Low-manning dungeons should be rewarding!

[Ashkendor]

Low-manning dungeons lets new players run through them with a single friend for MSQ progress though. *shrug*

[RedShipRaider]

Easiest solution to prevent that is to cut XP rewards if there's someone in there who is higher level. If you go in at-level, you should get at-level XP rewards, regardless of the number of people.

We don't want to do it "fast and easy". It's already super easy with 4 at-level people, hence wanting to test our mettle with just 2 to keep our leveling experience engaging.

This is not a bad idea. But I don't know that it's really a good enough idea to implement. Ideally, it would be great to have options for every possible sort of play style! I am rather skeptical, though, that there would be enough people interested in this feature of running dungeons short man at level to justify putting development time and money into it.

It seems like a good idea. But there are a ~lot~ of good ideas, and limited resources available.

[Xairos]

And ties up the instance servers while excluding those icky strangers.

[Xairos]

And ties up the instance servers while excluding those icky strangers.

Oh nvm that point.

[Deathmask]

Poor husband...

[Welsper59]

I was a tad disappointed by the no exp thing, regardless of participants being of-level for the dungeon. I get, however, that it's probably for the aspect to keep some appeal to using DF pugs, so whatever.

If they implement xp rewards for undersizing dungeons, then have to scale it based on the people in the party. Someone up to 5 levels over sync? 1/2 penalty to xp. 5+ levels over? Gain 1/4 or less xp. Lv60 present? No xp.

This actually isn't a very difficult thing to do, since it already exists outside of dungeons. If anything, they could just set it so that anyone over the 2+ level range present will negate dungeon exp entirely (or however many levels it is for ARR dungeons with normal DF queuing).

The no gil/no xp is so the RMT won't have it even easier.

RMT generally have a 4-man bot party anyway. Position haxx can carry you pretty damn far.

[Cakekizy]

Low manning for xp is the whole reason I would use this feature, taking out xp just makes it an useless waste of time for me at least.

[Ramien]

Low manning for xp is the whole reason I would use this feature, taking out xp just makes it an useless waste of time for me at least.

The reason I'd use it would be to get guaranteed drops if I'm looking for a particular minion drop, glamour farming, or if there's an expensive building mat that comes in chests there. There are enough ways to get xp in level appropriate dungeons as is.

[Felis]

The reason I'd use it would be to get guaranteed drops if I'm looking for a particular minion drop, glamour farming, or if there's an expensive building mat that comes in chests there. There are enough ways to get xp in level appropriate dungeons as is.

And not only to farm gear for glamour, but also to level up your desynthesis.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

If they implement xp rewards for undersizing dungeons, then have to scale it based on the people in the party. Someone up to 5 levels over sync? 1/2 penalty to xp. 5+ levels over? Gain 1/4 or less xp. Lv60 present? No xp.

Exactly. Please add it.