How about an Extreme Mode of 8 Man Dungeons?

[mythicrose]

Ultima Extreme : Now with leviathan goodness and twintania dive bombs for laughs. Hit the firey border for instant death.

[Moqi]

I'd rather have all HM dungeons of all the existing ones right now (even with varying difficulty, although I don't particulary care for that), but it's a neat idea and I would definitely support it in the future. All I'm worried about is that some dungeons, like Haukke or Copperbell, may feel too cluttered with a full party running around. New ones are always welcome as well of course!

[BoltNixter]

no... enough with the re-hash content already... jeez

[raelgun]

no... enough with the re-hash content already... jeez

agree with rehash, but we still want new 8 man stuff that has proper items in there, a treadmill to keep going, also, if they make sure they keep it as 1 tank, then you have more tanks per dps pools so queues are more efficient for this.

[Nalien]

More Dungeons like Fork Tower from FFV.

Imagine in Pharos Sirius was 8 man, with two parties climbing up a split path. Party A faces an endless wave of enemies while party B fights a mini boss, once party B wins, the waves stop and party A can advance. So on until they reach the top where both parties reunite to fight Siren.

Wish all the new dungeons were like that, since they're using "iconic" bosses. Siren and Diabolos could have been closer to the Primals in difficulty if the dungeons were 8 man. Not to mention it would make dungeons feel much larger, since they'd effectively be doubled in size. It also would mean that you'd need to do it at least twice to see everything, rather than seeing everything your first run.

[LukeyP666]

SNIP.

^ This ^

I would love to see some 8 Player Dungeons where the Party had to split into two to complete objectives down different paths, like pressing swiitches and opening doors for the other Team.

[milosralevic]

where the Party had to split into two to complete objectives down different paths, like pressing switches and opening doors

oh whoaaa! Great idea! I would love to see puzzles too! But there's a little downside with splitting (even though I'd love to see it implemented): one of the two groups would progress faster than the other, and if one can't sustain through the dungeon and keeps on failing, it makes it more difficult from the start.

[milosralevic]

Wouldn't an 8 man dungeon be considered as a raid? Other than that, extreme mode would be interesting.

[Nalien]

Wouldn't an 8 man dungeon be considered as a raid?

Probably. No real reason they couldn't apply such ideas to Coil though, Coil certainly needs improvements as far as that goes. Outside the boss fights it's pretty damn boring, and as linear as XIII.