Anemos wins round 1... Bozja Southern Front is so much worse

[JohnSpawnVFX]

This is accurate or is he trolling?

He's either trolling or wrong.



This is what you need to get the gear. What he posted is what you need to upgrade it.

[KageTokage]

I will agree that with how difficult the solo fights are, there needs to be some kind of system in place to ensure individuals who are performing well enough to attempt to queue will eventually get a chance to try the fight.

I've been a candidate four times now, but wasn't picked once...though I likely would've died anyways as some of them seem to require skills that are gated behind rank 15.

[Avalon304]

Honestly... Id much rather go back to Eureka than do anything in Bozja.

- The story hasnt been interesting since the first stages of the relic (about the most interesting thing was the memory trip). (I didnt care about the Eureka story either. Dont even know what it was. Dont really care).
- The Southern Front looks ugly. (Yes you can have battlefields and warzones that look visually interesting, instead of just browns with more shades of browns and some explosions). (Eureka was visually impressive, on top of being pretty. Bozja is neither).
- The music is awful (I greatly preferred Eureka's field theme).
- I feel super underpowered, hitting enemies with the equivalent of a wet pool noodle, while they hit me with a metal 2x4. (Do ranks improve my power?)
- The Critical Engagement system is a bad system, and SE should feel bad about implementing it. Its a pure downgrade over Eureka's NM system.
- Im not gonna make judgements on the Lost Actions system except to say it looks like one of the few actual upgrades over Eureka. (The other upgrade being the inability to level down when dying). That being said the Elemental Affinity system in Eureka was interesting and its disappointing that there isnt some analogue for that as well.
- And to top it off, the relic is far far easier to get by just grinding HW fates and level 60 dungeons. (Look Im ok with people having a second way to get the relics if they dont want to Bozja, but it shouldnt also be quicker. 3 hours outside of Bozja for a fully upgraded relic is just silly).

[RTX3080]

He's either trolling or wrong.



This is what you need to get the gear. What he posted is what you need to upgrade it.

Yes and you need to run 150+ times to fully upgrade one set so who's the real troll here?

[Edax]

Yes and you need to run 150+ times to fully upgrade one set so who's the real troll here?

It's the one who keeps necroing threads.

[Crushnight]

This is accurate or is he trolling?

Accurate

You spend 28 coins on chest then 999 coins to upgrade the chest piece to gain the Bozja stat of Haste +2, that is it, the only difference between the non upgrade chest and the the upgrade one.

Or you could get lucky with a 3% drop rate in Castrum for it.

Yes I find 999 coins an absurdity number for bad rng buffer especially when a full clear of Castrum is 20-26 coins, enjoy that padding for just a bonus to speed in Bozja only. >_>

[Enla]

Could you be more specific as to what part of his post was trolling? Someone saying critical things about content you enjoy doesn't make them a troll; if you disagree, articulate it. If it just makes you upset to hear negative things, I'd say that's more on you than him.

Stick around the forum for awhile and you'll see precisely what I mean about them being a troll. This is just one of five linked accounts the op posts on to stir controversy and debate. Occasionally they post something insightful but I'd argue it often is akin to a broken clock being right twice in a day rather than by design. When you've seen this same person constantly revive old posts and flood the front page with them, post gay-baiting threads they stole from reddit that actively foster an air of hostility towards people of the LGBTQIA+, get banned more times than you can count before coming back shortly thereafter, and generally foster a presence on the forums that has done far more harm than good, then yes it gets VERY hard to take them seriously.

Also I never stated my views on the content itself or how I perceived his criticism. So I have no idea where you're getting that I'm mad about him criticizing the content from?

[Vyrerus]

Warzones can be pretty, look at these not currently active areas where WWI +WWII battles were fought.

Bozja is not meant to be pretty. It's an active warzone where high explosives akin to nukes have gone off. Look at the way the buildings are melted just past the Rank 5 aethereyte. It's supposed to be gritty, that's their aim. If they'd wanted to do beautiful high fantasy warzone, then they could have, but they're sticking with more brutal visuals for a reason.

The map is relatively small because the rate at which Skirmishes and CEs spawn is very fast when there are a lot of active participants in the zone. You literally won't be able to keep up with all of them, but you don't need to worry about keeping up with all of them, because the rewards across them are mostly universal. Once you know which ones are tied to CEs that are tied to duels, you can focus on those in particular to try and get into the duels. The CE fights and the duel fights are highly engaging because they are deadly, so it's not a snorefest either.

They reuse enemies everywhere in this game. Eureka used and reused enemies across every single zone, and only introduced a few new monsters here and there. Bozja has introduced the fox liger, among other things, and has introduced some palette swapped raid bosses as CE bosses ( The Patriot).

As for the insane tedium/grind/wait for the haste gear... it's really no different than having the completely randomized ultra rare drops from Eureka. None of them were required to clear even the Baldesion Arsenal. Never needed the 6th or 7th magicite stuff neither. It was all just bonus stuff, so if this is your favorite content ever, you can have the statistical edge on everyone else for your time investment.

The other stuff you label as odd choices has to do with Bozja's theme over other stuff. Its theme is war and military service. The threat of constant mettle loss is to make you want to improve and not die. Even then, it's not much of a loss for a single death. You can't rank down.

I don't think it's perfect. The joke that skirmishes are just another Fates rehash is spot on, but I view Bozja as leaps and bounds beyond Eureka in terms of engagement and fun. And I liked Eureka too. Enough to do it all the way to Hydatos on three separate characters. The gameplay for Bozja is much improved over it, particularly Lost actions vs. Mnemes. I love being able to sport around 3 or 4 phoenix downs on top of my buff/extra actions buttons. I love that I don't have to go back to the base camp to rearrange them for use every single time either.

I give Bozja an A-. B+ at worst. 87/100 easy The only things really holding it back are things like... taking 200k damage from a single DOT tic in a duel. I think that's a little much personally, but it may be rank dependent.

[Jennah]

Sorry Mister troll. "Cutscenes and Story" are the only reason I might *ever* consider setting foot in there.

[Darker_Midnight]

The whole point is to clear CLL the right way - save as many prisoners as you can and there's a good chance of getting the upgrade materials.

If not, no big loss, the haste is good but it's not critical unless you're a minmaxer. And if you are, well, this is just the sort of challenge minmaxers rise to!