THANK YOU for the Deep Dungeon!

I ran it with 2 FC friends last night and we had a lot of fun. :)

It's not the type of content I see myself doing full runs of frequently due to its length but it's definitely something I'm glad to have added to the game. I'm looking forward to the continuations.

Did our first foray into DD last night with FC group. All tanks. Was awesome. Only got through 21-30 before calling it a night but what we did we liked. not having a healer really we were slightly squeamish heading into the third level, we played it old school like XI. Pull mob, kill, heal, repeat. We enjoyed that. No rushing it, took some time, had some laughs, did some stupid shit. Excited to jump back in tonight. After this run we'll do a proper setup for speed, good place for just spare exp and all the tomes you'd want for relic.

For me, it will be just a "many thanks" to Soken for the amazing music (5 or more ?) he created for Deep Dungeon.
I'am just a bit disappointed we have to listen again the music from the other dungeons, especially when some don't have to be there (like Pharos Sirius theme).
The experience could have been more unique and more "Whaou" with just the new music (one for every 10 levels).
To be honest, with the old music, I have the impression Deep Dungeon become just a random dungeon without identity.

So, please, if it's possible, let only the new music Deep Dungeon Theme for Deep Dungeon and remove the other.

I can't agree, Ceasaria. Cause 50 floors of the same track is monotonous, literally. I'm glad for the break up in tone.

Anyways, tossing my chips in here. I'm enjoying myself. This content got me back into the game and playing. It will also help me catch up a bit gearing wise, as I hate the concept of keeping weapons as a carrot, while throwing loads of incremental armor and accessory upgrades.

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Originally Posted by aesteval

PLD and WHM boost vs undead. ;-) I get what you're saying and am mildly heckling.

Seems like ideas like the examples would be best suited for having a group required. Nothing wrong with making a preformed party consider their composition. I wonder if it may do too much to hinder the prospect of solo play though (but maybe that should be a slightly detached variation on the dungeon.

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They could always give a couple of random items to solo players in a chest at the start.

The ending made me a lil ;-;

Ran it with several friends last night for a few hours. had to keep restarting the first floor for other people, but honestly it's probably my new favorite content. Takes me back to old school dungeon crawling. So far everyone I've ran it with really enjoys the fact that some attention has to be played since we're not running with the standard comps. The near wipes from sudden bombs and silence/pacify during pulls had us all yipping.

Then we got to floor 15 and saw "Abilities disabled".

Honestly I hope the stick with this as regular content. Bonus shot out to being able to test a class in 2 hours versus 2 weeks.

I don't see how people can't like DD. its a great way to cap out on Lore,eso,poetics for the week. Plus it gives a nice chunk of XP if you're trying to level a class. So that means no boring fate or dungeon grinding..but.. eh Deep dungeon grinding?

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I don't see how people can't like DD.

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Because the hardcores only want content that's so tightly tuned that you can't make progress without hours of playtime per day and a dedicated static.

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Originally Posted by RayneLittlewinkle

I don't see how people can't like DD. its a great way to cap out on Lore,eso,poetics for the week. Plus it gives a nice chunk of XP if you're trying to level a class. So that means no boring fate or dungeon grinding..but.. eh Deep dungeon grinding?

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Probably because some are treating it like it was supposed to be endgame style content when it was not. It currently works like an alternative way to level alt classes, alt characters and new players through a mystery dungeon style feature, one that does not require the generic typical dungeon party setup of 1 tank, 1 healer and 2 DPS. An alternative to fate grinding etc too. Level 60's can do it to help with getting their i235's etc or if really bored of running the same highly pre-scripted and pre-determined dungeons for tomes, they can do it to party up with their low level friends too without needing a full party but the first 50 floors are really for helping level alt characters/classes and new players with more variety and randomness than typical dungeons I think.

Some probably had unrealistic expectations or had never played a mystery dungeon game before which is what this feature is based on. We will have to wait and see how the other 150 turn out but it will probably remain in the format of a mystery dungeon instead of a typical dungeon. There is also the fact some people will just whine for the sake of whining, some people who wanted something different, got this which is something different but now are falling back on the excuse it is not different enough...I put many of those types within the 'can't please everyone all of the time' category because no matter what SE introduces it often won't be good enough for them. It is not like it cannot be improved...but some people will just never be happy no matter what SE does in my opinion.

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Because the hardcores only want content that's so tightly tuned that you can't make progress without hours of playtime per day and a dedicated static.

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And this forum is full of them. Sadly they try and flavor all content though their lenses and don't realize that there are people playing this at all levels and play styles. I'm going to try leveling whm on my alt from level 1 just to see how quickly i can level it. Even if it helps get me to level 15 quickly where I can then start leveling roulette and not have to fate grind my way to 15 it'll be a sweet change.

I also think it's a nice addition to new players who aren't in Heavensward and who get little in the way of new content given most new additions are level 60 focused and expansion centered.

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I'm going to try leveling whm on my alt from level 1 just to see how quickly i can level it. Even it it helps get me to level 15 where I can then start leveling roulette and not have to fate grind my way to 15 it'll be a sweet change,

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i normally hunt log 1-10 but i the 10-15 stretch is tough since the hunt log isn't enough. would've loved to have this as an option back when i still had jobs to level.

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I'm going to try leveling whm on my alt from level 1 just to see how quickly i can level it.

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I tried poking in as solo WHM my first time in to take a look and get some exp. I was promptly ambushed and killed. XD I'm going to have to give it another shot now that my gear strength has increased.

I love it as well. Thank you Dev team! I'm enjoying my dungeon crawl very much. Those slimes... they stopped me from running headfirst into rooms and my friend wanted to kill me himself, but that just upped the charm of Deep Dungeon for him and I.

Plus the tomes. I might actually cap this week without even trying (It's a good week if I break 100 tomes these days). 2 thumbs up.

its fun and its not too stressing that you feel like your left out of any content that gives decent high lvl gear.

I likes.

Got done with all the floors last night was so much fun thanks SE

tbh i think i like the randomness of the match making as opposed to the preformed parties.
It gives a little bit of a challenge as you dont know what sort of extra 'god aweful luck' you will get and one of the challenges is adapting to that crappy luck.

The first day i went with all match making PTs. The odd parties got chaotic at times but i guess thats where your skills shine.
You cant really discover much challenges if your in a snuggly pre formed party.

I also wanted to add my thanks to this post.

Im enjoying DD a lot.

I thought this needed to be said, needed to added with the copious amounts of negative posts. Thanks OP and Thanks SE

I must say I like it a lot.

Sure, it's a bit mindless, only approaching standard dungeon difficulty on the last (for now) floor set, but it's a refreshing change from endgame-only updates. For 60 classes it's a nice, relaxing way to earn your weekly Lore while working towards a free i135 weapon/glamour and some accompanying materia, and for alt classes, particularly DPS, it's seems to be a decent levelling alternative to long queues and fate grinds.

I'm back! My fc and I ran all the way to floor 50 last night. We were using a balanced party comp (we proly didn't need a healer except for those nasty landmines while pulling mobs). Took us about 3 1/2 hours we took a small break between floors. Think my weapon by the end was a +12 and my armor was +11 can't remember atm. So roughly 3 runs for a i235 weapon=easy money. Looking forward to more can't wait.

I like it a lot too. I love how there is no specific role you need to join a party so everyone gets faster queue times. It reminds me a lot of FFXI where you sometimes just have to make due with whoever you can find to get EXP or progress, it felt more like a open world when things weren't so controlled. The control nature of FFXIV does have its perks, but it's nice to have freedom for some content and I fill this is a step in the right direction.

Another amazing thing is there are no gear requirements meaning people can just jump in and play with their friends and have a good time without worrying if they are l33t or not. Good job, SE. :D

I love seeing threads like this. Yes, thanks to all the wonderful people who work on this game! I was looking forward to Palace of the dead pretty much since it was announced. Is it perfect? Far from it, but as it stand its a fun little distraction with pretty decent rewards. I personally am probably going to grind out a weapon for my alt class and then wait for the later floors to be released. Its really great that you can level up a class and work towards a weapon that will serve as an entry point to endgame all at once.

I'm having a lot of fun with it so far and I really like how random the parties I get grouped with are. It was funny going from no healers in one group to having 2 the next.

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I'm having a lot of fun with it so far and I really like how random the parties I get grouped with are. It was funny going from no healers in one group to having 2 the next.

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i had 3 healers in 31-40 floors last night was fun being the only dps lolbut in saying that had no heals for next floors :( wiped on final boss with about 30% hp left.... 3 of them got hit by the cold feet and in health combo lol

Just passing by to say that I got my first weapon! yay!

http://i.imgur.com/HrRqY6S.png

Also loving it. (And as an aside, I have to say that "Disembodied Head Resonator" is the most awesomely disturbing item name ever.)

I, too, love palace of the dead and I concur with magickman from state of the realm podcast that this is a brilliant new content that is open for all players and not just max level ones. If I'm disappointed in anything is how a part of the community has "appreciated" it, makes you feel like we can't have nice things :(