. Nothing in this game is really that difficult.
Yes an individuals skill level contributes to the success of a team assuming they’re working together as a team. A guide helps them out as they will know how to do something which is where groups in lower fractals struggle a lot. I know that the 1-9 tier groups struggle because people don’t know how to do the fractals. The fractals tend to be very easy at this level so the struggle is mitigated to a degree.
Learning to play your class correctly and work as a team is something that is not unique to just fractals. People have posted guides on builds and effective strategies that they use to mitigate damage and help their teams. Just look at some of the video guides where people actually walk you through some instances in dungeons/fractals and how they handle it.
