Thank you for the more engaging dungeons.

Even though the formula is the same, the fights in the dungeons this time around feel like a much more fun challenge to play through.

Thank you for listening at least in part, the game doesn't need to be a giant snooze fest that puts everyone to sleep in normal mode.

Please keep the expert dungeons at a challenging level, the name EXPERT should mean something.

Out of all the negative things about the story in Dawntrail all my circles are unanimously positive the dungeons are more fun so far. Keep it up please.

Not that much different from previously. Just a tiny higher intensity, and more damage from avoidable attacks.

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyTank

Not that much different from previously. Just a tiny higher intensity, and more damage from avoidable attacks.

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Yet it's effective at making people actually respect the mechanics when you're 2 shot or 1 shot with enough vuln stacks instead of 3 shot.

EW was pretty boring dungeonwise because the mechanics weren't that deadly, it's less of the case now.

I agree. The last few dungeons in particular felt like the closest thing to what I want for story content as a baseline in terms of difficulty.

People expecting much more from this in story mode are expecting too much imo. Even small change is massive for story content and quite welcome.

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Originally Posted by Dogempire

Yet it's effective at making people actually respect the mechanics when you're 2 shot or 1 shot with enough vuln stacks instead of 3 shot.

EW was pretty boring dungeonwise because the mechanics weren't that deadly, it's less of the case now.

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A couple of bosses definitely put me in my place, though it didn't take more than one wipe with my Trusts to get with the program. Either way, it has definitely been refreshing. I think the instanced content in DT has found a great balance between challenge and fun.

It's nice having to actually pay attention and not just go on autopilot like in EW.

I spammed the Dawntrail dungeons multiple times to hit 100 on Sage today before all my friends got on to do the first extreme trial. I enjoyed it the entire time. It's so nice not just being a 1 button DPS who occasionally hits one of my 12 "refill health" buttons when the unavoidable AoE comes out. This has been Dawntrail's biggest improvement for me. The extreme trial was friggin fantastic too! Absolutely made use the entire healing toolkit!

Hell, I ran Tender Valley and had two DPS that died upwards of 7 or 8 times from overlapping AoE's on the first boss. It was hilarious. More of these shenanigans please.

Of the current level 100 dungeons, I'd say the only hard fights are the first boss in Alexandria (due to rather tightly timed mechanic overlaps) and the second fight in Strayborough Deadwalk as it can be hard to keep track of both of the teacups...

There are a few things that exist just to mess over first timers, such as Tender Valley's first boss' AoEs actually being much bigger than what they initially show...

Don't know if I'm the only one, but I didn't really see an increase in difficulty. That said, I still enjoyed the new bells and whistles. The fights feel a bit more involved. Transitioning between the fights getting more varied is also a very welcome change.

Now the one thing I really wish got changed is the text in the middle of the screen being a toggle. I'm happy if it helps people and it should totally continue being a thing. But I personally find it more of a distraction and in a game where UI is normally so customizable, I have no idea why I cannot remove this one particular thing.

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Originally Posted by Ath192

Even though the formula is the same, the fights in the dungeons this time around feel like a much more fun challenge to play through.

Thank you for listening at least in part, the game doesn't need to be a giant snooze fest that puts everyone to sleep in normal mode.

Please keep the expert dungeons at a challenging level, the name EXPERT should mean something.

Out of all the negative things about the story in Dawntrail all my circles are unanimously positive the dungeons are more fun so far. Keep it up please.

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While they are harder, it's only because players didn't over-gear like they would have if they weren't up-to-date on the expansion. The most frustrating stuff however was the chains of AOE's that appear for only a moment.