Duty Finder Idea- Blocking Certain Dungeons

A simple idea really, everyone has dungeons and trials that they absolutely loathe for whatever reason (aurum vale springs to mind) would it be possible to let players choose 2 or 3 trials that they want to avoid at all costs, and thus not get them assigned when they use roulettes?

on a side note: add some tomestones to ravana and bischmark normal, those fights take too long and have a high failure rate for something with no reward other than msq progression

This is not going to happen simply because we all know the majority of the community is going to choose to exclude themselves from a very few specific dungeons, and newbies would never be able to find a group to help them clear them. Like Aurum Vale.

No /10char

Been said, the dungeons that no one likes would block em instantly.

If you're that bent about what instance you end up in, just queue for the ones you want to do and skip roulette.

You want the roulette bonus? You roll the dice. If you don't like what you get, you can eat your 30 minutes.

id argue that that is the very reason mentor roulette exists >.>

Do you not understand what roueltte means? Serious question. If people were able to do what you suggest then everyone would opt out of Steps of Faith, Ravana and Bismark. So no, dumb idea.

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Originally Posted by Valsharia

id argue that that is the very reason mentor roulette exists >.>

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So what, mentor roulette is there to cover the shitty dungeons you don't want to have to do?

Yeah, no. Mentors are here to help new players, not to cover for your laziness.

It's called "roulette" for a reason, plus you probably get the ones you hate once in a while. Just suck it up or leave, deal with the penalty and queue again.

Everyone has already said....roulette is random. Don't want a random dungeon? Straight up queue for what you want instead.

It's not a roulette if you can "block" a dungeon.

Average wait time for Toto-Rak: 999m

yes i suppose roulettes are supposed to be random.. doesnt feel very random though when in the last week ive had ravana 4 times and bischmark twice.. and i havent seen battle in the big keep once since the release of heavensward. im not asking for randomness to be removed, but for the odds to be less skewed in the favor of the worst areas (being a tank gets it worse)

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Originally Posted by Valsharia

yes i suppose roulettes are supposed to be random.. doesnt feel very random though when in the last week ive had ravana 4 times and bischmark twice.. and i havent seen battle in the big keep once since the release of heavensward. im not asking for randomness to be removed, but for the odds to be less skewed in the favor of the worst areas (being a tank gets it worse)

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It's random in the sense that "Whatever instance needs filling will be filled first". Since Battle in the Big Keep is a sidequest that most aren't doing now, it won't be as frequent vs Bizzy and Ravvy, whose fights are party of the story, thus required.
Sounds like you've just had a few bad runs. Neither of those are hard, even with new people. Maybe if you don't want random, don't sign up for it...

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Originally Posted by Valsharia

yes i suppose roulettes are supposed to be random.. doesnt feel very random though when in the last week ive had ravana 4 times and bischmark twice.. and i havent seen battle in the big keep once since the release of heavensward. im not asking for randomness to be removed, but for the odds to be less skewed in the favor of the worst areas (being a tank gets it worse)

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Randomness means randomness. Tampering with it in any way means it's not random anymore.

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Originally Posted by WinterLuna

Randomness means randomness. Tampering with it in any way means it's not random anymore.

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so 1/12 isnt random, but 1/14 is?

I'd just block all dungeons except ifrit.

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Originally Posted by Valsharia

so 1/12 isnt random, but 1/14 is?

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Well yeah.. because you've personally chosen which ones to block out.. which defeats the point of randomness.

hence the 1 or 2 limit, frankly i wouldn't block steps of faith, i like that fight, by far the most "epic" feeling trial of the lot... ok maybe thordan and sephirot come close.

wouldnt be the first time a roulette has some no thank you buttons, another rather popular mmo had the option in its random battleground system and people loved it

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Originally Posted by Valsharia

hence the 1 or 2 limit, frankly i wouldn't block steps of faith, i like that fight, by far the most "epic" feeling trial of the lot... ok maybe thordan and sephirot come close.

wouldnt be the first time a roulette has some no thank you buttons, another rather popular mmo had the option in its random battleground system and people loved it

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Idk, regardless whether it would still be "random" or not, I don't really like the idea. Most people hate the same dungeons, and Mentors aren't there to fill the spots in the dungeons people just don't feel like running. Just my opinion.

People already explained why the roulettes are the way they are. You aren't going to get your bonus while being able to cherry pick what you want to play. Roll with the punches or forego the roulette.

It's... like walking into a casino and going to play roulette, then saying, "Oh, so 00 means the house wins? Well, I don't like that rule. Or that number. Can we just pretend 00 doesn't exist while I play this game?"

Sometimes when you play roulette, you're going to get results no one wants. Like ending up in your least favourite dungeon.

I can see it now. Give us ways to block instances from our Roulettes... Neverreap becomes a memory.

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Originally Posted by Isala

I can see it now. Give us ways to block instances from our Roulettes... Neverreap becomes a memory.

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And Aurum Vale, and Toro-Rak, and the Vault. The last two are needed for Story, and Neverreap is needed to access the 60 Roulette.

Its not gonna happen because the playerbase is too inconsiderate to not abuse it, blocking new players from the story (and the many things that it unlocks), one of the primary sources of Esoterics, certain achievements, glamour and oh yeah, a certain GC rank that unlocks cheap mats, hunts and Dark Matter. And if there is no limit in place, then Leveling will have only Ifrit NM, Trials will have Garuda HM and everything else will have what if the most speedrunnable instance in the pool

I don't see this happening, the potential for driving off new players is too much a risk SE is willing to take just so that thoae that are already at 60 can grab tomes faster (Making it a far worse version of the Main Scenario Roulette debates)

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

Leveling will have only Ifrit NM, Trials will have Garuda HM

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Trials would have Cape Westwind.

50 would have Wanderer's Palace.

60 would have Fractal.

This could work with some rewriting. Just make the shitty dungeons (Vale, Brayflox, etc) a primal type fight and level sync the fun dungeons into the MSQ. It is super late so this prolly won't look right once I read it again.

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Originally Posted by Anienai

This could work with some rewriting. Just make the shitty dungeons (Vale, Brayflox, etc) a primal type fight and level sync the fun dungeons into the MSQ. It is super late so this prolly won't look right once I read it again.

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Not only does it not look right, you're basically asking the devs to completely redesign several dungeons into something entirely different AND asking them to rewrite the lore behind them. Sorry, ain't gonna happen.