Future Hard Mode Dungeons

I would like to see FINALLY some of the 1.0 stuff come back. When the development team makes Cutters Cry, Dzemael Darkhold, and Aurum Vale HARD MODE please consider the 1.0 Dungeon style. The mechanics really made a team of players think and work together.
For instance In DD The second boss and the ghost, positioning, and constantly moving around and re-positioning the boss to adjust to the adds.

I definitely feel like that added a very interesting aspect to those dungeons in 1.0! I think that coupled with the no random server lag would bring an extraordinary experience!

As someone who didn't play in 1.0, what made them different? What is "the 1.0 dungeon style"? I'm curious because I do think the current dungeons, while having some fun mechanics, are a bit cookie-cutter sometimes. Any examples you could share? :)

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Originally Posted by Mertrodome

As someone who didn't play in 1.0, what made them different? What is "the 1.0 dungeon style"? I'm curious because I do think the current dungeons, while having some fun mechanics, are a bit cookie-cutter sometimes. Any examples you could share? :)

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The dungeons just had gimmicks the new versions don't, but the old versions were endgame when they were implemented and intended to be more difficult.

Off the top of my head:

• In Darkhold the All-seeing eye or another invincible Ahriman were throughout the entire dungeon (the other one put a ton of status effects on anyone in the AOE) and they were present in the boss fight.
• Cutter's Cry's sandpits would damage HP, MP, or send you back to the start of the dungeon.
• The areas with the yellow...stuff... in Aurum Vale had a strong, permanent DoT effect whenever you were in those rooms. Eating Morbol fruits in the side rooms would temporarily reduce the DoT potency.

also in DD one of the boss mechanics where many wiped ... the ghost would appear in outside of arena and everyone would have to be inside against the boss that did lots of damage, when ghost disappeared u would have to re-position the whole party when the ghost would reappear in the center of the room. Rinse and Repeat until boss killed you or you killed boss lol

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Originally Posted by Estellios

The dungeons just had gimmicks the new versions don't, but the old versions were endgame when they were implemented and intended to be more difficult.

Off the top of my head:

• In Darkhold the All-seeing eye or another invincible Ahriman were throughout the entire dungeon (the other one put a ton of status effects on anyone in the AOE) and they were present in the boss fight.
• Cutter's Cry's sandpits would damage HP, MP, or send you back to the start of the dungeon.
• The areas with the yellow...stuff... in Aurum Vale had a strong, permanent DoT effect whenever you were in those rooms. Eating Morbol fruits in the side rooms would temporarily reduce the DoT potency.

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Personally, I could do without such..."fun" augmentations.

The sandpits sending you back to the start of the dungeon sounds really funny actually. I'd love to see that.

I hate Aurun Vale :(

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Originally Posted by Andevom

Personally, I could do without such..."fun" augmentations.

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The only one I hated with a passion was the sending-you-back sandpits, the rest were pretty cool challenges and awareness checks. I think we could use more gimmick dungeons like Wanderer's Palace, to be honest.

Yes please!

I would love to have actually hard 4-man content in this game, they are called hard mode dungeons after all. Right now they give crappy gear and have no challenge in them at all, stone vigil hm actually feels a great deal easier than the normal one.

Would make them more relevant, instead of just run through farm content that becomes dull really easily.