Mixing up the formula - Will Eureaka be the answer?

[Brannigan]

I doubt it will even live up to 2.1's Primal Focus quest. SE's devs apparently can't figure out how to make cool side content - to be fair, a lot of that has to do with how bland/restrictive their gear system is. With only 10 ilvls between welfare tomestone gear and raid stuff, there's not a whole lot of room to add mid-level gear. If you can't put decent rewards in something, it takes the wind out of its sails before it even gets going and makes its flaws stand out even more.

[LunaFaye]

I doubt it will even live up to 2.1's Primal Focus quest. SE's devs apparently can't figure out how to make cool side content - to be fair, a lot of that has to do with how bland/restrictive their gear system is. With only 10 ilvls between welfare tomestone gear and raid stuff, there's not a whole lot of room to add mid-level gear. If you can't put decent rewards in something, it takes the wind out of its sails before it even gets going and makes its flaws stand out even more.

to be fair, actually that has to do with the people that play the game. Every time we get something cool, it has to be nerfed million of times, hours/days and weeks right after. Every time we get something "medium" ranged, and cupcake forbid it has a title/mount/gear/glamour/or just fun, there will be thousands of complaint threads that indicate these items being "gated/locked" behind content these players can't access, and it's unfair. Guess what, well right we gonna nerf it again and open it up to the public, just to find out that right after, we still need to complain about the difficulty.

I can see that some people might be happy about the release of Eureaka but I wouldn't get my hopes up. It will probably be something like "forced" content, watch and see, have to do it hundreds of times if you want a relic for glamour, at least that's one or maybe even the only method/guarantee, for the content not to be dead right at the start lol.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

to be fair, actually that has to do with the people that play the game. Every time we get something cool, it has to be nerfed million of times, hours/days and weeks right after. Every time we get something "medium" ranged, and cupcake forbid it has a title/mount/gear/glamour/or just fun, there will be thousands of complaint threads that indicate these items being "gated/locked" behind content these players can't access, and it's unfair. Guess what, well right we gonna nerf it again and open it up to the public, just to find out that right after, we still need to complain about the difficulty.

I can see that some people might be happy about the release of Eureaka but I wouldn't get my hopes up. It will probably be something like "forced" content, watch and see, have to do it hundreds of times if you want a relic for glamour, at least that's one or maybe even the only method/guarantee, for the content not to be dead right at the start lol.

This is actually somewhat inaccurate. The devs have a propensity to jump the gun. Neither Weeping City nor Final Steps of Faith were nerfed despite fan backlash, which goes to show if the devs stop setting a precedence, people will "git gud" if the content isn't too unreasonable. Gordias crossed the proverbial line. Unfortunately, they now seem terrified to even attempt difficult content at a higher level. Yes, you can fault people who feel entitled to clear everything despite not having the skill to accomplish it, but the devs need to recognize when content is legitimately poorly tuned (Gordias) or bad players whining (Zurvan). What leaves me on the fence with Stormblood is it appears they want to dumb everything down further as crafting has become a near joke and even Savage doesn't offer a challenge until its third fight.