Palace of the Dead UI

[ohmRICE]

The blm has their eso gear in the third screenshot too though

Ooo you're right! And the DRG isn't wearing the AF, he's wearing the ilvl90 set!

So maybe the gear is just there to show the different compositions players can use instead of the normal trinity set up...?

[Starlord]

This is what ( I am sure most if not all want) "brand" new content ( not more of the same, even though I don't mind, I know it's a problem.) This content gets me all jumpy

[Nalien]

Special items... Why couldn't they put this much effort into Diadem?

I really shouldn't get my hopes up, but this is shaping up nicely so far... At least it is far more accessible than Diadem, so we'll actually be able to do it regularly regardless of how it turns out...

My only concern at this point is probably the rewards... Gameplay and exploration look great, but rewards are where XIV always falls flat for me...

[Remus]

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I agree, the rewards really need to be worthwhile for this to really shine for most people.

[Nalien]

I agree, the rewards really need to be worthwhile for this to really shine for most people.

At the very least, I suppose the special items (and gear?) make for interesting rewards... They exist solely for Palace of the Dead, but if they finally embrace interesting stats here then that'll be something... Worst case I guess it ends up like Chocobo Racing, fun if that's your thing, and easy to get into since you can solo it, but not something you do for mainstream rewards... Think they mentioned the possibility of a leaderboard too? That could work out nicely...

Even if it's ultimately just "Do this for a minion", I believe they said they're adding more floors later, so there will at least be reason to come back to it... Unlike Diadem, which they just seem to have condemned to the same fate as Secure and Slaughter...

[AskaRay]

Special items... Why couldn't they put this much effort into Diadem?

I really shouldn't get my hopes up, but this is shaping up nicely so far... At least it is far more accessible than Diadem, so we'll actually be able to do it regularly regardless of how it turns out...

My only concern at this point is probably the rewards... Gameplay and exploration look great, but rewards are where XIV always falls flat for me...

To be fair, to me exploration IS a reward... love wandering around new maps...

[Nalien]

To be fair, to me exploration IS a reward... love wandering around new maps...

My concern is that it'll be like Chocobo Racing... I enjoy Chocobo Racing, but it is a complete side activity, there is no progression in the game as a whole for doing it...

It's not that much of an issue, since we can enter solo regardless, but... IDK, it feels like a shame to me... To me, this very much feels like something that should be at the core of the game, not something off to the side... Like Nyzul Isle, I'd like to be doing this for progression, rather than just for fun, but XIVs progression is whack anyway... Hopefully it at least has tomestones, then like PvP before it, this can replace dungeons for me... This really feels worth the lost of one dungeon so far, this is exactly what dungeons should be like IMO...

[Lone-wolfe-02]

Keep my expectations low the last time i got excited was for diadem... but i really hope this turns out to be good.

[Derio]

Too bad its patch 3.35 and not 3.3

[Azper]

Love the classic look! I'm excited to at least try this and if nothing else it'll hopefully be something I can do during downtime.