Aurum Vale, is it really that bad?

[Luvbunny]

Yes, there are several dungeons that most players will avoid like plague, which you will notice this more if you are in the US servers or European ones (much less of a problem in Japanese servers). Lvl 32, 35, 41, 44 and 47 are all the dungeons that considered to be PITA, with 32, 35 and 47 take the top honor for the three most shitastic dungeons. Brayflox is easy enough till you hit the final boss and if you get a freshie scholar without leeches, it can turn messy, with solid players, this should ever become a problem. Sunken Temple is horrendous if your group have zero comprehension on what to do on the first boss. And finally Aurum Vale can be extremely frustrating if you get three freshie with gears lvl 30-38s, or those players who never bother to do any job quest and have no AF1 gears.

Technically Aurum Vale is not very hard, but groups who "try to speed run", have no idea how to pull in the first room after the entrance, do not bother reading in game message, severely under geared, those group will not going to clear this. Or you can also get good players (but new and under geared), you could clear it, probably close to 60-90 mnts mark after several wipes "for learning experiences".

Or just pay $18, move to japanese servers, watch youtube video so you know what to do. You'll probably clear it in your first try, around 40 mnts or much less.