Allow solo-ing dungeons without level sync

[axemtitanium]

I'm sure this topic has been covered before but the mods dislike necroposting so I was hoping to bring it up again now that item levels have increased.

I'd really like the ability to solo-queue into non-level 50 dungeons without having to level sync. I know it's already possible to get into a dungeon with friends and have them drop immediately but it's a bit of a hassle. If lack of level sync would be too imbalanced, at least remove the ability lockout and allow us to use all of our abilities at a lower level. I think this would be a cool way of preserving older content as people outgear it. Keep in mind that this would be separate from regular Duty Finder versions of the dungeon for people who are still leveling. Add a leaderboard for clear times or something and it could be cool!

[Fluttersnipe]

I understand why they chose to force level sync on us? I understand why regarding FATES, but for dungeons it should be our choice whether or not to spoil our own fun.

[Chihaya]

Turning a MMO into a single player game.

[Stormrider]

I may be wrong. But didn't they have ques for instances at one point. Is that not why it says reserving when you form. If that is correct how would they handle the load if we could all just pick one and go. How many people would skip queing for Brayflox if they could solo it and get the vanity drops.

I am fine with a leaderboard for bragging rights. But I think they would have to remove the loot table.

[axemtitanium]

Turning a MMO into a single player game.

Better that than older dungeons becoming a zero-player game. Does the content still exist if no one does it?

I may be wrong. But didn't they have ques for instances at one point. Is that not why it says reserving when you form. If that is correct how would they handle the load if we could all just pick one and go. How many people would skip queing for Brayflox if they could solo it and get the vanity drops.

I am fine with a leaderboard for bragging rights. But I think they would have to remove the loot table.

As I understand, they have (roughly) separate server hardware for different instances and those servers are allocated based on usage patterns, hence why they had to increase the number of servers dedicated to AK way back in the speedrunning days. For older dungeons, fewer people are going to run it at the same time so it shouldn't be a large burden on those servers to run a few extra solo instances.

[Nekodar]

I agree on one condition: all green loot is removed from the unsynced dungeon.

[AllOutWar]

I am fine with a leaderboard for bragging rights. But I think they would have to remove the loot table.

This is what would happen. If they didn't remove the loot then you can gear out all of your other jobs at an insanely fast rate.

[axemtitanium]

This is what would happen. If they didn't remove the loot then you can gear out all of your other jobs at an insanely fast rate.

With what? Lv 25 greens? I'm talking specifically for sub-level 50 dungeons. Not really going to help you gear anything unless you're under the mistaken impression that sub-50 gear matters.

[Nayto]

With what? Lv 25 greens? I'm talking specifically for sub-level 50 dungeons. Not really going to help you gear anything unless you're under the mistaken impression that sub-50 gear matters.

Farming stone vigil for ishguardian steel.

And Dzhemel Darkhold for the lol-bikini tops. Both actually fetch a pretty penny on my server.

If they're ganna implement this, then take the farmable loot off.

[Mcshiggs]

They addressed this way back in the day last year, their reasoning was that they didn't want the instance servers for those dungeons being taken up by folks farming and making people trying to do it for their quests wait even longer in que, and that they would look into it more in the future. Since they have clustered all the dungeons onto the same servers now, and not nearly as many people needing them for the main story quests, it is time they either did it, or at least came up with a fresh excuse as to why they can't.