Quote Originally Posted by Nadda View Post
I believe the fun of Variant is to adventure around and solve all the paths without using a guide to learn some neat lore. I'm sure any Lore Masters if any are present love Variants for this reason.

I believe the fun of Criterion is to be Savage-lite with core group of friends and offer a good challenge that is non-committal. (hopefully with rewards worth the effort along with your mount)


So my fundamental understanding of V/C is that it exists to be fun. I'm kind of okay with that.
That's the issue with current Criterion though for me. It's not Savage-lite, it's quite punishing, and the rewards aren't quite worth it. It's created two problems:
1. People who wanted this as "somewhat challenging content with friends" get stuck with the normal Criterion and don't get the rewards that Savage gets. They do it maybe once then never touch again.
2. People who can do Savage also do it once and leave because the rewards aren't really worth it. They made all the cool stuff buyable on the MB and they tried on the weapon skins, but they honestly don't really look all that great, and you're certainly not getting them for ilevel.

I love the "easy" mode but I hope they work on the rest of it before we get another one in Dawntrail.