Quote Originally Posted by AmiableApkallu View Post
CLL and Dalriada are mostly just the usual dungeon sequence of trash mobs and dodge-the-AoE bosses. Their only "new" schtick is making everyone split into parties at a few points in the run. (And it wouldn't surprise me if that's actually "new to FFXIV but old hat in other MMOs".)
The "new" thing was they were actually threatening and capable of killing people, whilst still being cleared in 1-3 pulls on average so that they were seen as more fulfilling casual content than dungeons are.

Had wipes to all the bosses in CLL, especially the last two, on many occasions. Dalriada was usually a clear every time, but usually with only a few people alive at the last boss.

The other "new" thing was telegraphing mechanics the first time, but not subsequent times. So you had the "tutorial" cast of the mechanic, then you had to learn it and remember it. Of course, many people don't seem to learn or be very observant, so they just died to the subsequent casts, but I thought this was the perfect middle ground that made it good midcore content.

Telegraph things once, but never again - that's fair. What is more frustrating than telegraphing things with orange once is telegraphing them with orange every single time to make it absolutely braindead.