Increase Castrum abandon penalty

[Bixillarla]

This wouldn't be an issue if Castrum wasn't worth half the XP of Praetorium. Simply increase the value of Castrum.

Then people would drop from Praetorium for the shorter one if they gave the same XP which is what they use to do when they were the same. There is no way to fix it.

[Tranquilmelody7]

Then people would drop from Praetorium for the shorter one if they gave the same XP which is what they use to do when they were the same. There is no way to fix it.

They don't have to be equal.
The fact is Prae gives pretty much twice as much EXP as Castrum - that is a massive difference for only 15 extra minutes of cutscenes.

As far as I'm concerned Castrum is an utter waste of time unless newbies need a clear, and I don't feel bad for abandoning it.

I wouldn't recommend such a change but the EXP and mog tome bonus could also be equal and I'd still prefer Praetorium lol


Praetorium takes longer to clear, but far less time spent actually playing.


It's a preferred roulette outcome for many people with busy schedules as Prae yields far greater opportunities to multitask.


Praetorium is generally a smoother run too.
Deaths outside of the second teleporter are quite rare, where I've legit experienced WIPES in Castrum a few times.

The run can take also longer if no one defeats all mobs during the CID section, fails to pick up a key or Ceruleum, or botches the Livia boss fight multiple times(This happens often).

[Darthgummibear]

Then people would drop from Praetorium for the shorter one if they gave the same XP which is what they use to do when they were the same. There is no way to fix it.

I didn't say make them the same, but they could make the difference between the two less extreme so people would have to think more about the choice to bail or not.