Bozjan and Older Content

Just like how the level 50 ARR MSQ missions were reworked, I believe Side Content like Bozjan, Eureka, and other large party-based content needs to be reworked so that as the content becomes older and fewer people are around to do it there is still a way for those who come back to it or are new to it can still reliably play it and not be hindered because of a lack of other players attempting it.

I spent 30 minutes in Bozjan today before maybe 6 of us decided to attempt
Castrum Lacus Litore, 3 at the top 3 at the bottom, it didn't go well.

I don't dislike the content but you have to remember also that the field report is percentage-based item drops, and if you can't even get enough people to do the content, imagine the few who will do it and then you ask them to keep running it until you get the field report you need, yeah it ain't going to go that way most of the time.

The system isn't bad for most of these filler content sub-systems but as time goes on so will the player base move on, and I'd just like to make sure this stuff was still as fun and exciting as when it first dropped.

Castrum Lacus Litore can be comfortably done with four people, actually. Your problem boiled down to there being no one with the skill/motivation to organize the group and ensure everyone is using good essences and actions, which can happen in groups of 40 just as well as 4.

What I think would actually help most for Bozja is to make it possible to buy Forgotten Fragments of Preparation from the bozja gil vendors, and add some as quest rewards, because those are a rank 1 appraisal with two possible results: Resistance Potions (a 45s CD regen that lasts for 40s) and Resistance Phoenixes (an instant resurrection that can be used on anyone else in combat, but requires you to be roughly standing on top of them, and you can bring like 20 of them with you at once).

The biggest problem small groups have is that most people unfamiliar with bozja don't understand that it is trivial to heal yourself and to revive others, which cascades into a lot of preventable deaths and wipes. 6 people who can approximately self sustain and can also help each other out are much better at clearing CLL in a small group than six who did not understand that it's possible to both bring things that do damage while also taking care of yourself.

Eureka has a similar issue: if you have a single person willing to direct the instance, everything is far easier. It doesn't actually require a large group, just one person who speak up in shout chat about where people should go. Also, again, put the Eureka Potions on your hotbar.

They could just make this a duty support too, something I thought about after running it a few times.