Tired of dungeons yet?

[Preypacer]

Adding two dungeons to an otherwise mostly "empty" game content-wise is like building a swimming pool in the middle of a desert. Everyone's going to flock to it because... damn... it's *water!*... in the *desert!*.

It's like a juicy steak dinner with an ice cold beer dropped in the middle of a sea of white bread and water.

Before long, the pool is destroyed and the steak is devoured.

Then everyone's back to walking the desert or eating bread.

The problem is, no one or two new things they introduce at this point is going to be enough to keep people engaged for long. Esp. not if they're being cleared within a week.

Given the state of the game, I was really surprised they introduced dungeons that were A) so short and B) repeatable with such a low cool down.

The only way new content like that is going to maintain any kind of longevity is if it's introduced along with a plethora of other new content... Tons of new quests, new storyline missions, new jobs/classes, several new dungeons instead of one or two... And they need to make sure some of the dungeons require more time to complete and aren't cleared in a week.

There's a lot of work going into the game... So, hopefully more content of more variety is part of it.

[Archadius]

So it's been a few weeks of the greatest update ever. I said, I await this response when it was released. So still having fun?

I know for a fact the rank 25 dungeon is now kind of neglected.

Yes, I am, thanks for asking. I run the Darkhold with LS on almost a daily basis.

Yesterday I did 2 runs of Toto-Rak. I guess you're just looking in the wrong places.

[Kallera]

That's not the question I asked. Whatever Mister Hopeful. I was you from release til a month or two ago, so I know exactly how you feel. Wish people would just STFU and be patient, right? I will give you a few more months of enduring this abortion, then Sonic_the_Hedgehog will become Dragonmaster Dyne.

Either dyne complains about game features he does not play, or he cannot discern babies from video games. Perhaps his idea of gaming fun is sending a baby though his netheregions, but None of these thoughts is encouraging of him as a gamer, or a person.

[Burne]

Is it really so difficult to post positives comments on the forum? I being 36...woops sorry 37 now. Been 36 for so long thought it was permanent lol

I've did Toto a few times now.(lol) I dont spam it cuz then it might get old and I'd have something negative to say. But no not tired of it yet. Since im not 'eligible' for the rank 45 dungeon i cant really speak on it. But I do think that there should be at least a level 30 cap on Toto. With a nice level sync. Its too easy to plow through it.

[Starlord]

Oh Geese, you people got your panties in a bunch I see. Well, Claiming theres Nothing that fills the world allow me to Elaborate whats in the update for you:

-Dungeons~ people say there bored of them, when only a few Forum goers are saying they are bored and I always see people there waiting ouside talking and having a blast as a community, its more than the Dungeon and its bringing the community back together slowly, which I'm really enjoying!

- Settlements~ Yes there's no content in these settlements as we speak, I can agree with that so far. However 1.18 is the Groundwork of this game Heck even Grand Companies didn't get much content in them, but they merely put the base structure down to build upon. and the world IS being filled by Settlements and other thing I will go to right now.

- Encampments~ Now this is Continuous Content, Sp parties are great there at low 20's and the mid 30's Content of Sping! and getting sp while destroying a huge behind mob I say us pretty epic to me! And Im sure their will be content that will require to burn through the mobs to reach something within their camp, and when strongholds come out in 1.19 it will be even better!

- Grand Companies~ Yes, these are what Im most anxious for to grow right now is these Conquest type Missions ( like in FFXI) and if you didn't notice the second mission Actually Kill waves of mobs go back to the Grand Company and then he sends you out again ( still haven't completed the mission) That tells me right there that little small taste that Missions will get longer and harder! ( Also the storyline tells that the Seventh Umbral age IS nigh, so be prepared!)

-SP Parties~ Yes I know some of you don't call this content, but in all honesty for the Grind Purpose it is. After 1.18 update everyone is now starting to grind for their SP, Something I wanted in this game since the beginning and I for one am loving it, sincer I reroll my character into a Lalafell, and doing these sp parties finding places for the best spots to grind in, brings me back to the good ol days of FFXI its the one and only thing I wanted out of FFXI to be into FFXIV is that. Now that its in and leves are nerfed each rank will feel like you actually EARNED it, and not this 120k leve fest, I really didnt feel like I earned it, ( which is part of the reason as to why I rerolled post 1.18).

Overall~ I love the direction this is going, and 1.18 gave at least me an idea as to whats to come in future patches and I Find myself logging on more often than I used to too. Saying there isn't content Filling the land or none in General I just believe its flawed logic at this point.

This is solely my opinion and I respect other peoples opinions as well =).

Edit: Also With the Battle system taking the Utmost Priority of course the content will be a little bit on the low side, but even that is pushing it considering, whats been laid out above, yes there maybe little content in them now, but in 1.19 I'm expecting them to fill them with a lot of content since a lot of the bases ( including the battle system) is laid out. I can't wait for 1.19 Chocobos, Airships, Ifrit battle ( which will probably be a GC quest for a high ranked person "hint hint") and most importantly PH will be abolished!

[Sephr]

The dungeons were never implemented under the intention they'd keep everyone happy for months to come. Yoshida even said he'd expect at least 6 dungeons to have been in the game at launch in addition to other content to be adequate to keep people interested.

They're planning for the PS3 release and getting it ready for that, I honestly doubt they're that interested in keeping the current players that happy because there's no way they generate content fast enough to outdo the people playing it.

Thems the breaks, there's nothing you can do about it so I don't understand why people insist on having little tantrums constantly.

But then again, vocal minority =/= the whole playerbase anyway.

That's not the question I asked. Whatever Mister Hopeful. I was you from release til a month or two ago, so I know exactly how you feel. Wish people would just STFU and be patient, right? I will give you a few more months of enduring this abortion, then Sonic_the_Hedgehog will become Dragonmaster Dyne.

And yet, you're still here. If it'd 'given up hope' on a game two whole months ago I'd probably have quit following it and done something else because, ultimately, it's just a game. I don't play anymore, but I check the updates and am looking forward to the point where it's fun and playable, which will inevitably come considering the money being pumped into it. I know that stamping my feet and creating numerous threads about my unhappiness with the game is probably not going to do much, so I doubt I'd ever get to that point.

[Eekiki]

So it's been a few weeks of the greatest update ever. I said, I await this response when it was released. So still having fun?

Yes. More than ever.

I know for a fact the rank 25 dungeon is now kind of neglected.

[citation needed]

[Forbin]

yep loving it.

[syntaxlies]

raids were never meant to be a solution. They even said adding content in the games current state was risky. They added it so we'd have something to do while we wait for the rest of the big fixes to be applied. They tried to throw us a bone and everyone s**t's on it.

[Gramul]

How many do we have? 2?

I did the Thousand Maws about two nights ago for the first time and I really enjoyed it.
I don't think they plan on making it the main chunk of the content, but it's much more entertaining than doing Behests over and over. Really though, I was most impressed with the Grand Companies. They seem to be taking the mark of the sort of side quests I've been looking forward to.