Zodiac Quest Dungeon Items

[RhazeCain]

Hmm, so about the same time SE was making earlier steps easier (Atma, Alexandrite from fates), the last step became harder? And not telling us about it in patch notes of course.

While it's not certain, seems extremely likely considering that here we have a 47, 49, and 25 runs without drop mentioned. I also have a FC mate who's been on Aurum Vale quite a lot without drop recently -- don't have an exact count though.


Compare that to when I did Ragnarok right after it was released: Max for any dungeon was like 8 or 9. Several on 1st run. Average probably around 3 or 4 clears each.

And to get that on Aurum Vale is just hell:
- The level sync makes kills very, very slow. Far slower than any 50 dungeon, and a bit slower than all the lower level stuff.
- Mechanics are more challenging than the lower level dungeons (expected progression) ... which can slow things down.
- If you DF, there's a very good chance group-mates will be brand new not-yet-lvl50 people. (Because after 50, little reason to go there)
- Sacrifice running it takes more coordination than I would even attempt with a full DF group.

... So you're left trying to convince 3 friends to run AV repeatedly, with no reward for them (not even soldiery tomes worth mentioning). Not a reasonable situation at all IMO.

That said, I had thought when I did it pre-stealth-rate-decrease that the i125 relics were easier than Nexus, Novus, etc. and pattern would dictate that being out of place. It seemed a breath of fresh air after the stupidity of Atma to Nexus steps pre-nerf. If SE actually wanted to up the difficulty correctly, they would need to 1) mention it in patch notes, and 2) tweak the stupidly hard parts (Aurum Vale in this case) to be a bit more manageable. Or just not up the difficulty at all.