From Reddit: NO level sync when entering a dungeon with less that required players!

[Nikita]

The lowest sync should provide dyeable versions of the dungeon sets which aren't, along with a plethora of achievement rewards & at least one special minion.

A special mount for completing all past content on lowest sync would be epic!!!

Wouldn't that be redundant? Considering it's all level synced now? Even more so considering how the armor is already dyeable via their crafted alternatives?

The primary complaint with relics was grinding old content for current tier weapons. Would it not be more wise to invest development time on the new content? All they're trying to do is breath life into content that will go unused, and quite frankly, this is enough.

[Noxifer]

Wouldn't that be redundant? Considering it's all level synced now? Even more so considering how the armor is already dyeable via their crafted alternatives?

Maybe so, but this would be synching to e.g. level 28 for Haukke Manor instead of 32. With the gear limited to lvl28 gear as well. It might be tricky to implement, though.

As for crafted alternatives... That's all well and good, but they come with a lot tighter class restrictions. Want to use a dyed Acolyte's Robe but you're a Black Mage? Tough luck, it's healer only. Want to use those dyed Infantry Boots for your tank glamour? Tough luck. It's Monk/Ninja only.

There's one question I have though on this. Will this mean we can bring in lower level players to essentially powerlevel them or does exp take a significant hit (as in nothing at all, if not next to nothing)?

Sadly, I'm guessing it'll follow the same Exp rules that already exist -- you get exp as long as no one in the party is more than 10 levels above you.

[Welsper59]

Sadly, I'm guessing it'll follow the same Exp rules that already exist -- you get exp as long as no one in the party is more than 10 levels above you.

Yeah, I'm unfortunately assuming the same as well lol. Not that much of a problem I guess. Adds a bit of incentive for a challenging alternative to the current exp grind. I had a lot of fun soloing some dungeon stuff on the SCH. It's just a PITA to find/bother folks that are willing to help you queue then drop... as short of a time that is to queue and drop.

[Buff_Archer]

Yeah, I'm unfortunately assuming the same as well lol. Not that much of a problem I guess. Adds a bit of incentive for a challenging alternative to the current exp grind. I had a lot of fun soloing some dungeon stuff on the SCH. It's just a PITA to find/bother folks that are willing to help you queue then drop... as short of a time that is to queue and drop.

I have an alt on Levi, only SCH/SMN are lvl 50 at the moment and as I'm still gearing SCH my SMN is pitifully geared for a level 50 but I do love doing unorthodox dungeon runs if you want to do that sometime. I've done a few all-SMN runs on my main and SCH wouldn't be a stretch.

The other challenge I want to start doing is some dungeon runs where the full party is in First Person POV mode the entire run through. Just talked some people into it for part of Main Scenario Roulette to keep it interesting, I had to back out of it in Ultima though for the sake of not letting the first-timers die.

[Yuri_Hyuga]

Wouldn't that be redundant?...

Read: "...of the dungeon sets which aren't..," there are dungeon sets like the i80 from Lost City or i90 which still aren't dyeable, even through crafting means.

1 Minion & 1 Mount for such a feat is not much to ask for too.

This is something that most players already did when dungeons were new. Not exactly something special...

Hardly, most players have been incredibly well beyond the minimum specs of lvl. 50 dungeons since 2.1~.

Few players actually strip their gear just for the sake of it, let alone everyone in a party.

If speaking of leveling dungeons, sure there are sometimes where a player goes in at bare-minimum, but again--every other person likely isn't.

They can always make a harsh time-trial part of the achievement(s) too, so players in bare gear really have to pressure progress.

[Nikita]

Read: "...of the dungeon sets which aren't..," there are dungeon sets like the i80 from Lost City or i90 which still aren't dyeable, even through crafting means.

1 Minion & 1 Mount for such a feat is not much to ask for too.

Ah, my mistake. Still though, this isn't a feat. The dungeons aren't challenging. They weren't really meant to be. I mean hey, I'm all for having free stuff thrown at me but that's essentially what they'd be doing.

Besides, if they were to do something like this, we wouldn't get it the second we got done with the content. It would be much smarter to add incentives to run it a bit further down the road when there are almost no people running it. With what they have announce so far, there will still be people running it for a while.