Deep Dungeon - Who Will You Take?

So now that we know you can take any party composition you want, who will you run Palace of the Dead with? 4 healers? 3 tanks? Or will you go in with a more traditional party?

I'll take whatever weird combination my buddies feel like playing! It's just for LOL's anyway, right?

Going in Solo for the true test of "How far can you go before you die?"

Me and my friend are planning a duo trip in. Either SMN and SCH or WHM and WAR. Whichever gets further. Hype.

(Also, side note: /cpose on the bed!!!!!)

Me, myself and I. And maybe my husband... Maybe =P

I want to go through it with a GM.

To any GM - send me a PM in game. Let's rock this. You wear your weird purple glowy shirt, and I'll bring my warrior axe. Then, I want to go to Mordion Gaol for 10 minutes.

I will have cleared two deep dungeons in one day.

I'm gonna solo as my MNK and my SMN and PLD so excited been wanting content I can solo for time. I hope I can other people in side.

How are they going to balance healers who would surely be overpowered solo?

well going PLD for sure (want that light sword so bad for glam), will take my RL friend/only-surviving FC member with me if he's able... not sure if that shall be it cause as we all know "no plan survives contact with Causality!... or people!"

SCH only :rolleyes:

Going to run it solo, then see if the wife wants to duo it, or my nephew or get an FC group an take it all the way.

I heard u can go @ lvl 17 does this mean u can use it as a lvling option?

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Originally Posted by Kaldor

I heard u can go @ lvl 17 does this mean u can use it as a lvling option?

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You can unlock it then, but you start at lvl 1 once inside. Leveling in the deep dungeon is completely separate from leveling outside of it.

"2 real time hours in, we reached the 13th floor"?

Not bad. I'm liking this. Looks like there can actually be time put into it..

Some will blow through it in a day.

By myself first time unless someone asks me to join them (it may happen).

I'm excited~!

randoms :P more fun that way XD

Myself on my main unless people ACTUALLY log in for once

Boyf on alt because <3

Black Mage, because most classic parties had one. They also do a lot of damage, even early on. Will probably bring mates. :)

I will try it solo and maybe duo. I am wondering will there be any rewards that can be used outside of the dungeon? I hope so >.>

My first go through I'm gonna go with friends (and my boyfriend). I'll be healer, my boyfriend tank, and our friends both main DPS. So we're going to be a standard comp, as for the specific classes... I'm not quite sure.

I do plan running solo on WHM and possibly AST after that, though. :)

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Originally Posted by Kaldor

I heard u can go @ lvl 17 does this mean u can use it as a lvling option?

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Yes you can use it as a way to level to 60, Yoshi has said as much. You start as lvl 1 in the dungeon and go up to 60, but only a part of the exp you get will stay in the outside world. So the exp won't be as fast as in the dungeon and they have not compared it to any other way to get exp so I don't know how fast it is compared to regular questing/dungeoning/FATE grind etc, but I would imagine it is at least a decent way to lvl up and from the looks of it I think it will be the most fun to way level up.

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Originally Posted by Greydor

I want to go through it with a GM.

To any GM - send me a PM in game. Let's rock this. You wear your weird purple glowy shirt, and I'll bring my warrior axe. Then, I want to go to Mordion Gaol for 10 minutes.

I will have cleared two deep dungeons in one day.

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You have some weird fetishes... But each to their own! ;D

Phoenix Downs, do you remember those?
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/001518.html

I'm gonna duo it with my boyfriend. I'll be going in as a WHM. Not sure what he'll go in as though. More than likely he'll go in as a NIN.
I do want to try to solo it as a WHM at some point though.

Given how it works, going by the translations I've read of interviews, progression is locked to the party. What I mean by this is that if you go in with friends A & B, progress to the first save point then leave, you can ONLY restart at the save point if the next time you gogo. InIn you're with friends A & B again. If you go in with A & C then you restart. I think, but can't guarantee, it also restarts if you go in with a smaller team of the same members (eg only you & A).

Tl;dr - You need to keep identical party members (player characters) to progress after saving or it resets to lvl1.

Going to try it solo and then with FC and LS mates when they are on.

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Originally Posted by Toguro

"2 real time hours in, we reached the 13th floor"?

Not bad. I'm liking this. Looks like there can actually be time put into it..

Some will blow through it in a day.

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30th floor, not 13th. So yes, some people will most likely blow through it in a day or two.

I'm going to take my sweet time though :)

Granted that the content is supposed to be easy enough that any party composition can complete it, I'll probably go with a healer and anyone else on DPS. Shouldn't be a need for a tank - but I'm guessing a healer would still be useful.

I was thinking about taking my level 17 ACN into deep dungeon... but, I'm wondering if I will have to restart the deep dungeon progress if I hit 30 (outside the dungeon) and want to switch to SMN or SCH?

Anyone think they may add Eso Tomes as rewards for clearing each floor to get players farming Anima weapon into constantly returning to this place?

On topic:
I am guessing the reason we could reach 30 floor so fast in a group could be that each floor enemy level are fixed to that level so going into that certain floor at a high Deep Dungeon level would allow players to blaze through it easily unless their level are more par with the floor.

Well I would imagine if they can go with 3 dps and be fine, 3 dps and a healer should be golden right? I just really hope they throw some 16-bit music or themes in there while we do it or at least the original fanfare music for victory. :3

I'm pretty sure I'll be going in with the traditional 2 DPS, 1 Healer and Tank setup with my FC. However I'd love to try a 3 DPS and 1 Healer setup!

Doing it solo (WHM) and duo with my bf (probably SCH/PLD). Possibly trio (WAR/SCH/SMN) if our friend subs again. :)

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

On topic:
I am guessing the reason we could reach 30 floor so fast in a group could be that each floor enemy level are fixed to that level so going into that certain floor at a high Deep Dungeon level would allow players to blaze through it easily unless their level are more par with the floor.

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I may be confusing what you're saying but you start at level one, as in character level one & not dungeon floor one! You can enter as a i245 über-killer but you'll be completely stripped of everything as if you were just arriving off the boat, no skills above lvl1 or anything!

Look at it as if it's a completely new game that runs inside FFXIV. Once you reach high enough you can bring gear back into the normal game but it's still not clear whether they're glamour or of real use.

I plan to hit it solo first, cause I have no static to raid with these days, so I'd enjoy some engaging solo content.

Later, I'd like to go with my FC. They're all mostly new players, so it's something we can enjoy together as well.

Alos I have an important question for the devs: You say it can be challenged solo. . . I main MCH, the only job that can't heal itself, STILL. . . How will I handle soloing?

My girlfriend and I were looking at this as something we can do together. We may go PLD x AST, or depending on how easy it ends up being, we'll go PLD x BLM. I'm not sure if I'll solo it yet or not. It depends on how lackluster the rewards are.

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Originally Posted by ThirdChild_ZKI

I plan to hit it solo first, cause I have no static to raid with these days, so I'd enjoy some engaging solo content.

Later, I'd like to go with my FC. They're all mostly new players, so it's something we can enjoy together as well.

Alos I have an important question for the devs: You say it can be challenged solo. . . I main MCH, the only job that can't heal itself, STILL. . . How will I handle soloing?

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Potions?
I recall them mentioning lowering their cooldown with Deep Dungeon in mind. Even then that might not be enough if you can't burst down groups fast enough, at that point it would become difficult for most DPS, though.

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

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Yes you completely confused what I said and should be ashamed for assuming what i said.
https://67.media.tumblr.com/02eb6101...vmr7o1_500.gif

Deep Dungeon Level is not Deep Dungeon Floors as Deep Dungeon Level is the character's level in Deep Dungeon and Deep Dungeon Floor is the Floor level of the Dungeon.

Short version:
Deep Dungeon level = Character's Level they have in Deep Dungeon

Deep Dungeon Floor = Character's Floor they are in Deep Dungeon

So if a Player enters Deep Dungeon Floor 1 as a Deep Dungeon Level 40, he or she can easily blaze through Deep Dungeon Floor 1 since they are over leveled for the place by 39 Deep Dungeon Levels.

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Originally Posted by EdwinLi

Yes you completely confused what I said and should be ashamed for assuming what i said.
https://67.media.tumblr.com/02eb6101...vmr7o1_500.gif

Deep Dungeon Level is not Deep Dungeon Floors as Deep Dungeon Level is the character's level in Deep Dungeon and Deep Dungeon Floor is the Floor level of the Dungeon.

Short version:
Deep Dungeon level = Character's Level they have in Deep Dungeon

Deep Dungeon Floor = Character's Floor they are in Deep Dungeon

So if a Player enters Deep Dungeon Floor 1 as a Deep Dungeon Level 40, he or she can easily blaze through Deep Dungeon Floor 1 since they are over leveled for the place by 39 Deep Dungeon Levels.

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Funny thing is they also showed a "Save Slot" in a way so seems we can start over at level 1 any time.

Me and my wife, DD is for solo fun.. Who care about other players! No pug going to hold me down!