Yep, I agree with this. Permadeath should be a thing in Ex trials and raids. So yeah, let's do this, and let's also keep the floor 21 start.
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That's the whole point of a gauntlet; it takes a long time. If you reduce the time commitment by too much, it defeats the entire purpose of such a system. On the subject of more difficult floors. I'd love if the spike occurred at floor 61+ or thereabouts, but then we'd have another thread of people whining it's too hard.
31+ are the challange tiers. You either pug it and run it in one go (or try to), or you get people you can run it in parts over a few days.
Thats the way its designed. I personally dont want it to have it broken into 3-4 tiers. That to me just makes it easier to do, not harder, simply by making it "Oh hey, if we make it to 81, I no longer have to do 31-80 and can just restart at 80 over and over.
Thats stupid and less interesting to me cause it drops the stakes at higher floors cause I know Ill have a 'safety' net. IMO, just leave it as it is. I like it that way. If they add another 100 floors after lvl 100, sure, then create a new tier at that point. But until then, leave it be.
If you cant dedicte time to it, thats your problem, not the games. The game has difficulty built in a few different ways. The 'Gauntlet' means you gotta not only dedicate time to it, but also while playing it understand more is riding on you to do it right. If you can start at lvl 81 anytime you want after you hit 80, then you can be more risky and less observant in what youre doing. You have the safety net. But if wiping means you gotta start back at 21, that means you gotta be more meaningful and use better judgement to succeed. Cause you dont want ot redo all of that.
Furthemore, if time is such a huge deal to you, get some friends and do a few hours at a time then take a break. There is no rule that says you have to run 21-100 all in one sitting. Thats on you. Again, if you cant dedicate the time, then thats on you, not the game.
All it takes is one guy skipping out on you and it's back to the start for you.
This is a thing that happens very, VERY often.
Getting the same people back together the next day is nigh-impossible.
So good luck with that, i can't even get past 50 without someone leaving, and that's the end of that, start over.
Managing the party is harder than the content itself.