As a dungeon runner...

[Granyala]

See, I disagree. I think the opposite is gonna end up being true.

No, it won't
World of Warcraft tried non linear dungeons with optional bosses in multiple expansions and the result was always the same: group drama. Some want them, some are already sick to death of grinding said dungeon for currency and don't want them... flame, diss, tanks refusing to pull, group drops, abandoned runs... you name it.

It just didn't work.

Why? Beacuse exploring is a one time thing. We farm (are made to farm) dungeons for 6 months almost on a daily basis. After 3 months, no one wants to "explore" and "take their time". They want to get it over with and move on.

I wish they could just add mythic dungeon style content to FFXIV, we need harder small form content anwyays.

Bleargh.
Stupid against the clock zergfests are not things I miss from that game.
I like the concept of mobs hitting harder / getting cool abilities but the whole speed rush thing is such a turn off.

Give me brutal dungeons with the slow, tactical approach... and a guild to run them with.

[Awha]

Bleargh.
Stupid against the clock zergfests are not things I miss from that game.
I like the concept of mobs hitting harder / getting cool abilities but the whole speed rush thing is such a turn off.

Give me brutal dungeons with the slow, tactical approach... and a guild to run them with.

They do not have to make the speed run aspect a primary part of it, granted that is the aspect I enjoyed most, even if they did not tie anything in regards to finishing it quickly I would still try to speed clear it. I just wish we had harder small form content idc what form it takes be it deep dungeons, mythic dunegons, or simply ultimate difficulty dungeons that vomits mechanics at you.

[Granyala]

Teven if they did not tie anything in regards to finishing it quickly I would still try to speed clear it.

Sure but I can do that w/o a clock pressuring me.
I'm allergic to timed stuff in any game, it's a personal thing. It just completely nukes any enjoyment for me.

[Awha]

Sure but I can do that w/o a clock pressuring me.
I'm allergic to timed stuff in any game, it's a personal thing. It just completely nukes any enjoyment for me.

Understandable I could live without the in game timer, I could always just time myself or even use fflogs if people wanted to make an outside leaderboard.

[Silverquick]

Bleargh.
Stupid against the clock zergfests are not things I miss from that game.
I like the concept of mobs hitting harder / getting cool abilities but the whole speed rush thing is such a turn off.

Give me brutal dungeons with the slow, tactical approach... and a guild to run them with.

They can't go back to the old 3 mob spreads anymore, they just don't work anymore in the context of the story.

Back in ARR and Heavensward they fit. You're still a fairly new adventurer and still human by most standards... But by the time you get to Stormblood the powers and abilities you wield are just god like. And now you're an extra dimensional traveler in Shadowbringers... and far too strong to have 3 minions being some kind of threat the way they were when you were still a newbie adventurer in ARR.

It's like it was in AD&D once you got past 12th level. And later in 3rd Edition level 20. You weren't some weak normal adventurer slaying goblins and orcs anymore... you were traversing the Planes of existence and fighting demons, devils, and demi gods.

That's where this game is now.

You quite literally would need to be facing an Army of Minions going into these dungeons just like you did in NWN Online.

That's why these dungeons make no sense anymore even though they do when you are lower level.

So it literally needs to be mass mob spam.

Sure there are other things you can throw in there. But in the context of how powerful the Warrior of Light as become over the expansions... and people and their characters in general... well it really has to be that way now, and the power level of the characters themselves shows it in their abilities and how over the top they really are these days.

I mean when I started in ARR, as Arcanist way back when you really were just a weak starting adventurer. Heck I felt pretty god like at the end of Heavensward due to the Dreadwyrm Trance.

Then along came the Stormblood expansion and they tried to shoe horn it back into the old newbie days when it just didn't fit anymore.

You really just have to be running something on the level of Castle Never now or it doesn't make sense in the context of the story anymore.

[linay]

They can't go back to the old 3 mob spreads anymore, they just don't work anymore in the context of the story.

Back in ARR and Heavensward they fit. You're still a fairly new adventurer and still human by most standards... But by the time you get to Stormblood the powers and abilities you wield are just god like. And now you're an extra dimensional traveler in Shadowbringers... and far too strong to have 3 minions being some kind of threat the way they were when you were still a newbie adventurer in ARR.

It's like it was in AD&D once you got past 12th level. And later in 3rd Edition level 20. You weren't some weak normal adventurer slaying goblins and orcs anymore... you were traversing the Planes of existence and fighting demons, devils, and demi gods.

That's where this game is now.

You quite literally would need to be facing an Army of Minions going into these dungeons just like you did in NWN Online.

That's why these dungeons make no sense anymore even though they do when you are lower level.

So it literally needs to be mass mob spam.

Sure there are other things you can throw in there. But in the context of how powerful the Warrior of Light as become over the expansions... and people and their characters in general... well it really has to be that way now, and the power level of the characters themselves shows it in their abilities and how over the top they really are these days.

I mean when I started in ARR, as Arcanist way back when you really were just a weak starting adventurer. Heck I felt pretty god like at the end of Heavensward due to the Dreadwyrm Trance.

Then along came the Stormblood expansion and they tried to shoe horn it back into the old newbie days when it just didn't fit anymore.

You really just have to be running something on the level of Castle Never now or it doesn't make sense in the context of the story anymore.

The number of enemies have nothing to do with your power in the story. You go to a dungeon and kill whatever gets in your way. If you want, you can think that the rest ran away after seeing you kill their friends.

[Silverquick]

The number of enemies have nothing to do with your power in the story. You go to a dungeon and kill whatever gets in your way. If you want, you can think that the rest ran away after seeing you kill their friends.

You are trying to tell me that after fighting near god like beings, you can come back down and get beat up by a couple of ogres.

No man, its the same thing as it was in Dungeons and Dragons. There's a point to where you have to accept that the only way normal monsters will be able to beat you is if there's a ton of them... and then only maybe.

You can either be Human... or super human... you cannot be both and expect it to be believable.

Ironically this is also why the standard 8 man raids/trials don't make sense anymore because they just poof you to the end boss without ever having to fight his legions. At least in the old Alexander raids, they tried to simulate this somewhat in the run up which made it feel like you were traversing a long running metal hulk to get there and one of the Boss fights is actually just hordes of minions attacking you.

But the bottom line is... you are not human anymore, you passed that back in ending days of Heavensward.

[linay]

You are trying to tell me that after fighting near god like beings, you can come back down and get beat up by a couple of ogres.

You don't get beat up by a couple of ogres. The story has never had you fail a dungeon yet.

None of what you said has any relevance to the story.

[Silverquick]

You don't get beat up by a couple of ogres. The story has never had you fail a dungeon yet.

None of what you said has any relevance to the story.

Not the point I was making.

I said... in order to provide a realistic scenario that fits the context of how powerful the characters really are at this point you are going to need the mass mob spam.

I know you WANT it to be otherwise, but the latest Dungeon really shows why it is not and cannot be.

Its a joke and why it failed to really grab anyone even though the coolness factor is there.

The characters are just too powerful for that kind of thing anymore. And ramping up the power of the Trash mobs only makes them just another boss mob fight and not very credulous.

In the other prior dungeons not only are the trash mobs a threat due to numbers... but they are a believable threat too.

[linay]

Not the point I was making.

I said... in order to provide a realistic scenario that fits the context of how powerful the characters really are at this point you are going to need the mass mob spam.

I know you WANT it to be otherwise, but the latest Dungeon really shows why it is not and cannot be.

Its a joke and why it failed to really grab anyone even though the coolness factor is there.

The characters are just too powerful for that kind of thing anymore. And ramping up the power of the Trash mobs only makes them just another boss mob fight and not very credulous.

In the other prior dungeons not only are the trash mobs a threat due to numbers... but they are a believable threat too.

Again, none of that has anything to do with providing a realistic scenario. We go to these dungeons as part of the story, not because they have enemies that are "worthy" of our power.