Quote Originally Posted by HyperiusUltima View Post
A lot of people exacerbate the rate of losing Mettle in Castrum like it's going to literally make you lose 100,000 Mettle just for a goof. You can gain TONS of Mettle just by doing stuff outside of Castrum - Bozja's rates for gaining Mettle are a higher net gain than what you can lose in there over a whole hour if you're constantly running FATEs. If you're not R15, then sure; but it shouldn't stop you from trying to get there.
We don't know what's going to happen in the future of Bozjan. Will they add more ranks? I certainly don't want to touch Castrum if it means I'm going to have to grind even more once that happens.

I'm not rank 15 yet but in trying to get to that point just to future-proof myself it's making me legitimately hate playing this game. And I'm not even dying that often, but even using it to level jobs I don't have at 80 yet I just can't stand the endless FATE grinding when I could just do a leveling roulette, followed by maybe MSQ with a show on my other monitor and then go do something else.

Anything that would possibly set me back is a no-sell. I'm not touching Castrum for as long as it doesn't give mettle to offset any I might lose in there.

I have never felt so down on any piece of content this game has offered, other than Blue Mage and the previous versions of Diadem. Bozjan I find mildly more enjoyable than them to the point I'm actually participating instead of giving it a hard pass.