Quote Originally Posted by Mansion View Post
I'll agree with you on the pace though; Eureka sets a pace that most people follow. But I see people coming just now in Anemos / Pagos, catching up quickly and doing just fine.
That's because it's been nerfed to the ground and continues to be nerfed, and after not too long after release either. It's telling, imo. And I still worry because even in an instance of like 10 people and Louhi supposedly being synced down, we wiped horribly to it. Good luck doing that solo.

Quote Originally Posted by reivaxe View Post
I don't have to do things that give me next to zero reward other than progress.
but that's... all you do in Eureka? You grind light, exp, and crystals. Everything in there is geared towards your progression. Lockboxes are not only gated behind a tons of RNG, but you're also incorrect about getting 'only progress' from running other forms of content. You could farm glamour while you were at it, or minions. Basically the same thing you do in Eureka, only there if you ran it solo you didn't have to fight the entire instance for a bunny, whose chest would most likely give you materia you don't need.