Does anyone miss the old mechanics of the ARR and Heavensward dungeons?

[gllt]

I miss real dungeons too but anything less than a hallway with regulated pulls was too confusing I guess

[DynnDiablos]

I miss real dungeons too but anything less than a hallway with regulated pulls was too confusing I guess

I did Sohr Khai last night and one of the sprouts was like "Wow, this dungeon is hard." And, I was like... X_X

[Striker44]

I miss real dungeons too but anything less than a hallway with regulated pulls was too confusing I guess

It's not that it was confusing; it's that we as the players just found the most "optimal" route and made it linear, anyway. Why spend the time adding all these extra side rooms and paths and the like when almost everyone is just going to run the shortest possible route...and gripe at the few who don't? Same with the "walls" we get in current dungeons - they exist because people would just abuse the game mechanics to speed run to bosses and skip everything else.

I did Sohr Khai last night and one of the sprouts was like "Wow, this dungeon is hard." And, I was like... X_X

Worth noting that "earlier" dungeon difficulty today is not necessarily due to "old dungeons were tougher" but more the way abilities are gained at different relative levels now. I find the 51-60 group the most "challenging" now, but only because tanks are used to just wall-to-wall pulling and don't always realize they don't necessarily have their self-sustain yet, while healers don't have many of their oGCD's yet, either.