Palace of the Dead

[mandodo69]

I am very happy to have Palace of the Dead content.

I got BLM from 51 to 60 in half the time roulettes and regular dungeons take. on top of that, floors 1 to 30 are, literally, a cake walk.

I also got WHM from 45 to 50 and DRK from 50 to almost 52 and got an ilvl 235 wep for my main DRG. Working on a second one right now. I am enjoying it. It's another added thing to take your mind off running roulettes.

Got 7 of 10 potshards too so, im really excited to get that mount or whatever. By then I am 100% sure my DRK will hit 60. Easily.

[DroFrehter]

I am not disappointed because this is 1-50 and just basically an introduction to PotD. I expect 51-100 and 101-200 to offer up some different challenges and objectives similar to Nyzul, but hopefully no lamp floors... please no lamps...

[Yoruichi4478]

I am not disappointed because this is 1-50 and just basically an introduction to PotD. I expect 51-100 and 101-200 to offer up some different challenges and objectives similar to Nyzul, but hopefully no lamp floors... please no lamps...

omg lol those lamps, I hate them too. You know they'll add them if ppl don't want them just to be SE. I did enjoy hearing the 1.0 Mor Dhona music back in the game though there is that. I do hope though that 51+ is different and more to what the playerbase seems to want in other posts.

[Fynlar]

It just doesn't feel like endgame to me....

That's good, because what we have now is by NO means intended to be ANY form of "endgame" at all. You can run it on level 1 classes, for Pete's sakes. (F51-200 may work differently.)

The i235 weapons exist only as a potential lure for people that are already at the endgame level to do it.

[NovaLevossida]

I don't much care for the apologists' argument that 50 entire floors is just an introduction to the content and it will be made good later on. Folks, this content is why you're only getting 2 dungeons per patch instead of 3. You should expect content like this and Diadem to be in a better place when they launch, to come out swinging like Nyzul Isle and Dynamis did way back when.

As for my personal feelings, I'm done with it after I get my weapon out of there. It's highly repetitive, makes me sleepy, the rooms all blur together, there are no interesting objectives on each floor to stave off boredom, and ultimately a lot of the time you feel like you don't make any progression at all. That and the fact that matched parties can kick you immediately following a disconnect, thus resetting all progress you have made...

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I don't know why people are so hung up over the gutted 3rd dungeon as if a 3rd dungeon will magically make expert roulette somehow less boring than it was in all of 2.0.

[Hayward]

*eyeroll* You just had to know the special endgamer snowflakes would come into this thread talking reckless about PotD.

Palace of the Dead is exactly what XIV has been needing, an activity that rewards adaptation to uncertain situations (or the appropriate pomander), planning, and persistence (especially now). It's not about who can parse the highest or which jobs are the most useful. It's about how well you know your job and how well you can work with any combination of jobs. It's a different kind of challenge, but a challenge all the same.

[Fynlar]

I don't know why people are so hung up over the gutted 3rd dungeon as if a 3rd dungeon will magically make expert roulette somehow less boring than it was in all of 2.0.

I for one definitely found it more tolerable in 2.x

It at least tried to somewhat resemble a roulette, unlike the Duty Coin Flip we have now

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Oh, yeah. I definitely miss having 3 linear dungeons with gates instead of having 2 now.

[Fynlar]

Oh, yeah. I definitely miss having 3 linear dungeons with gates instead of having 2 now.

I do too, that's why it's a common complaint around here.