Eureka... what were you expecting?

[Valdegarde]

I was expecting something I could run solo as was promised and instead got an NM farm. Choo choo.

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Yep. Solo options, party options, not just one feasible option. Every other relic step I could make progress step by step on my own time or accelerate it in a party.

This one thus far has me trying to spend 30~60 minutes at a time in there, only to get like 10% of a level and something like 8 crystals, or I play "correctly" and mob up and be a completely useless, faceless aspect of a giant human blob that doesn't give one damn what my class is or party contribution is aside maybe as a raise dispenser, running all over the beautiful map that you won't pay attention to due to keeping your eyes trained on disappearing and reappearing people and the constant lala laugh in the crowd, AFK-ing most of the time since half the FATEs require monsters that'll wipe you clean in one hit so you're useless for spawning it too.