Eureka CONSTRUCTIVE suggestions thread - no negativity

[ShanXiv]

1.Remove the 3hours limitation or make it an actual world map, not instance.

2.Add more gameplay & details from XI, not just the XI grind.

3.I am fine with the grind, I am lv6 & 250crystals now,in just 1day,
but the current formula(3-6months gear cycle, pure vertical progression) is conflicting with the XI one, if I've to choose one, I choose the latter or something between them (XIV1.2x)

4.Abilities are too flashy when zerging the fate, tune them down.

[Nedkel]

Put fates into Eureka, this may make it more involving.

And give it better rewards at the level of Savage content.

[Culfinrandir]

Let people go in below the level cap, sync them to 70 and give a ton of experience. Work on a relic of your choosing while also leveling an alt.

I'd have to disagree with that suggestion only because I've seen what happened with PVP when they introduced EXP into it - it was ruined by people who didn't know their jobs, those who didn't care about the win (just the EXP) & bots farming EXP.

Eureka needs to stand alone as much as possible, I was even surprised to see tomes being awarded.

[Culfinrandir]

I'd like to see the "Return" timer reduced in Eureka too. It's almost essential if you get stuck somewhere & need to return quickly. It currently shares the same timer as the open world version (unlike PVP) which is too long.

[Corue]

The one thing that seriously burns me is lockboxes.

Right now, the only obtainable source for them seems to be NMs which pop up infrequently. If you manage to actually reach a NM without dying or DC'ing you'll get around 5-12 lockboxes on average.
When you open them the chances are you'll get something incredibly useless like fireworks.
This is fine in PotD since they only really drop from the lower level floors and those are essentially the "easy" floors. But in an instance where you have to invest hours into leveling up and if anything should go wrong you'll end up wasting about an hour of progress should you die, it feels like a slap in the face.

There's two ways to go about this:

1) Give EVERYTHING a chance to drop a lockbox. The rewards will feel less insulting if you're aware anything has a chance to drop a lockbox.
2) Remove "unfavourable" items from the loot table. At the very minimum the "useless" items like fireworks or lower materia should be replaced with crystals, since they're key items you need to progress and they drop rarely during the leveling process.

You can't have both "limited drop rate" with a "high risk/low reward" system. It just feels aggravating rather than exciting.

[NovaLevossida]

I'd have to disagree with that suggestion only because I've seen what happened with PVP when they introduced EXP into it - it was ruined by people who didn't know their jobs, those who didn't care about the win (just the EXP) & bots farming EXP.

Eureka needs to stand alone as much as possible, I was even surprised to see tomes being awarded.

I agree with the exp if only for the reason that you're already in there building exp in a mindless grind outside of NMs. If it's going to be FATEs in all but name, let it give class exp.

Moreover to the OP, the reason it's not in the world map is so that it can draw in players across the data center. Worst case scenario, the content is bad and no one's doing it, at least you can pull more people in from the data center instead of just your world.

[Veritas-Ancora]

I enjoy the Eureka concept, I think it could vastly improve. I really have no interest in going back unless my friends come along, and they don't want to play 15-year-old MMO failed methods.

IDEA:

- After 20 enemy kill chains, guarantee a drop every other enemy. Chests and crystals is fine, crystals are preferred. Just give us a guaranteed method of gratification. We're tired of RNG, and we thought you were too after ARR grind.

- Offer different size boxes. After 20 enemy kill chains, the loot should be a lot better and more probable 5-star results.

- Reward on skill, not on RNG.

[Alistaire]

Honestly, at a certain point the most constructive suggestion is that they need to be hiring new people and firing those that thought this was ok. There's almost literally nothing to this content so there's tons of constructive possibilities for it, but that's the kind of thing you pay developers for.

[AlphaSonic]

IMO it can't be saved. The combat system of this game doesn't allow mindless grind without getting bored easily.
The bosses and mechanics of this game make the battle system fun. Grinding mobs in Eureka its completely the opposite of what makes the battle system engaging.
And slapping an elemental wheel isn't something that can substitute the thrill of having to deal with mechanics such as the ones from 24man/dungeons/raids...
Eureka was born dead.

[kupokage]

I solo'd all the way to level 4 and had only 1 Protean and 2 Anemos drops as it was difficult to chain even 10 kills as a Scholar solo.

An FC member finally logged in and he and I partied up for some grinding. I helped get him from level 1 to level 4 and I still didn't level up due to us fighting only level 1-3 mobs in that time. He ended up with 15 Protean drops to my 0 in that time as well since the kills only counted as chains to him. In 2 hours he gained 3 levels and 15 drops compared to my no level and no drop.

It's too punishing to solo and too punishing to help others catch up.