What's your first impression of Eureka?

[Aerlana]

I wish some ppl would stop with the "eureka is made for casuals" phrase.

+1

A playerbase is made of various people with different request about a game.

Devs have to find for each content "what kind of player are we doing this for?"
BUT then "the other kind of player could find it fun if they go in?"

Sometime, i think Yoshida's team stop after the first question

[Vahlnir]

+1

A playerbase is made of various people with different request about a game.

Devs have to find for each content "what kind of player are we doing this for?"
BUT then "the other kind of player could find it fun if they go in?"

Sometime, i think Yoshida's team stop after the first question

I'm more inclined to believe that they don't even ask the first question at all sometimes.

[RareItems]

Eureka is great at least for me xD. I hope they expand this area and add gear higher than Ilvl 355 .

[Shiroe]

1st impression: wtf is this crap, worst FFXIV content ever

2nd impression: actually had some fun trying to reach / survive the walk to further areas witout dying (dodging agro of overleveled adds) and trying to survive high leveled fates..., BUT still toooo grindy and overall a disappointment

3rd impression: the " dont pull agro" and the "bent / vast landscapes" reminded me a tick of Xenoblade Chronicle 2 somehow xD

the mixture of grinding than getting to the next fate asap (while avoiding agro pulls) is actually kind of well balanced... and some fates have signature moments, mechanics or adds..., JUST overall still too grindy, still a disappointment

but somehow not as bad as the first (2) impressions,.. as long as "death" is immanent, its fun somehow (tension of trying to survive and not wipe..), but as soon as it goes back to the non stop grind with no fear of death, it will probably lose a portion of fun again

eitherway it seems to get better, even if still too slow

[Ziggyzapps]

CHOCOBO TREASURE HUNT! -^ o ^-

Are you talking about chocobo hot and cold? I really doubt anybody has any idea what you're suggesting unless they played ff9 and make the connection. It would be fun to have this, but I don't like the idea of it being on eureka. Eureka is a failure on so many levels, there is no reason to even try to spice it up.

[ChaoticCrimson]

On one hand, Eureka probably could have had some potential with some changes and some additions. You could have proper hunts, exploratory missions, search and rescue missions, and more. But as it stands, it's a bit of a monotonous drag.

[Vahlnir]

Are you talking about chocobo hot and cold? I really doubt anybody has any idea what you're suggesting unless they played ff9 and make the connection. It would be fun to have this, but I don't like the idea of it being on eureka. Eureka is a failure on so many levels, there is no reason to even try to spice it up.

I'm not too happy with it either, but I'm also open to improvements if they are willing to make them. This thread (and a few others) including one just for Eureka on the JP side all have good suggestions on how to do so. The devs just need to...you know, care.

[Shouko]

I truly have mixed feelings, it's kinda fun getting into a group and mindlessly farming but at the same time it's kinda stupid to have a time limit, as if you get bad parties like I did today that just break up and waste your time, by the time you get a good party you have to leave pretty much.

Honestly my biggest 3 gripes with the place is the XP is all over the place, 2ndly why PotD style loot? Why not just give out loot like normal, I don't need 20 sparklers, fireworks, copies of non tradeable glam, minions or mounts if I ever get the mounts. Finally the time limit, once you get into the groove of mindlessly grinding or if you NM hunt with a big group now it takes a lot of time and before you get perhaps a few NM's or a good grind going you have to leave because time up!

[cakesphere]

Grindy content without daily rewards / quests is bad design.

FFXIV takes so many pages from WoW's book that I wish they'd take this page from WoW too. WoW is filled to the brim with arbitrary grinds, but at the very least it tries to change it up with daily hubs and areas. A few daily quests/events that rewarded you with extra currency in Eureka would be a very welcome addition and would make it slightly less awful.

Maybe tie it in with the elemental aspect? Maybe some sort of treasure hunt quests that allow you to look for clues as to what happened to the island? Just anything else to distract from the unholy trinity of chaining mobs/grinding for NM spawns/NM killing.

On one hand, Eureka probably could have had some potential with some changes and some additions. You could have proper hunts, exploratory missions, search and rescue missions, and more. But as it stands, it's a bit of a monotonous drag.

If Eureka wants to be successful it NEEDS to have this kind of content included or the second the big wave of people get their relic it's going to be deader than diadem.

[BillyKaplan]

Joined a NM spawning party today. One spawned while we were there and then another spawned after some more work. Not my first impression, true, but I have to say the hunter in me is happy. Would've been happier if I didn't get 3 of the pants, totalling 4 so far, but that's RNG for you. Upgraded my BLM weapon for the first time, feels good. Not looking forward to getting the glamours, but that might be left for when the place gets nerfed to oblivion in future patches.