Quote Originally Posted by Daeriion_Aeradiir View Post
Having cleared both current savages, they've both been more memorable as a tank to me than any ultimate ever has been (except maybe UCOB Add phase way back in 2017 when it was first released), since the 'all in one go' combined with trash packs hitting like insane freight trains requiring high mitigation utilization, actually challenging tanks on moving adds & positioning them around (Both sets of Rokkon adds, managing and carefully pulling adds in 2nd Sil'dih pack) means you're actually challenged as a tank and not as a blue dps. My healer also says the healing has also been more involved and memorable in them than any ultimate ever has challenged him due to how spiky, frequent and in some cases, pseudo-random it can be based on kill times of each pack/boss. They may be 1:1 mechanic copies of each other, but actually doing them is an actual intense, fun experience, even funner than the normal Criterion.

My heart was beating faster during the last 30% ish of the 3rd boss of Rokkon savage than it ever did during DSR P7 or TOP P6.

But that's just my own opinion.

Glamour is indeed the true endgame of FF14 - and if the glamour rewards are good enough, people will go through anything to get it, no matter how much they may suffer or how bad they perceive it to be. *Cough* Pretty much every grindy as ever living heck relic step this game has ever seen *cough*. There's technically even content that's far more inaccessible than Savages are and has even less rewards on a theoretical level (DRS, effectively only the Cerberus as the main "reward" point that is one and done) that still sees plenty of active play. Like I said, only time will tell - and I think the vanity rewards for Savage will give it a nice boost in participation.
Right? All I see in this thread is dooming from people who will never even lay one finger on this content. Is this reward perfectly timed? No, but imagine getting this week 4 after a new savage tier as a secondary method of obtaining a bis weapon for an alt job using content that isn't the same raids over and over. It's a step in the right direction and it's a cosmetic for people to show off which is really what the Variant/Savage have been lacking. Also, the Criterions are really fun? I admit I am not really the biggest fan of how they handled the savage iterations just being increased damage output and without rez, but I did Another Sildihn and some of Another Rokkon and they were both a blast. The problem is not that this content is bad, it's that the game is currently lacking more mid-level difficulty gameplay content for casual endgame players. As hard content the Criterions are very enjoyable even if the rewards have been severely lacking until now. I actually do believe this will boost participation a bit which should be the end goal.