Anyone else hate Neverreap?

[Torunya]

I too have come to love Neverreap after getting it constantly in my expert roulette every day. No sign of Fractal... ;_; On a good day I find the last boss quite challenging and fun. On a bad day however, I might cuss a few times at those twisters... xD I hope they don't nerf this dungeon. In all honesty, it's not that hard.

*hides*

[SummonerSenah]

I just hate the tornados. But I already got the owl minion from Fractal so I don't mind getting Neverreap for a chance at the goose.

[JustaBard]

i dont mind it. tis a good change of pace after many fractals.

[Nicobo]

IMO The dungeon itself is not hard, but some PT members can make it tough enough for me ^^;

[Whiteroom]

IMO The dungeon itself is not hard, but some PT members can make it tough enough for me ^^;

This. When you get that tank that doesnt have a lot of hp, but likes big pulls, and cant hold aggro, coupled with dps so slow that you blow all of your mp on each pull...
then they pull all for bees and the treant after the first boss, and you take a 30 minute break.

[Buff_Archer]

Someone in a LS doing this the first time a couple days ago was like 'Wow Instant Queue for DPS!' and I'm thinking... ok wait for him to get through the CS... and then "Damn the tank just bitched about getting neverreap again and left, and then the other DPS left!"

[BushWookie]

There's NO way Fractal is faster than Neverreap.

I'd take Neverreap all day long as a WHM. Maybe using a gamepad makes movement a little easier, so it doesn't bother me as much?

[CodeCass]

There's NO way Fractal is faster than Neverreap.
I'd take Neverreap all day long as a WHM. Maybe using a gamepad makes movement a little easier, so it doesn't bother me as much?

Agreed. Personally, I enjoy Neverreap much more than Fractal. I enjoy the environment and the mechanics more in Neverreap. I've never really thought it went any slower. Now, of course some DF parties can make it harder or slower, but it's rare. 9 times out of 10 I'll choose NR over FC, but that's just me.

[Cooperal]

To be honest, there's much that I like about the dungeon. All the environmental effects and claustrophobia is used really well to stir up a teams coordination. This is probably the one main thing that makes it different from most others. If I am 100% comfortable, I am 100% bored.

They also recycled the fall-off possibility which until now had only ever been seen in trials which was a nice touch. (Part of me wants to see this as a normal part of the dungeons combat rather than in being restricted to one boss fight just to keep an ever-present fear high)

There are very few optional mobs (only a few patrollers but it's unreasonable to expect to skip them in pugs) so whether or not you're a player of speed or completionism, there's very little to argue about.

The only thing I don't like is its aesthetic and placement within the game. It does NOT bear the look of an endgame dungeon at all. If it was the first or second dungeon of the expansion, it could have slotted in really well. You've got Aetherochemical Research Facility and Fractal Continuum, both introducing you to the epic and unusual; and then beside it you have Neverreap which has you fighting familiar, neither ancient nor non-sentient enemy types on floating islands which are slightly more beautified and far less explorable than the ones in the Sea of Clouds.

Even though I think it's one of the stronger ones in terms of gameplay, your task and your setting both feel marginally underwhelming. It even has a weaker soundtrack (though the music in HW is so consistently great that it's forgiveable).

[Storme]

This dungeon is hell for monks, all the boss mechanics make you have to break off several times....