After having spent a fair chunk of time in this content already, I do want to say that in general they've succeeded where at the very least Eureka failed.. But I think skirmishes spawn too frequently and they die with fair ease.. Much like someone said I've gone to Skirmishes a lot of times just to see those from the resistance solo it with relative ease, and in a very short time frame, begs the question of why the hell I'm there if they're making that much a massacre of the skirmishes...
I'd liked to have seen 1 skirmish spawn at any given time on 1 outpost area for a maximum of 3, and then just have those spawn with relative frequency, say, every 2 minutes after the last was completed. Make them last a good 6-8 minutes, and just adjust the reward accordingly. I don't really expect to manage to hit every skirmish at any given time, but they do fall over too fast for their own good.
It would have been nice for a step to be done exclusively within Bozja. I'm fine with both steps of the relic, but I do feel something should have been exclusive to Bozja itself. Honestly; once I have capped my rank on both of my characters and completed Castrum, the only reason I'll ever step in there afterward is to grind achievements, and the mounts I have still yet to get.
With regards to Castrum, I can't help but think that it should've had a preliminary skirmish of sorts that people participate in prior to going inside, that way people aren't so afraid of entering in CEs when they 'think' that Castrum is about to pop.
I'm not entirely sure as to whether I enjoy, or do not enjoy the way enemies are 'ranked' in this comparative to how it was in, say, Eureka.. It would have been nice to have some sort of 'morale' mechanic/buff that is active on yourself whenever you go into an outpost area that you 'outrank', and I don't mean something as absurd as Eureka where it's like quadruple damage increase, and third damage received, but perhaps a 5-15% increase to damage in the open field, with 5-15% reduction in damage taken, whilst also taking a small hit to chances of getting clusters in said area. Would have made for a nice solo experience, I think. But on this particular thought, god knows how people would feel about it.


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