Bozja Critique: Almost there, but not quite

[KageTokage]

Well, now that I've hit rank 15, the "endgame" for Bozja is basically just praying your instance has enough competent people to run the Castrum if they're around when it pops (Seriously, one minute is NOT enough registry time for an event that demands far more then any of the other CEs in the zone) and praying you can actually get into one of the solo fights instead of someone who doesn't even have the requisite lost actions to avoid being one-shot at some point.

[linayar]

Eureka also had a story but that alone did not make it worth it.

Well, it's up to you if Bozja is worth it. People wanted relic separate and those who only want the relic can get that done quicker, at least initially. That makes sense to me. Bozja has other things besides the relic.

The main selling point of Bozja is supposed to be the relic.

Nope, not when they already said relic can be obtained without it.

[Ryaz]

I will say Bozja has been much more... boring than Eureka. Eureka design created a sense of community. People constantly lfg, chatting with party members and other players during the grind. Bozja has been fairly silent. Most people play solo unless there's a critical engagement and then leave the party right after. Its hard to get anyone to kill the star mobs and if you're not in a group, good luck getting any fragments. It's got some definite perks over Eureka, but it also feels like it gave something up in the process.

Maybe it'll get better once I get above rank 10. Right now I'm 8 and it's felt like a slog.

[Deceptus]

Well, it's up to you if Bozja is worth it. People wanted relic separate and those who only want the relic can get that done quicker, at least initially. That makes sense to me. Bozja has other things besides the relic.

Nope, not when they already said relic can be obtained without it.

You can say the main selling point of Bozja isn't the relic but that's not the case. The 5.25 patch was literally called Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr. The ENTIRE storyline revolves around these relics.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

You can say the main selling point of Bozja isn't the relic but that's not the case. The 5.25 patch was literally called Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr. The ENTIRE storyline revolves around these relics.

Yes, the 5.25. Not the 5.35.

Also relics are recreations of the Blades, while the Garleans are
looking for actual Blades still intact which seems to be the actual point the story revolves around.

(Sorry for any possible spoilers but they weren't working for me for some reason and I'm on mobile)

[GenBroadaxe]

For what it's worth, I'm enjoying it more then Eureka although that might be because I started playing the game about halfway through the Stormblood patches. My friends who were doing Eureka were all far ahead of me, so if we partied up I wouldn't get any EXP and I couldn't go where they could since I'd be one shot. In that regard I like that the mettle system makes it easier to party up if you're at different levels. Being able to queue into instances and using your mount right off also made the lower level experience much better since it means that people just starting aren't going to have the Bozjan equivalents of NM burned down before they can get there by folks who can already mount up or are higher level.

I'm rank 5 now so I'm looking forward to being able to do Castrum soon and I'll be curious to see how this progresses. I do wish that they had a challenge log for it like they do with Eureka, although the instances pop up quickly enough that Bozja still feels more fast paced.

[Semirhage]

Reading comprehension is hard for you apparently. I'm pointing out that the game systems don't give near the same reward for the time invested. At all.

The main selling point of Bozja is supposed to be the relic. It's orders of magnitude easier to obtain it outside of Bozja.

Tsk tsk, wasn't the other point of Bozja to be a throwback to all of the great design of 2004 MMOs? If you don't "get" to farm field mobs until you miss several meals then you miss out on all the "fun"!