Future Hard Mode Dungeons

[Estellios]

As someone who didn't play in 1.0, what made them different? What is "the 1.0 dungeon style"? I'm curious because I do think the current dungeons, while having some fun mechanics, are a bit cookie-cutter sometimes. Any examples you could share?

The dungeons just had gimmicks the new versions don't, but the old versions were endgame when they were implemented and intended to be more difficult.

Off the top of my head:

• In Darkhold the All-seeing eye or another invincible Ahriman were throughout the entire dungeon (the other one put a ton of status effects on anyone in the AOE) and they were present in the boss fight.
• Cutter's Cry's sandpits would damage HP, MP, or send you back to the start of the dungeon.
• The areas with the yellow...stuff... in Aurum Vale had a strong, permanent DoT effect whenever you were in those rooms. Eating Morbol fruits in the side rooms would temporarily reduce the DoT potency.

[Andevom]

The dungeons just had gimmicks the new versions don't, but the old versions were endgame when they were implemented and intended to be more difficult.

Off the top of my head:

• In Darkhold the All-seeing eye or another invincible Ahriman were throughout the entire dungeon (the other one put a ton of status effects on anyone in the AOE) and they were present in the boss fight.
• Cutter's Cry's sandpits would damage HP, MP, or send you back to the start of the dungeon.
• The areas with the yellow...stuff... in Aurum Vale had a strong, permanent DoT effect whenever you were in those rooms. Eating Morbol fruits in the side rooms would temporarily reduce the DoT potency.

Personally, I could do without such..."fun" augmentations.

[Estellios]

Personally, I could do without such..."fun" augmentations.

The only one I hated with a passion was the sending-you-back sandpits, the rest were pretty cool challenges and awareness checks. I think we could use more gimmick dungeons like Wanderer's Palace, to be honest.