Let Players Speed Run Again

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

You assume those who don't like to speed run, can't. If I can tank as a Bard (yes, I can, I have, it's on YouTube), I most certainly can speed run. Why don't I? Because I just don't like it. Because after even forcing myself to do it for FC mates, on ALL 3 roles, I find it so mind numbingly boring. I'm not playing my class, I'm not utilizing my skills or anything. I'm just simply spamming enmity gen/aoes/aoe heals. Yawn. Add to that, whether I take 10 minutes or the entire 60, I'm still getting the same tomes you are, and would still have to run it just as much as you to cap. So what's the point? No - this isn't me saying it's ok to go super slow or "Slow and Easy", but it doesn't need to be so black and white. I'd suggest you stop seeing it so. Truthfully, I completed Lost City and Halatali HM MUCH faster Bard-tanking it, and I took each mob as it was rather than the usual SR tactics. Didn't even know if I could do it beforehand (and LC was a first run for the healer), but pulled it off. Quickly. Dealing with mechanics. AND had fun doing it. No speed running necessary.

On that note, if you find dungeon mechanics THAT boring, then maybe it's just not for you? For that reason, I'd really love SE to consider my "Expert Guildhests" idea, but that's just wishful thinking. If it's about the mechanics as you say, you DO know that people will find faster methods to do things anyways (T2 enrage, No doors/Diabolos burn, T6 burn strat, etc.), so why are you so hung up on this? 1 HP drops? Yeah, they kinda suck. But if it's all about the speed, then essentially any dungeon that teleports you to the next area = wasted time. The phases during which you can't actively damage Nael deus Darnus = wasted time. Nails/heart/plumes/spumes/arbiters/giants? Wasted time. Arguably any time between pulls and bosses is wasted time. DUNGEONS, for you apparently, are a waste of time.

If the 1 HP fall is THAT bad, Medica II/Succor before the fall, and pop an X-Potion and move on.