Umbrellas...? And less content...?

[Niyuka]

With 70+ dungeons in the game, they just need to grow some testicles and make a dozen of them actually challenging. Solves a lot of issues. Its no surprise dungeons are unpopular. They are released outdated, follow the same pattern every time, drop useless loot and need to be spammed for tomestones.

[Soge01]

*Squeals in t-Virus*

Unlikely and would seem out of place but the thought is cool.

*Plays the Mandraville theme song*

[Omymy]

We have the 2B butts back so people is happy enough.

Thats the community we deserve, haha.

[linay]

*Squeals in t-Virus*

Unlikely and would seem out of place but the thought is cool.

Nah, just have the Gentle Dead Men try to recruit them. It won't seem out of place at all.

[linay]

We have the 2B butts back so people is happy enough.

Thats the community we deserve, haha.

Well, everyone deserves a happy community.

[Espritduo]

Umbrella gonna be weapon with no materia slots for White Mage that requires 1000 perfect scores at Air Force One.

[Omymy]

Well, everyone deserves a happy community.

My cat's breath smells like cat food.

[Vahlnir]

Umbrella gonna be weapon with no materia slots for White Mage that requires 1000 perfect scores at Air Force One.

And every healer leveled to 80, each with every previous expansion's relic completely finished and relic armor sets from Eureka (including Baldesion Arsenal upgrades to all).

[goob]

I used to be in a raiding group in another game several years ago. We had faaaaarrr fewer dungeons (probably no more than a dozen), but we ran them repeatedly just for fun and just to help others get gear, even if the people weren't in our "FC" (different game, different terminology). Sometimes some of us would gather with people from other groups and we'd do a raid and occasionally fail in a spectacular way. Sometimes we'd enter a dungeon purposefully not having looked up the mechanics just to see what would happen. We had naked raids, drunk raids, and raids where we all played the same class. We raided for fun more than anything else.

But the community here seems very different. I'm not near raiding level but just from reading the forums it seems most people here treat dungeons as a necessity, not something that's done for fun, and that's unfortunate. When you enter an instance with the only expectation being that you'll enjoy your time, and you don't care about rushing through or getting this or that as loot, it's much more enjoyable. As soon as there are expectations of loot or XP, an instance takes on a different meaning.

[Sloprano]

With 70+ dungeons in the game, they just need to grow some testicles and make a dozen of them actually challenging. Solves a lot of issues. Its no surprise dungeons are unpopular. They are released outdated, follow the same pattern every time, drop useless loot and need to be spammed for tomestones.

This is a point where I wonder if SE is paying any attention. Beyond a couple gates to prevent pulling, the dungeons are almost exactly the same template when it comes to dungeon population and pacing. 100% same kind of scripting.

My beef is that playing favorite jobs in those dungeons was it's own reward by having an overabundance of skills you couldn't possibly find a use for first time inside a new place. Then every conscutive run after was the fun trying to exploit as much as possible of what you had. Now everyone has a decdicated aoe button you press until a pack is dead.

Dungeons have been the same, jobs have regressed, classes are less than a footnote and to solve boring dungeons instead of doing the sensible things, making sure jobs are fun from moment to moment they use chainsaw to pick a flower by spending Lloyd knows how many hours on Blu skills.