Finally something to be hyped about

Savage dungeon, let's go! SE is adding something that I can actually be excited about.

But but we're supposed to be getting less content no? It's all people talk about here. And yeah they blew it out of the water with Criterion Dungeons.

They sound like a lot of fun! I don't think I'll step further from the normal mode, but I'm excited to try them.

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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Oh you know they will, Jeeq...

already more than the entirety of ShB

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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I think the criterion/variant dungeons are the actual new content as the rest of the stuff was expected to come with the 6.2x patches. I am hopeful and optimistic about the patch though after that reveal.

Island Sanctuary seems very extensive. It could be an entirely separate game and sell well on its own.

I look forward to Island Sanctuary. Seems like an improved version of Ishgard restoration which was fun to do casually. Rewards you can grind at your own pace are nice.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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Yeah waiting for the spin by the usual standard bearers here and you missed Island Sanctuary.

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Originally Posted by MilkieTea

Oh you know they will, Jeeq...

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"should've been added to the game earlier. in 6.0 or some time in ShB. unacceptable that it's arriving so late in the game's life. shameful devs."

it all depends on the lasting of these new things, if you can complete the quests in less than a day its not much tbh

Can't judge anything until it's all released. Savage dungeons sound fun though. They haven't really made hard modes of dungeons since HW right? And most of the current "hard" mode dungeons are all super disappointing due to power creep.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

Island Sanctuary seems very extensive. It could be an entirely separate game and sell well on its own.

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I am going to be very cautious with Island Sanctuary. It could be an interesting thing to do but I don't know what their goal with it is other than as solo side content with a bit of socialization if you want. Seems like it is meant to be self-contained which may or may not appeal to a lot of players.

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Originally Posted by NekoMataMata

Can't judge anything until it's all released. Savage dungeons sound fun though. They haven't really made hard modes of dungeons since HW right? And most of the current "hard" mode dungeons are all super disappointing due to power creep.

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To be fair the "Hard" dungeons are hard in name only as a new version of the older dungeon. They were never meant to be difficult content.

going to hold my breath until it release. seems interesting but like someone said depends on how long it will last. if the savage dungeons have different path then people will take the path that it easier than and dont forget what type of rewards after completing it

Ok now they got my attention with this Live Letter. Variant/Criterion and Island Sanctuary are both sounding more solid than I was expecting. Finally got some of the things people have been asking for like branching paths and multiple difficulty levels in dungeon content, and we're getting 3 of those variants in 6.x series while they still work on deep dungeon separately. Island sounds like it has enough going on that you can spend a lot of time there and treat it like your main content if you are the kind of person that likes Animal Crossing sort of activities. This is good stuff now.

Glamour Dresser space doubled!
We can request repairs for gear in duty!

THE HYPE!

I hope they do savage version of some dungeons we have already
Savage sastash,aurum veil,vault,bardam mettle,sohm al hard,the burn etc etc so many cool ideas

Out of all the stuff, variant dungeon has my attention. With DSR's AU story and this feature having a CYA element, maybe they're experimenting with branching stories since technically you can just New Game + the branch you miss.

Looking like a good patch, the criterion dungeon looks way better than I expected. Solo mode, party mode, savage mode, & multiple paths.

Rest of the content seems alright too, the usual staples of raid, trial, dungeon which are all good usually. Island Sanctuary looks, maybe not better than I expected, but certainly different and potentially more involved than I expected.

Aaaaah, Island Sanctuary sounds great!! Very relaxing and fun for solo play.
This is what's making me the most excited about the patch, I can't wait to explore and get lost in that island ( * o * )

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Looking like a good patch, the criterion dungeon looks way better than I expected.

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I agree 100%, I never expected them to drop a 3 difficulty dungeon in the game. Hoping it lives up to my hype and that they continue expanding upon it if it turns out to be as fun as I hope.

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Originally Posted by Amenara

I agree 100%, I never expected them to drop a 3 difficulty dungeon in the game.

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With branching paths too, and looks to involve a part of Ul'dah lore that's not really been explored much.

They'd have to seriously mess this up for it to not be the star of the patch for me.

Sir, where's the Hrothgar updates? :(

Although I'm quite excited with the Island Sanctuary :)

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Originally Posted by Knot_D

Sir, where's the Hrothgar updates? :(

Although I'm quite excited with the Island Sanctuary :)

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I wouldn't hold my breath for anything with Hrothgar coming until 7.0...

is it me or most of the major stuff pushed to 6.25 and 6.2 is basically just new raid tier, new msq and just new extreme?

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Sir, where's the Hrothgar updates? :(

Although I'm quite excited with the Island Sanctuary :)

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I'm hoping that'll be in 6.2's part 2 Live Letter...

What was said about Island sanctuary? I missed the live letter got busy playing the game with a friend and some other stuff

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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Of course, there is. We got fewer dungeons, and no exploration zones like Eureka or Bozja,

Come on, this is where we use small samples of content to make our point and subsequently ignore newer areas of content because it doesn't conform to the narrative. (If it isn't obvious I am being sarcastic with the above)

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Originally Posted by CrimsonGunner

is it me or most of the major stuff pushed to 6.25 and 6.2 is basically just new raid tier, new msq and just new extreme?

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That always happens. Literally too, the x.2 patch is the MSQ/Raid/EX and x.25 is the new side stuff. It has been like that for...I forget how many expansions now.

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What was said about Island sanctuary? I missed the live letter got busy playing the game with a friend and some other stuff

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...e_live_letter/

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What was said about Island sanctuary? I missed the live letter got busy playing the game with a friend and some other stuff

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It's basically Animal Crossing. Create your own "base", let your minions roam free, craft special items that can be sold for island currency, and there's an economy for the islands apparently. So basically Animal Crossing.

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Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

That always happens. Literally too, the x.2 patch is the MSQ/Raid/EX and x.25 is the new side stuff. It has been like that for...I forget how many expansions now.

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wasn't ocean fishing, explorer mode and crafters/gathers changes introduced in 5.2 or it was later and i misremember?

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...e_live_letter/

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It's basically Animal Crossing. Create your own "base", let your minions roam free, craft special items that can be sold for island currency, and there's an economy for the islands apparently. So basically Animal Crossing.

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Thanks!!!! Hmm sounds pretty interesting to try out ^_^

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What was said about Island sanctuary? I missed the live letter got busy playing the game with a friend and some other stuff

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It's a big island, you can explore it, capture things on it, grow plants, craft stuff, etc. for turning in for special currency. Can put some facilities and what-not on it too.

Basically, it looks fairly involved but also totally separate from the rest of the game. I expect it'll be fairly divisive content, some people will love it and want the devs to spend more time working on it, others will hate it and demand the devs stop working on it altogether.

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Of course, there is. We got fewer dungeons, and no exploration zones like Eureka or Bozja,

Come on, this is where we use small samples of content to make our point and subsequently ignore newer areas of content because it doesn't conform to the narrative.

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Except that we have an island sanctuary to explore that resembles the scale of Eureka in the picture we saw. For the extra bosses that were previously in Bozja, we have new Variant dungeons for story and new Criterion and Criterion Savage dungeons and the new deep dungeon. It remains to be seen if we will actually get a new area like Bozja or Eureka for the relic, but it's possible.

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Except that we have an island sanctuary to explore that resembles the scale of Eureka in the picture we saw. For the extra bosses that were previously in Bozja, we have new Variant dungeons for story and new Variant, Criterion and Criterion Savage dungeons and the new deep dungeon. It remains to be seen if we will actually get a new area like Bozja or Eureka for the relic, but it's possible.

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Oh, I was being sarcastic with my point - It was not meant to be taken seriously. But thank you for reiterating the point regardless.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

New dungeon.
New trial.
New variant dungeon.
New criterion dungeon.
New criterion dungeon (savage).
New raids.
New savage raids.
And a lot of other things such as popular quests and a beast tribe.
New relics.

But I have no doubt people on these forums will find a way to say there is less content.

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you're forgetting island sanctuary.

People have been asking for savage 4 man dungeons and who expected them to announce it? Pretty amazing in my view. I saw the first part of the introduction and saw that word CASUAL and thought oh god now people will not be happy.

Was amazed to listen to the remainder of that introduction.

The doomers are sleeping at the moment. Wait till wake up and start posting again.