Something easy to fun to implement, -- Time Trials --.

[Provoke]

Everyone seems to like to do the level 50 dungeons as fast as possible, why not have seperate que's for time trials? Que in for the dungeons with your 4 man composition of choice or force Tank/Heal/Ranged/Melee to keep things even, then try to beat your personal record, the server record and possibly all worlds record of the dungeons.

I think this would be great fun to do while farming myth/philo/(insert new tome here). Especially the overgeared bored players. Maybe give vanity items or horizontal progression to the players that hit the Par time or even get their own server record.


Tell me what you think.

[Crimson-Falcon]

this will support speed runs which SE dont want

[Duuude007]

They mentioned once that if they did speed run related content in the future, the reward would be strictly achievement related. So once you had pulled off a time trial in a specific place, you would not be forced to do it there again.

I DO like this concept, as it is a fair balance between all or none. That said, it has been over a year since they addressed the matter, I am anxious to see if they still have plans for this in the foreseeable future. I would be disappointed if they walk back these plans and eliminate such incentive-tied challenges.

[Cuurad]

time trial modes? *sign*

[Provoke]

Wow, sad playbase.

[Naiser]

No thanks. FF14 should be an MMORPG, not an MMO Arcade Game...

[Provoke]

No thanks. FF14 should be an MMORPG, not an MMO Arcade Game...

Uh wow, yeah, because that would become the entire game right, time trails.

[Delsai]

Time trials have a positive and a negative.

Positive: Better rewards, possibility of mounts.

Negative: Newer players would be singled out for not going fast enough. Everyone would expect a speedy completion.

[Reiryuu]

Quoted just to address the point, I don't mean to direct my comments towards you specifically:

Negative: Newer players would be singled out for not going fast enough. Everyone would expect a speedy completion.

Problem is, people are already in such a big ass hurry to finish content anyway, I'm really rather tired of it. Look at all the people complaining in the thread about Ifrit EX regarding the mechanic where you can't burn him during the final nail phase. Speed runs are already a thing, something like this implemented would only make it worse.

[Nayto]

Wow, sad playbase.

So you think BLM burn parties are fun? Because I find them boring.