Umbrellas...? And less content...?

Are you telling me you actually enjoy dungeons?

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Originally Posted by Khalithar

Hell yeah fly around like Mary Poppins. XD

They could even re-use the animations from the rideable drones in the nier 24m.

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I was thinking the exact same thing! Even had to edit my post because it pretty much echoed yours xD

I'll be pretty disappointed if umbrellas are a mount since that would limit where it can be used significantly - I took this to mean we're finally getting some kind of idle animation that allows us to use an umbrella when it's raining, or a parasol.

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Originally Posted by MPK

Are you telling me you actually enjoy dungeons?

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This so much. I'm sure 90% of the population don't enjoy dungeons at all, since all they want is to get out of there as fast as possible to reap their rewards and be done with it.

And dungeons are content which becomes completely obsolete pretty fast. We have a load of them nobody does, it's always only the cap ones and the rest forgotten unless the roulette puts you there. If they can invest resources on content that may actually last over time (and imho all this plan on giving more crafting and gathering activities for all levels does just that, for example) I think it will be much better.

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Originally Posted by Sated

I'll be pretty disappointed if umbrellas are a mount since that would limit where it can be used significantly - I took this to mean we're finally getting some kind of idle animation that allows us to use an umbrella when it's raining, or a parasol.

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The perfect thing would be to have both.

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Originally Posted by MPK

Are you telling me you actually enjoy dungeons?

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Yes I'm telling you I actually enjoy dungeons, and to that end I actually love the game.

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Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus

Oh my I have.

Expert are the 2 above

leveling is always...always Sastasha or 1000 maws

50/60/70 is Aetherochemical Research 9/10

Trials is King Mog 4/5 times and titan the other 1

The list goes on. The only time I see variation we get the new "new player" message.

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That's down to personal luck. If there really were "default dungeons", everyone would see the same pattern. We don't.

Your chances of getting particular dungeons are driven by two things:

1. What people are queuing for, and

2. What people have unlocked.

Everyone in leveling roulette has unlocked Sastasha. Most have unlocked Toto-Rak. Less have reached the upper levels, and those who have still only need one lower-leveled person out of four (or eight or twenty-four) to drag the whole group down again.

50/60/70 roulette is unlocked as soon as you have unlocked two dungeons from the list. For anyone rushing through MSQ and not picking up optional dungeons, that means either Snowcloak or Keeper of the Lake - two dungeons I see very frequently in the roulette. ARF is the third guaranteed addition to the list.

My experience with trials is much more varied. Ifrit is common, as is Susano.

When we had the Arboretum (Hard) as part of Experts, chances leant heavily towards that because everybody wanted the garden partition.

And my recent experience leveling a DPS 70-80 almost entirely through the leveling roulette is that as I approach the front of the queue I am quite likely to 'jump' several spots and get called into a Lv70+ dungeon - presumably because I'm the first person in the queue who is eligible for the spot they need filled.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Umbrellas are potentially a mount, they were mentioned years ago as a possibility but nothing came of it. So I reckon they might also be cosmetic.

As for one less dungeon per patch, I do hope it means we get more content elsewhere as well as more character customisation.

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I hope they are not mounts, it rains in cities too...

To be fair, dungeons are basically useless once you get your 460/470 gear. I would much rather see them try new things (or fix current things i.e. Hrothgar/Viera) then to continue giving us garbage dungeons that do nothing other than expert roulette fodder. I am excited to try the new trials coming, and I am slowly getting all of my crafter /gatherers up to try the new content for them. I am also glad to see they are trying to make PvP more interesting, as I would love for it to be more popular than it is.

The only thing I hope for currently is better customization for Hrothgar specifically so I can be the cat dad I want to be.

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Originally Posted by Bonbori

Clearly they meant Umbrella Corporation, confirming a Resident Evil crossover!

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*Squeals in t-Virus*

Unlikely and would seem out of place but the thought is cool.