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    Sep 2013
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    Youmadesca Jewel
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    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    Lancer Lv 50

    Dungeons and speedruns in general

    We all know that, no matter how many dungeons they release, player's choice will always go to the fastest one.

    However, since they are "dungeons", they are usually filled with alot of trash mobs, which lead, again, to the player's choice of going the fastest way => big pulls with aoe.

    Problem with that kind of strat, is that alot of jobs are left out (such as smn, drg and mnk).

    Now dont get me wrong, i know these jobs can perform perfectly fine in such speedruns (infact, my best brayflox time, which is 4:50, was done with two SMN) but it leads to a pretty major problem..

    Peoples dont want to take risk, and thus, will always go with the most obvious solution (which, in this case, is BRD and BLM). Because of that, the other jobs are "forced" to level these jobs to grind for something that will go to another job, which is insanely frustrating in the long term.

    Now, let's check the root of them problem.

    SE seems to take the dungeon path for the relic quest line, which is perfectly fine in my opinion. They release 2-3 dungeons per major patch. Everytime, one of the dungeon clearly have a speedrun-friendly design, making the other two completly worthless.

    Now, what could be the solution to solve all of these problems at once?

    My personal opinion would be to make dungeons speedrun-friendly for every jobs/type of players. As in, one dungeon that works just like what we have right now (bosses with trash inbetween) for the current group setups (aoe-oriented), one dungeon with more bosses and less trash (making single target dps more worthfull), and a last one for "new players", with heavy speedrun restrictions (doors everywhere and whatnot) for those who simply wants to "play normally" (any group setup), but which would overall take the same time to complete if the teams are equally skilled.

    Thoughts?
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    Last edited by Youmadesca; 06-06-2014 at 09:36 PM.