What are the three dungeons you like the best?

Say also why you like them!

I'll start :)

1) Pharos Sirius
To me, is a masterpiece! The epicness of music, the encounters mechanics (difficult but not impossible), the awesome bosses cutscenes and the overall feeling to being into that dungeon, makes me no dubt on which one is my own preferite!

2) The Lost City of Amdapor
Here, seems to run into something outside the time itself, feels also like time have stopped there. And the background music gets along with that feeling.

3) Haukke Manor
Exploring the manor, and the feelings of what happens when you open that door first time are quite unique, then any boss you encounter fits perfectly with the overall progression of exploring the manor.

I feel they all are for the most part the same.

1) Labyrinth of the Ancients.
I absolutely love this Raid/dungeon.
The boss fights, the aesthetics, the music (Ohhh, the music. So amazing), everything.
Can't wait for 2.3 to see the next section. Eagerly waiting the redone Crystal Tower theme.

2) Brayflox's Longstop.
Still have fond memories of learning this place when everyone was still new to the game.
We wiped multiple times every run, was great.
Some of the prettiest environments in the game, too.
Can't wait for the new dungeon that is set in the open.

3) Praetorium.
Hard to match how awesome it feels when fighting the Ultima Weapon.
Even after the dozens of times I've been there, I still love fighting it.
The music makes the fight.

1.lost city
2.brayflox hm
3. It's a tie between halati hm/wp/ak

Hmm.. hard to say..

( in no specific order )

- Sunken Temple

I like the total flair to it and the different Mechanics and also the "hidden" chambers and the little Puzzle. I would like way more "Puzzles" and actually complex/more random ones. Sunken Temple is pretty much a "one time" Puzzle, sadly. But yeah.. beside that little Point i really love it.

- Lost City

It is different to the allready existing ones and it has Diabolos!!!.. The dark flair when going down the ramps, together with the pollen outside makes it really unique. Even if i would have liked Diabolos to be a actual Primal ( SE!! MAKE IT ), i am glad they made him "Oldschool", together with the FF8-Flair Animations it is a real fun fight.

- Stone Vigil

I LOVE Snow Areas and Stone Vigil needs a Hard-Mode Version. :)

Lost City - specifically just because of the music lol.

Labyrinth of the ancient - music also ^^;

Praetorium - aaaand music lol.

In no specific order...

Pharos Sirius - Great opening music (if only it looped!), fun bosses and overall enjoyable aesthetics.

Lost City of Amdapor - Entertaining bosses! Also, the overall mood here is just so very nice. The music, the abandoned ruins... I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic settings, more or less. :p

Sunken Temple of Qarn - I just love all the minor things, like the puzzles and hidden passages that come with them. Feels like you're really investigating a recently revealed ruin! It's also the first place which begins introducing more interesting mechanics, both for the trash and the bosses.

Honourable mentions go to Stone Vigil (I love snowy landscapes, old Coerthas sucked in comparison, there, I said it!), Praetorium (Boss rush, woo! Cutscenes, woo!) and Brayflox's Longstop (Can't really put my finger on why, it's just fun).

I think my three are:

- Lost City of Amdapor
- Haukke Manor (normal or hard... but I really like the hard one)
- Praetorum... mostly just for the epicness of the Ultima fight. (reminds me, I still need to do that Minstrel's quest...)

An honorable mention goes to Pharos Sirius for it's amazing atmosphere and mechanics.. but it just doesn't give me the same happy/epic feeling as the others do.

So, It's interesting, as some of you bring up great points, which make me reconsider.

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they all are for the most part the same.

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-I don't think you and I are playing the same game.

Right now, my #1 favourite is Lost City of Amdapor. I've only done it once so far, but the unique mobs in the dungeon, the unique atmosphere, but visually and audibly, as well as the mechanics. The mechanics aren't hard or complex, but they are neat. The Wamoura boss, I was told how to keep threat. It was an all FC run, and the WHM still expected me to mess up. (I'm the tank) and would run away and call out to start killing another Wamoura etc, even though I had it under control (had another Wamoura sitting at 5% hp waiting for the timer on my stacks to get lower) Either way, boat loads of fun.


My Favourite fight right now is probably The Second Binding Coil of Bahamut Turn 1, also known as T6, and Rafflesia. That's a love for the mechanics. my static group can't clear so I pug it at the end of each week which really sucks, but it's better than grinding out some of the other dungeons etc.

Back to Dungeons, #2 and 3 are probably Halatali. no specific order, but NM and HM.

I wish there was more lore, cutscenes, etc for some of these dungeons. Hell, I wish there were more things with cut scenes out side of the main story. Real cut scenes exist in what? Main Story, Class/Job Quests, and hildebrand quests. I would love for there to be references of new dungeons in various cutscenes, and then have separate dungeons with the bosses, to tie the dungeons back into the lore of the game, and build the excitement of finally defeating Jormungund the Terrible or something. (Vs, a brief, horribly introduced dungeon, with text that is plain and uninsteresting, and then a dungeon with random mobs and random bosses.)

Brayflox has decent story in it, but most others are lacking. (For Story content)

Qarn, Brayflox HM, both Haukke Manors.

Stone Vigil, Haukke Manor HM, Halatali HM

Lost City - hell yeah bringing in Diablos
Pharos - Music in that should loop but hella good
Tam Tam - Just cause. . . . it's ol'school

I'm a stickler for past FF references....

1. Lost City of Amdapor... Diabolos!
2. Wonder's Palace... Tonberry!
3. Pharos Sirius... Siren!
Runner up.... Amdapor Keep... Demon Wall!

It's also for this reason that I enjoy Crystal Tower more than Coil.

Halatali Hard.


That is all.

I enjoy quite a few of the dungeons but I'd have to choose

● Lost City of Amdapor. The atmosphere has an eerie feel to it. I love the look, bosses and as most people have mentioned already: music :3
● Brayflox, both normal & hard. First impression of nm was it's so pretty ^^ still enjoy running multiple nm for my alt jobs :)
●Praetorium. Just epic ^^

omg I love most of the dungeons <3 but my top three are still easy to pick as they stood out the most to me~
But I can't pick out on particular favorite so despite using 1, 2 and 3 there is no particular order in my list.

1. Huakke Manor. Love both normal and hard mode
2. Brayflox's Longstop Hard mode...I love the last boss in it. It's a fun fight xD makes me sad people expect me to LB before big bomb to skip the phase. Sometimes I don't even if it makes them mad at me so I can at least enjoy the fight lol
3. Praetorium....has my most favorite fight. Ultima Part 1 before it becomes the boring version in the ring of fire lol it has such a cinematic feel to it xD

Imma go one step further and list my top 3 trials/Raids too!
This one is listed in order unlike the dungeon one :3

1. Garuda Hard Mode. Garuda is hands down my favorite battle. I wish the twisters actually moved though via animation and not just the lil feather that creates the tornado spawning in a different place. other than that I love Garuda and is prolly the only extreme primal I'll ever care to do whenever I happen across a learning party for her lol
2. THORNMARCH! Can't wait to do extreme sometime as well. It's such a chaotically fun battle xD
3. First Coil Turn 3. A lot of people hate this turn. I know it drops no loot but it's fun! I get the feeling of actually exploring the place. I really wish we could explore more. All people want to do is streamline rush to the end of every dungeon lol. Turn 3 could have been really epic if there was more to it....but I already found the platform jumping as we explored our way through quite entertaining x3

Hands down The Binding Coil of Bahamut. Never will I experience a thrill so intense when the boss reaches 10% hp.

Other than that, The Lost City of Amdapor for the amazing music and environment, Praetorium for the Megaman Style continuous boss + epic ending with that music on ultima, and Sunken Temple of Qarn for mechanics. I really hope that gets a HM version for a very, very high level.

Thornmarch gets a honorable mention too, makes me want to sing along everytime and the XM definitely made me twice the healer I once was.

My absolute favorites?

1. Halatali HM. I just love what they did with the place! The bosses have their own unique features (First boss has no AoE markers and you have to actually make an estimated guess about what his ability's range is), second boss requires you to debuff yourself or be paralyzed, and the third boss are just a bunch of ordinary adventurers alongside a hulking beast, which I think is very interesting!

2. Labyrinth of the Ancients. Barring the trolls and the ragers that seem to infest it these days, I really enjoy the design, and Acheron is one of my favorite bosses in the game!

3. Battle on the Big Bridge. Okay, not really a dungeon, but just... it has my favorite character in the entire Final Fantasy franchise, it has his theme song playing throughout the entire run (which I absolutely love!), and it's... just so perfect and fitting.

Lost City of Amdapor:
interesting boss mechanic, unique mobs, overall design and music

Halatali HM:
nice variation of mobs, ability to use the environment to your advantage (falling morningstars), music, the hillarious positions during "Standstill" and the hate towards that Lalafel for casting it nonstop

Sunken Temple of Quarn:
interesting mechanics and boss fights, puzzles

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Originally Posted by Richiealvian

Other than that, The Lost City of Amdapor for the amazing music and environment, Praetorium for the Megaman Style continuous boss + epic ending with that music on ultima, and Sunken Temple of Qarn for mechanics. I really hope that gets a HM version for a very, very high level.

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These are my exact picks and basically the reasons why.

If we're including raids though, Labyrinth of the Ancients deserves a spot. Even the couple trash pulls at the start are a bit more than just standard pulls, and every encounter throughout the rest feels like either a miniboss or full-sized boss. There is no filler. Binding Coil is pretty nuts in that respect too, but there's extra epic to a lengthy 24-man homage dungeon, and I still run LotA for fun even though I no longer need anything from it for my main class. Looking forward to the next one in 2.3.

i cant believe no one said!

sastasha
tam tara
copperbell.

:rolleyes:

Pharos Sirius because of the atmosphere and the built-in dungeon mechanics.

Lost City of Amdapor because of the soundtrack and boss mechanics.

Stone Vigil because I just think that it's a fun dungeon.

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Originally Posted by Luxx

i cant believe no one said!

sastasha
tam tara
copperbell.

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I kinda like Copperbell? It's hilariously stupid easy on Normal (I never need to remove Cleric Stance any time I end up there as WHM), but at least it made an effort to have some 'different' boss fights; and there's a cruel side of me that enjoys watching people blindly flail at the second boss. Sastasha sorta tries too and I've seen overzealous tanks bite off more than they can chew in the wider open areas of it, and I actually look forward to a HM version of it.

EDIT: Remembering Copperbell's second boss suddenly makes the whole "what do you mean I have to NOT attack Levi EX wtf is that" thread a whole lot funnier.

Tamtara is boring as hell though and I'm hoping the HM makes it an actual dungeon with more than one boss and... any interesting details whatsoever, really.

1. both Haukke Manors: I loved the original entrance lore you learn before unlocking the dungeon. The story of it makes the dungeon have a great feel to it
2. both amdapors: again I love the lore that was given so far, and I feel there will be more unique dungeons relating to the Amdapor Civilization

other than those two, 3rd would maybe be Halatali HM. I like the gladiator type theme as you rise through the ranks to fight in the Colosseum

I will also put mine in no specific order, because I like them all.

Pharos Sirius (pre-nerf version): Great atmosphere. This is one of the only dungeons in the game where I truly felt like they did the setting complete justice. It absolutely feels like you are trudging up an over-run lighthouse and dealing with the baddies along the way. The boss mechanics are cool: subtle things like the Zu boss blasting in through the window to belly flop the party before you fight it, the floor with the tyrant with the background of mechanisms (which would pertain to the inner workings of the "light" on top of the lighthouse), the whole siren fight. I actually liked this dungeon much better pre-nerf. The difficulty of trying this dungeon the first time with no pointers was part of the initial appeal for me. I still like the dungeon, but it has lost some of it's luster by making the boss phases more forgiving.

Lost City of Amdapor: Such a beautiful dungeon. The music is among my favorite in the game. I loved the nostalgia I got from fighting a Mimic in there, and from fighting Diabolos. It made me reminisce of the first time I fought him in FFVIII, and the door mechanic is one of my favorite dungeon mechanics so far. The decaying Goobbue is an amazing boss model. This whole dungeon is very visually appeasing to me, and is a welcome departure from the various different models of 'stone walls' and 'dark caves'. It also helps that I played this game on PS3 for 6 months, and this was my first dungeon experience on PS4. The dungeon is beautiful regardless, but the jump in graphical prowess from changing consoles absolutely amplified the experience for me.

Dzemael Darkhold: A number of factors play into why I liked this one. The beginning of the dungeon gives you the feel that it's going to be a cakewalk (which it kind of is..), but as a first timer it did well to alleviate that feeling quickly. The crystal veil areas made me feel like a bow-god, because I could tank adds in them and not really suffer from much damage. The room before the floating eye boss was cool the first time; of course we wiped because we somehow pulled every mob in that room :) The 2nd boss was the first time I felt like I was frantically dodging to save my ass. The last boss of this dungeon was insane going in the first time. I think this might have been the first dungeon I did where everyone in the party had no idea what to do the first time. I think that made this dungeon more memorable for me, because we actually had to figure this thing out with no coaching.

Haukke Manor HM: Loved the haunted mansion creepy vibe and the DPS race on the last boss. Not to mention the laser show with Ash! =D

Temple of Qarn: This was the first dungeon that felt challenging with its interesting mechanics and multiple wipes from those bees and that first boss. Felt like there was actually something to discover in those ruins.

The Aurum Vale: I feel like I'm the only one that likes this dungeon. xD I'm a huge fan of debuffs and DoTs, so this fit like a glove. Plus Morbols are probably my favorite FF enemy. I also liked the tie-in with the cyclops FATE in Coerthas being the 'training' for the second boss.

Runner up—The Lost City of Amdapor: I love the atmosphere—and music—and figuring out the doors in Diabolos was fun, but I didn't get the same feeling of accomplishment like in the other dungeons—probably because we just avoid his ultimate attack. (Why are those doors even there? He should really get rid of them if he wants to win the fight...)

for me it's...

Brayflox's Longstop HM: It's a quick little dungeon with some fun fights and I have to say The first boss (Illuminati Commander) is my favorite. The Bomberman bombs make the fight fun and funny. I'm a little sad this has become THE place to Speed run and get seals, but when you're with a group that doesn't feel everything is a race, it's a lot of fun.

Lost City of Amdapor: I don't run it much due to how slow it is (I'm not complaining, it's a time issue on my end, making LC hard to fit in). but I like most people find the atmosphere and the Diablos fight is the best bit, neat mechanics that on first blush are confusing and a little frustrating, but once you understand it, it's a neat trick and pretty fun

And Believe it or not.... yes Copperbell Mines (NM) I love this dungeon because it is the first one that really asks you to use your head and introduces "Boss Mechanics" How many people here on their very first run through tried to DPS down the blob (no one can hurt "THE BLOB"!) and thought"OMG! KILL THE BOMBS" before figuring out you needed them to kill the blob. and while Satasha introduced Add mitigation, Copperbell teaches the Timed Add concept and actually forces the teaching of, you gotta kill the adds. which made for an early dungeon being actually kinda fun.

Halatali, Cutter's Cry, The Wanderer's Palace. Would like to see Sastasha make a return in the near future with lots more pirates.

Cutter's Cry: 'cause kitting the adds on the first boss as a healer is awesome. The Chimera battle is also cool.
Brayflox Longstop (HM): Again for the boss battles.
Battle on the Big Bridge: Not a dungeon but that fight is hilarious.

1. CT - terrific gameplay, awesome music. Never mind the trolls of course.
2. Halatali Hard - The last boss music. If you know what it is, you rock.
3. Tam-Tara - Sort of reminds me of 1.0 legacy days.

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1. CT - terrific gameplay, awesome music. Never mind the trolls of course.
2. Halatali Hard - The last boss music. If you know what it is, you rock.
3. Tam-Tara - Sort of reminds me of 1.0 legacy days.

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What is that music :0

Brayflox normal.
Lost City of Ampador
Ultima's Ballad.