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    The developers have already announced that they are buffing the rewards for MSQ Roulette. I’m guessing they’ll probably put them in for Patch 4.25; definitely by 4.3. For specific EXP rewards, they will probably remain scaled the same—since Castrum takes half the time of Praetorium (CM is ~35 minutes; Praetorium is nearly an hour), it would make sense for you to get half the experience for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HyoMinPark View Post
    since Castrum takes half the time of Praetorium (CM is ~35 minutes; Praetorium is nearly an hour), it would make sense for you to get half the experience for it.
    It was already increased with Patch 4.2:

    To ensure new players are able to enjoy the cutscenes in Castrum Meridianum and the Praetorium, all cutscenes in these dungeons can no longer be skipped.
    Because this will increase the time required to complete these dungeons, completion rewards and Duty Roulette bonuses for these duties have been increased.

    With the unskippable cutscenes, Castrum now takes at least 35 min, but Praetorium is only a little slower at 45 min so it doesn't make sense for Castrum to only give half the exp of Praetorium. Even with the unskippable cutscenes, Praetorium never takes an hour in my experience. It's actually very consistently around that time now and there's very little you can do to speed it up or slow it down, unlike Castrum which can suffer from a variety of slowdowns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by axemtitanium View Post
    It was already increased with Patch 4.2:

    To ensure new players are able to enjoy the cutscenes in Castrum Meridianum and the Praetorium, all cutscenes in these dungeons can no longer be skipped.
    Because this will increase the time required to complete these dungeons, completion rewards and Duty Roulette bonuses for these duties have been increased.

    With the unskippable cutscenes, Castrum now takes at least 35 min, but Praetorium is only a little slower at 45 min so it doesn't make sense for Castrum to only give half the exp of Praetorium. Even with the unskippable cutscenes, Praetorium never takes an hour in my experience. It's actually very consistently around that time now and there's very little you can do to speed it up or slow it down, unlike Castrum which can suffer from a variety of slowdowns.
    They are buffing them again--they announced that in the Live Letter following 4.2. Here's a quote from the latest Live Letter Digest thread:

    We feel that the rewards for Castrum Meridianum and The Praetorium aren’t balanced enough, so we’re planning to enhance the rewards.
    Castrum is 35 minutes, but Praetorium is almost an hour; the Praetorium run I was in on Patch 4.2's release was a 15 minute wait and took almost an hour to complete. There was no bonus, so everyone was a veteran in there. Praetorium is double the time, so it makes sense for it to give double the experience. I'm fairly certain Praetorium has more CS in it compared to Castrum. For placements, they're both badly designed.

    If your concern is just experience, I'd suggest Alliance Roulette. It gives way more for less time spent.
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