Is Baldesian Arsenal discord a mistake?

[Hustensaft]

Quite frankly, i don't get how from a development standpoint anyone could think BA would ever be a good idea (looking at the japanese forum, it's doesn't seem overall positive). They should just turn it into a 100% puggable experience accessible to anyone in the instance: Make one single portal anyone can enter, allow ressing and job changes inside, get rid of the enrages, and be done with it.

While this removes any sort of "difficulty" and "speciality" the dungeon has, it also makes it accessible, and future proof. There will be no fear of ever being unable to clear BA again, right now people fully expect BA to be only a thing for two, maybe three weeks.

Further, as the ultimate conclusion to Eureka is locked behind BA, i personally think it should be available to anyone that reached it. Right now BA just isn't, and we don't know how long it will be for the few it is available to.

Eh, there have been instances on JP servers of players sniping the portals to BA, and one where an entire instance collectively refused to kill the outside NM to allow further progression inside BA (not Ovni but the other one that spawns where you need Feint L and Dispel L).

As mean as it is to not do the fate, it also sounds like an impressive stand from the people outside. It also ultimately shows how horrible the BA design is in the end.

Imo, BA right now creates a rather unhealthy situation for anyone involed. From people never seeing the real Eureka ending, snipers (accidental/deliberate), up to two hours of trying to get an instance-premades, unnecessary discord between the community - all for the sake of artificial difficulty and some 20 year old "novelty".

[HyoMinPark]

As mean as it is to not do the fate, it also sounds like an impressive stand from the people outside. It also ultimately shows how horrible the BA design is in the end.

The second BA FATE needs better incentives, I think. It allows for 8 more people to enter after completion, but it will require far more than that to complete. So the individuals not going into BA need a large incentive to even participate in it. As it stands, I think it gives something, but I don't know if it's enough to promote participation.

I can't say much on it as a whole, though, as I've never been in an instance where it has spawned. Most BA progression stops at the East/West bosses it seems for the unorganized groups (and, as I said before, I'm never in an instance where there is a preformed group or even interest in poking at it to see what it's like).


I like the idea of BA. I want to do it. But it's implementation can be improved on.