Delubrum Reginae is dead.

[IDontPetLalas]

DR isn't quite dead, but it may take some time to queue, especially with things like tome events and people doing reclears. It's far better now with fewer people being required to run it.



These third party tools have been in use for years and have been a requirement since before XIV.

Accessibility isn't great for eureka, but they've taken steps to make things easier in bozja and will likely take the lessons learned into the next battlefield.

Something having existing for years doesn't necessarily make it good. I can understand that third party tools are used for difficult content where statics are often the norm, but that isn't required for DRn. SE seems to have backed themselves into a corner because of the way that Bozja was implemented, which means that it is difficult to add it to DF, but it really would help to add it to its own roulette, perhaps with CLL.

[Avatre]

Something having existing for years doesn't necessarily make it good. I can understand that third party tools are used for difficult content where statics are often the norm, but that isn't required for DRn. SE seems to have backed themselves into a corner because of the way that Bozja was implemented, which means that it is difficult to add it to DF, but it really would help to add it to its own roulette, perhaps with CLL.

The only issue I can see from that, is you would likely get even fewer people who actually use the essences and actions that you do now. Most of the time when I was running it, before doing premade groups with a friend through PF, there was still at least 50% of the people who didn't use any essences or actions making the 24 person runs take much longer than they needed to be.

[TaleraRistain]

Other sources of getting them are either Zadnor’s Dalriada (+2) which is just as dead as DRn without the help of PF, and PotD. Not sure if the latter is a guaranteed drop, though.

POTD isn't a guaranteed drop but I'd still rather do that than DR. I think they may have ninja adjusted something because recently drops have seemed better.

[Zaniel]

Except Delubrum Reginae has been 2-manned in less than an hour, including with deaths from some messed up stack markers killing the SGE (Not even the fastest they could go, since the RPR was missing 3 damage valor stacks):

And by a WAR solo in 2.5hrs:

I've even 3-manned it with a friend and one brand new rank 11 friend who was dead half the time to help them get their clear, though it took us a bit closer to 1 hour & 20 minutes. Pure Essences + valor stacks + using banners/fonts/super skills like blood rage Makes low man DR clears pretty easy, if not just time/gil consuming.

I am sure you are correct that a small group of excellent players using the right essences and skills CAN do it, but that's not going be random-Johnny's experience, he'll get dumped in there at 10 minutes as a Dancer + White Mage group with no supers and things won't go so well.

[Shieara]

I've done a fair amount of DR since the changes. The longest was when I duoed it with another healer (I was on WHM and they were SCH I think). I am kind of a trash player, and I don't think my partner was too amazing considering how much they died, so you don't have to be a chad to get through.

I'm not saying that it doesn't need some adjustments, but you can get through if you're determined.

[Hasrat]

I believe they’re aftering the x15 Timeworn Artifacts. One run of DRn rewards +3 of them now.

Other sources of getting them are either Zadnor’s Dalriada (+2) which is just as dead as DRn without the help of PF, and PotD. Not sure if the latter is a guaranteed drop, though.

You can do alternatives such as level 70 dungeons, palace of the dead and heaven-on-high.

Unless there's been an undocumented change, no. Timeworns only drop from DRn and PotD. And PotD is only RNG chance drop.

[Iscah]

I don't understand why they pushed it outside the duty finder. It could easily have its own roulette that keeps the content active.

It could have been if they truly learned from Castrum queuing issues and made the Dalriada (and converted Castrum) into an independent instance like Delubrum. Then we would have three options for a roulette selection.

The story could easily call for a withdrawal to Gangos in preparation for the bigger assault, or introduce a "waiting room" zone for story purposes like the first time we reach Delubrum in the underground ruins.

[badonkadonk]

I don't usually have any issues with DR Normal, in the evening it takes around 20 mins to fill up a party of 8. What i have issues with are the rewards and the incentive to keep doing the raid once i've finished the relics: what am i supposed to do with all the coins? I mean, i can't even disassemble or turn in Law's Order armors and there is nothing else i can buy with them, no glamour prisms, no aetheryte tickets, nothing. Sure, DR gives 500 poetics, but i don't think it's enough.

[SeiyaSoiya]

what compells them to release content that is not futureproofed? isn't that the same problem other games as a service have that they have to make everything seasonal to trick players into playing, and then have to remove the content afterwards?

[Absurdity]

what compells them to release content that is not futureproofed? isn't that the same problem other games as a service have that they have to make everything seasonal to trick players into playing, and then have to remove the content afterwards?

This game has had issues with content longevity for basically as long as it exists.