Duty Roulette - low level - same dungeons???

[RyuDragnier]

It gets ridiculous how often you see the low level dungeons. Satasha 5 times in a row, on my level 50 fully geared Bard. I have sworn off the Duty Roulette's low level thing except for that bonus XP. It's not worth seeing and being bored in that place so much.

[SerDakota]

I use the DF to level my classes and at level 40-45 I too havnt seen a fungeon higher then copperbell which sucks but what sucks more is I get like 700xp per mob at that level but if I had got in stone vigil id be getting 1500+

I wish they would scale the xp with your level if im 40 I should have the xp scale up with me so I'm not screwed on trash mob xp

[rabbitzero]

I only ever get Sastasha or Copperbell eventhough I'm level 41. I've done the low level duty roulette pretty much everyday since it was added, and many times some days - but always get those two. What gives?

To be honest, i've yet to get placed in those at all using duty roulette. I've gotten stone vigil and braystops most recently. I forget the others off hand, but know i haven't gotten those two, as they are the ones i know best and keep waiting for. Granted, i'm usually on my 50 summoner, if that has anything to do with it.

[am0n]

I'm all for random, but they should make the dungeon at least appropriate for the lowest level in the group. I got a Duty Roulette where I was the lowest level at level 41 on my BLM. And we got put into Sastasha. I could understand that if we had like a level 16 in the group or something... but if the lowest is level 41, maybe they should pick something closer to the appropriate level?

[Githiun]

I think they should reduce the bonus from primals so people stop with this sense of entitlement.

That was rude. It's not sense of Entitlement. It's supposed to be a random thing..not the same damn dungeon over and over again. If I wanted that I'd just pick the highest level dungeon available to me to maximize my exp.

[Alexander_9211]

I've been using the Duty Finder over the last week and few days to level up my level 28 (now 34) Paladin. Well, given a few exception (1 Copperbell, 1 Halatali, 1 Ifrit), all I saw was Sastasha, Sastasha and Sastasha aaaalll over and over again. I haven't done the exact count. but it should be something like 6 Sastasha on a total of 9 Roulettes. Curious thing to note, most of the groups I was put in were formed of Synched character who likely used the Duty Roulette as well. So why always Sastasha? Could it be that the system pairs a group of 4 Roulette players in Sastasha as a default choice?

What is your experience with this guys? I'd wish to understand if there really is some issue with DR, and if so I think we should ask the Devs to go check into this... Seriously, I'm sick of tanking Denn the Orcatoothed and his minions.

[stuscott]

I seem to alternate daily between Ifrit and Halatali...

[Ildur]

I think it makes perfect sense. Think about it: most characters will want to level at least one of their alt classes up to get their cross class skills. Except for Paladins and Dragoons (who are done with useful cross-class skills by level 15), everyone else needs to level up to the twenty or thirties. Warriors will want Provoke from Gladiators (lvl 22). Monks and Bards will want Invigorate from lancers (lvl22). White mages, Summoners and Scholars will want Swiftcast (lvl 26). Summoners and Black Mages will want Quelling Strikes (level 34). And let's not forget that a player can have all classes in one character.

As you see, there will always an higher probability of level 15-26 dungeons to appear in the roulette.
Ifrit Normal Mode can be explained because of new players and old players making alternate characters. Those people will want to defeat Ifrit NM in order to unlock the Grand Companies and be able to get the mount for their alt, even if they don't plan to stick to it or play it much.

[am0n]

Except, Ildur, that most of the people have mentioned that the lowest level in the group was not 16-26, but much higher, constantly getting stuck in the level 15/16 dungeons.

Your theory would hold water if each group had someone between level 16 and 20, but it seems like even if your group has all level 40s you have a higher likelihood of getting stuck with Sastasha or Copperbell.

[Mhaeric]

You are more likely to get lower level dungeons because the level of your group places upper limits on what you can draw, and those low level dungeons are available to lot even when placed with higher level players.

Plus it's not entirely random. Your dungeon is determined by people who have chosen a specific dungeon and are waiting in queue. This is obviously going to be weighted on the low end given the population curve. (Lots of low level characters tapering off as level gets higher with a small spike at level 15 and a massive spike at level 50.)