I am disappointed with Deep Dungeon

[Deceptistar]

I feel like asking: what kind of group configurations are people running it with?

Cause I once had a 41-50 4 healer party that died in the first room cause mobs kept spawning on top of us one after another and we triggered a luring trap on accident. Suffice to say we could not regain control of the situation.

I also had a group of 2 healers 1 tank 1 DPS, we got to the 49th floor only for the tank to pull a bit too many dragons and we lost control of the situation and died.

My group that cleared 41-50 happened to be 3 healers (2 AST 1 WHM) and 1 DPS (BLM) we managed to clear it though we had to focus fire mobs 1 at a time unless we got a luring trap, then came the Holy/Gravity spam while one healer goes full healer mode to keep us alive.

Surprisingly had the same 3 healer 1 dps for 41-50 clear but there was times with 4 healers. But we were ok. Its kinda harsh but i think it boils down to each persons reaction time. And proceeding the dungeon depending on the setups. Like when we had 4 healers and they went to chests, i totally went the other way in case that thing exploded >.>

[Akira_Tenshi]

If you don't like apples, why are you still eating this apple-pie?

The majority of the game is excellent it's just when they attempt to add something outside of the usual formula of trials, dungeons and raids it just isn't as good.

[Thayos]

I'm also loving this apple pie.

Other than Aquapolis, this is the only content in the game that isn't a song and dance.

[Fyce]

The majority of the game is excellent it's just when they attempt to add something outside of the usual formula of trials, dungeons and raids it just isn't as good.

That's just your mere opinion though. You state it like it's a fact, but the hundreds of people currently enjoying this content shows that it's obviously not the case.

It's like you're complaining just for the sake of it. I'm okay with people having opinions... but constructive criticism is way more valuable.

[Fynlar]

I do wonder why this content randomly matches party roles when you DF it (giving you stellar setups like 4 tanks or 4 healers potentially) when literally nothing else except a few modes of PvP does that -- and from my understanding, in those PvP modes you can freely change your class mid-duty anyway.

[Akira_Tenshi]

That's just your mere opinion though. You state it like it's a fact, but the hundreds of people currently enjoying this content shows that it's obviously not the case
It's like you're complaining just for the sake of it. I'm okay with people having opinions... but constructive criticism is way more valuable.

When did I say it was a fact? I simply shared my opinion which is as valid as anyone else's. The topic of this thread is disappointed with palace of the dead and your moaning someone doesn't like it.

[thorkellthetall]

It doesn't give enough esoterics to merit doing it instead of spamming antitower or aetherochemical. This is the most disappointing aspect to me. Poms are well designed and interesting though, as resource management is always interesting.

[TankHunter678]

I do wonder why this content randomly matches party roles when you DF it (giving you stellar setups like 4 tanks or 4 healers potentially) when literally nothing else except a few modes of PvP does that -- and from my understanding, in those PvP modes you can freely change your class mid-duty anyway.

Because it was designed with the capability to solo it, and to work with any composition with a change of tactics. So the DF is setup to allow that as well. Otherwise it would be too easy if you had a standard setup.

Almost every time you get a standard party setup the dungeon goes by really fast tanks pull big, DPS nukes them, boss fights go by really easily due to everyone falling into standard dungeon routine.

A nonstandard setup causes the party to adapt on the fly to their durability and kill speed.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I do wonder why this content randomly matches party roles when you DF it (giving you stellar setups like 4 tanks or 4 healers potentially) when literally nothing else except a few modes of PvP does that -- and from my understanding, in those PvP modes you can freely change your class mid-duty anyway.

Since the palace can be done with any party set up, it is matched that way, plus it helps fill slots faster than the standard trinity set up.

[Fynlar]

Because it was designed with the capability to solo it,

Not without a longer time limit, it isn't, and certainly not by every class.

Since the palace can be done with any party set up,

[citation needed]

plus it helps fill slots faster than the standard trinity set up.

This would be true for literally every duty. There's a reason why they aren't all made like that (good reason too, not Just Because)