Aloalo Criterion is DEAD

[ZiraZ]

Alright. Let's say I run it, I have fun getting my first completion. What is that content (of which, is stated to be savage level if not harder) going to give me for the time investment for repeat runs? A mount you can just buy and materia?

I'm not going to waste my time learning savage level encounters for nothing of value (to me, since that apparently needs clarification on this site) upon completion on repeat runs. I have much better things in other games I could be doing with that time that actually gets me somewhere.

Eureka gave me incentive to go back and still does to this day, Bozja gave me incentive to go back and still does to this day. EX trials maintain their value for people back and farm for mounts or mats regardless of their expansion. Savage raids give people incentive because it gives you gear (of which, you basically need for criterion anyway from what I've heard), and maintiain their value in later expansions as glamour farms and even mount farms in final fights of the tier. Criterion does not on repeat runs (except for the mount, which, again, you can just buy which makes it meaningless). It isn't worth my time investment.

The rewards seem pretty good to me now on par with savage raids and ultimates, 4 titles for clearing them all on savage, and unique weapon glows including one for blu which is rather unique, on top of some unique housing items that are incredibly rare to see out there in the wild, so there will be still a lot of value running this in later expansions.
This is also not meant to be m+, I don't understand why it keeps getting compared to it, crit is supposed to end and not meant to be grinded until your eyes bleed, what do you even get out of m+ a mount? the gear is meaningless copy pasted 2d painted textures so that's useless as glam, so crit has the superior longevity rewards now.
Also it's ok to admit when you get filtered by something. M+ has a barrier of entry for toddlers, crit does require a minuscule amount of commitment from the start.