Favorite Dungeons?

Let's post a happy topic for a change! What are your favorite dungeons? The dungeons that you love it when you get them in a roulette.

Some of my favorites are Brayflox NM and HM, Sunken Temple NM, Stone Vigil NM, Wanderer's Palace and Amdapor Keep NM, Pharos NM, Copperbell HM, Lost City, Tam-Tara HM, Keeper, the Vault, Gubal Library and Arboretum.

I'd say Keeper is prob my favorite all of all of them, because of the shortness of the dungeon and the lore aspect.

Hands down my favorite dungeon is Pharos Sirius normal.

It's a unique setting even in fantasy games (a steampunk lighthouse falling apart because it's been pierced by a huge fragment of magical crystal that is zombifying survivors, all while a mythological creature has moved in and is brain washing visitors into servitude with the power of song!), it has epic music, an adrenaline pumping atmosphere with rubble falling and smoke, great boss and trash mechanics (the elementals with huge tank busters, puddings that split apart, broken gas lines that release exploding gas, and monsters that jump out at you from the floor are all used for trash encounters!).

It was really well designed dungeon that set the bar high for future patches.

Oh hey, I just saw you in Coertha's earlier today ^^ And xD why so many goblinian's (#dunnowhattocallus) on right now!

As for dungeons, I actually like Sohm Al... I know... I'm weird. Maybe it's because I've only run it with friends so far, so I haven't had a bad experience there yet.
And Keeper.... I've only had bad experiences there lol. All 3 times I've done it, it was at least an hour long adventure.

My favorite dungeon pre HW is and has always been Stone Vigil normal (yay dragons!!). On 3.0 my favourite dungeon is The Aery (YAY MORE DRAGONS!!).

Aetherochemical Research Facility is definitely my favourite but I like the tam tara ones and amdapor ones too. Fractal Continuum probably after all those.

Lost City of Amdapoor and Arboretum. The music <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Pharos Sirius (normal) it is ^^/

was better pre-nerf, but still fun and a beautiful location

Lost City of Ampador, Aurum Vale, Snowcloak, both versions of Pharos, Vault, Saint Moc.

Aurum Vale and Keeper of the Lake.

Sastasha HM hands down. Yarrr!

Huakke Manor (NM). Just going through I had the constant feeling of mystery and excitement. Each diverse path made me antsy for what I would discover and gave me anticipation for the rest of the dungeon. Going to the basement was awesome, its not Resident Evil tier level scary, in fact it wasn't scary, but it definitely made me expect the worse to happen (In a good way lol). Backtracking, using keys to open doors (optional ones too!), even the optional corridor upstairs, it was like an actual haunted mansion from a movie and was just a great ride the first time going through. Even now I have fun doing it over thinking about my first experience with it.

Shame dungeons are less innovative now, sticking with the linear dungeon style. Maybe SE is feeling spiteful since alot of people hated Final "Hallway" so much. :/

In no order except for Lost City cuz I love it:

Lost City of Amdapor
Haukke Manor (NM and HM)
Tam Tara HM
Aetherochemical Research Facility
Fractal Continuum
St Mocianne's Arboretum

In terms of atmosphere: Lost City of Amdapor. (Runner up: Saint Mocianne's Arboretum.)

In terms of music: Snowcloak. (Runner up: Great Gubal Library. Love me some jazz)

In terms of bosses: The Vault. (Runner up: Hmm, The Aery was the first one that popped in my head. Wish the last boss was a bit more challenging though, given who he was)

Story-wise: Aetherochemical Research Facility. (Runner up: Praetorium)

Brayflox story mode and I'll tell you why.

Because it's well designed. There are multiple paths, sorta. There are multiple goals (again, sorta). You can choose whether to go for a full clear or not. You can choose to get optional treasures. You can choose to save goblins for another chest that might contain a green gear piece. Or you can straight boss rush through the whole thing. The pulls are stationed close enough and they're small enough that you can take one or more as you see fit.

From a purely mechanical point of view it's an extremely well designed dungeon and it's the example other dungeons should follow.

Stone Vigil HM, Haukke Manor normal, Pharos Sirius HM, Wanderer's Palace HM.

Sastascha HM for the pirates. Keeper of the Lake for ... that one big dragon. Halatali Hm because its actually quite relaxing. The Vault because of the church setting. Aurum Vale is also a good one.

Dont like the "futuristic" dungeons so much, but really enjoy the dungeons which (kind of) have a setting that can be found in the open world.

Snowcloak, I love the music there.
Tam Tara HM, the atmosphere of this dungeon is top notch. The BGM, the lore, the encounters, the bosses! Everything about it is creepy and I love it.
Aurum Vale, at first it was just a regular dungeon. I had no strong feelings one way or another. Then I started healing and since I didn't hate it and rage quit and I could keep everyone alive, people liked me! Plus it's nice when call on you in FC or LS.

I'm going to cheat technically it's a raid but Syrcus Tower I used to really enjoy when that was a big thing. The music and visuals are beautiful and it wasn't particularly difficult for most people apart from the first boss when one party seems to get all the ice for some reason and no other healers have the mind to support the party with two frozen healers but I loved doing that one.

Others I've enjoyed over time Cutter's Cry, Keeper of the Lake (Even though everyone seems to hate it for some reason), Qarn HM, Fractal Continuum, The Vault, Wanderers Palace both normal and hard mode.

Best dungeon for me is Wanderers Palace NM (because HM just sorts of annoying lol) because I'm a scholar :3
Tam Tara HM is great as well for atmosphere
Aetherochemical Research Facility music and the coil crossover boss <3

Most others I got sick of due to regularly running them in DRs... even started to RQ if I get AGAIN Brayflox NM in DR leveling... getting it 6/7 times is so damn grrrr and even made me stop doing DR leveling at all these days :/

Cutter's Cry because skill >= dps

I have also liked Pharos, not the latest one however. And City Of Ak is also great because of the atmosphere as is Snowcloak

Lunatic Pandora!! Yarrrr!

Pharos Sirius (NM/HM) : I like them both for the soundtrack that is one of the best in this game. The story of Pharos NM is also quite nice and interesting.
Tam-Tara (HM) : that storyline was FFXIV magnum opus, it was really the only time I was that much invested in a dungeon story instead of just waltzing through it, murder everything, leave. Add to that the legendary cutscene at the end that is one of my favourite moment in the game. I really hope that SE makes another dungeon in the same vein as this one.
Sohm Al : I really enjoy the scenery and the music, the bosses are also fun and it's clearable fast so it makes it even better.
Arboretum : one of the most beautiful dungeon in my opinion, it feels nice to have a fully "green" dungeon.

Hullbreaker Isle. Lovely scenery and great music a happy combination make. I like Lost City of Amdapor for much the same reasons.
I also really like Neverreap. It's just a really pretty place, particularly if it pops as day is breaking and rosy-fingered dawn creeps across the sky. I know much of the community is sick of Neverreap but I'm always happy to see it come up in my roulette. I also like how it's visible from the Sea of Clouds, that azure outcropping curling up into the sky all the way out there. Lovely.

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Originally Posted by Iagainsti

Lunatic Pandora!! Yarrrr!

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All jokes aside, that part of FFVIII is among my favories too.

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Originally Posted by Twilite

All jokes aside, that part of FFVIII is among my favories too.

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I know eh, the story to that game is still my fav;

all seriousness, I know it's not a dungeon but T9 because the music is just sublime.

Pharos Sirius NM, Sohm Al, and Wanderer's Palace NM are all my favorites.

I actually do miss the days when the Tonberry Stalkers were much more formidable. I was hoping when they announced WP HM it would be a dungeon of DPS checks and a horde of stalkers on your heels.

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Originally Posted by Iagainsti

I know eh, the story to that game is still my fav;

all seriousness, I know it's not a dungeon but T9 because the music is just sublime.

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The overall setting in T9 is awesome. Well at least the first part before it gets dark lol.