Please do not streamline deep dungeons

[ThurinTurambar]

From what i see on lalachievements (i dont know how accurate is the site, but better than no data), about 4.2% of players got Aeturna mount and 8.5% got Juedi (mounts for clearing EO and HoH 4x times if you pick the accessories and not other rewards). 24.3% players cleared floor 100 of HoH, 12.9% cleared floor 100 of EO.
For comparison, ~24.2% cleared m4s once.

While its clear that EO has performed worse, for reasons i will address later, its still a large part of the community that has participated in the content (not to mention that its quite popular to do savage on alt characters for better loot opportunities, and people dont really play DDs on alts, do they)

Deep dungeons are a great investment for SE to keep alive, as it is 'ever-green' content, people return to it in times of content draught, when they're done with the tier of savage or whatever else.


Here are some my thoughts about why EO has underperformed compared to HoH (ignoring the time of release difference)
- poor balance of early floors, burning away the new people. Damage-sponge enemies with lethal abilities that early is just not the play (idea of more powerful avoidable patrols could work, but not all enemies)
- loot is simply subpar. Im talking strictly about the mount - how many people became interested in potd because of the amazing pegasus mount? The EO crab is not cute like the pegasus and is not goofy and funny like the dodo.
- The theme has already been explored with Crystal Tower and The Twinning.
- Overall too gloomy, even palace has more cheer on deep floors.