I appear to have already missed the boat on bozja

[RokkuEkkusu]

I've noticed the decline in participation too.

However, when there are times 24-30 people do join in Castrum Lacus Litore runs lately, they end up in one or more of following categories:

1. Completely new
2. Has no Lost Actions in their buff section
3. Has no Essences of anything their buff section
4. Unwilling to dodge or meet mechanics as they come.

As a result, the run will be cleared with very little time left (24 person clear with almost one minute remaining) or unsuccessful (27 person run with a failure on last boss because top party could not meet the Lyon DPS check from getting knocked out often).

The rewards and encouragement are just not there yet.

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I've noticed the decline in participation too.

However, when there are times 24-30 people do join in Castrum Lacus Litore runs lately, they end up in one or more of following categories:

1. Completely new
2. Has no Lost Actions in their buff section
3. Has no Essences of anything their buff section
4. Unwilling to dodge or meet mechanics as they come.

As a result, the run will be cleared with very little time left (24 person clear with almost one minute remaining) or unsuccessful (27 person run with a failure on last boss because top party could not meet the Lyon DPS check from getting knocked out often).

The rewards and encouragement are just not there yet.

The best players, end-game raiders, and people who are more well-versed at the game went through Castrum during the early months because there was nothing else to do. That's why runs were so fast even with little essence use, with little problems of failing unless you got a bad roll of players. Savage was already 10 months old, no Ultimate since 2019. Bozja was the end-game for everyone. Now it's so far down the order of things with Eden's Promise out. I imagine it will pick up again with the next installment and the savage mode being added too.

Although I always used actions and essences because I was stockpiled, and it was fun. It was also a way to get that token raise for the Guardian Angel title since every new player dies to elements or Dawon 50x.