Should speed runs come back?

[Zumi]

In FFXIV 1.0 loot and number of chests in a dungeon was based on how fast you could finish a dungeon. Thus a speed run was required to get all the chests and the best loot.

Do you think that could be something they do for a change in 5.0 bring back speed runs give better or more loot for finishing faster? I think it could make dungeons more interesting if you got higher ilvl gear for finishing faster.

[Feidam]

In FFXIV 1.0 loot and number of chests in a dungeon was based on how fast you could finish a dungeon. Thus a speed run was required to get all the chests and the best loot.

Do you think that could be something they do for a change in 5.0 bring back speed runs give better or more loot for finishing faster? I think it could make dungeons more interesting if you got higher ilvl gear for finishing faster.

I think this could be good idea however it should be another level of dungeon compared to what we have now. Just thinking of the arguments between speed runners vs non speed runners in the same party. They would probably have to have a lock out to prevent gearing too quickly based on current paradigms.

[SilverObi]

There would need to be some sort of separate DF with stringent gear checks to ensure successful speed run attempts and keep the different styles from butting heads which would just divide up the pool of party members. I'd be ok with it if it gave you a guaranteed drop in level cap dungeons (much like leveling dungeons now do) but not higher iLvl than non-speedrun dungeons. Personally though I'd prefer this doesn't come back as the reward for an efficient run is already sufficient enough.

[Xatsh]

Have something that involves that would be ok in my mind. But it should not be a thing for all runs and I do not think you should be rewarded extra gear or anything actually meaningful to progression.

Maby Beat a dungeon in X time and get an achievement. Beat all the released dungeons in the expansion in X time get a mount as a reward for said achievements or something. And put the requirement as Pre-Made party only else it will literally cause drama in every dungeon run, cause someone wants to watch CS's or someone is new and does not want to pull fast or they pull the wrong thing.

The way 1.0 did it, I think was more or less hated by most. It involved more or less skipping as much as possible, going in on optimal jobs only, and literally just rushing everything. If you did not do it, you literally got screwed on loot.

[Makarrov]

In FFXIV 1.0 loot and number of chests in a dungeon was based on how fast you could finish a dungeon. Thus a speed run was required to get all the chests and the best loot.

Do you think that could be something they do for a change in 5.0 bring back speed runs give better or more loot for finishing faster? I think it could make dungeons more interesting if you got higher ilvl gear for finishing faster.

Only if it was done like mythic+ on WoW.

[Akonyl]

More things to do is always welcome, but it should probably be something you have to explicitly queue for, so that you don't have people with conflicting goals in the same roulette. Maybe also make it require a full party, so that you don't get a whole bunch of toxic finger-pointing once a dungeon misses the goal by a few seconds. It would be neat if certain rarer items were more easily accessible through speedruns though, like a dungeon having a 50% chance of dropping a certain minion if you did it really fast or something.

I think this could be good idea however it should be another level of dungeon compared to what we have now. Just thinking of the arguments between speed runners vs non speed runners in the same party. They would probably have to have a lock out to prevent gearing too quickly based on current paradigms.

If it's just dungeons, I don't think you really need to implement lockouts, the only thing dungeons are good for for high-end players is tokens, which are already weekly capped. If you're not doing progression raiding I don't think it really matters if the game lets you gear up a bit faster.

[Shougun]

Could be cool but hopefully not associated with DF, especially if the high tier chests have better rolls in them.

Perhaps pre-made, solo, and squadron content only.

[SilverObi]

Perhaps pre-made, solo, and squadron content only.

Now THAT would be good implementation of speedruns. Squadron-only. It's already a built-in challenge herding the party of cats that is your AI teammates then you can layer on the speedrun aspect possibly even with a high score ranking like Deep Dungeons with bonus rewards if you reach thresholds. Of course simple rewards like an extra drop or 1.5x exp.

[Ilan]

Now imagine speedruns would give better stuff than the slower runs. The forum would burn because of all the hate threads and the people who are calling SE names.
Since SE makes every little thing easier so that people can watch netflix while playing something like speedruns won't come back anyway.

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

yea but only when doing it unsync or new game plus.

when your sync no it shouldnt