Unpopular Opinion: Dungeon design has been bad for a long time

[Adventica6]

Because FFXIV is formulaic, wow is not. Wow has patrol mobs, mobs that need to be cc'd, actual thought needs to be put in when doing dungeons there, here we pull from wall to wall, aoe mobs down with no thought process then proceed to the boss.

When a game literally has 1 hallway, 1 open area to aoe the mobs down followed by a boss you have no choice but to feel bored because there is zero deviation from the formulaic design and it's been like that for 9 years.

[Edax]

When a game literally has 1 hallway, 1 open area to aoe the mobs down followed by a boss you have no choice but to feel bored because there is zero deviation from the formulaic design and it's been like that for 9 years.

They could put tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines in a dungeon just to be different. But that wouldn't somehow make it fun, it would just be different. Dungeons are a part of the grind and the formula serves the grinding process.

[Shurrikhan]

They could put tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines in a dungeon just to be different. But that wouldn't somehow make it fun, it would just be different. Dungeons are a part of the grind and the formula serves the grinding process.

That would depend on how they use the tap-dancing dolphins, singing dogs, elephants, penguins, pole dancers, clowns, skyrockets, dancing bears, explosives and fire engines. Some dungeons have managed, at least in some significant part, to feel a bit distinct, and have been better for it.