Southern Front Problems

[Garnix]

1) True....but I don't see many people farming HW Fates either. People just moved on from the relic stuff for now. I don't think this impacted the longevity of the front that much.

2) I don't think so. The story itself is what drove casual players to do it. The upcoming raid is what drove more "hardcore" players to do it.
But the thing is....when you are at rank 15....why would you stay there? Even if you want all the weapons, you'd probably be done by now.
Also...Eureka had the bunnies. Bunnies were fun. Bring back bunnies.

3) The short-term future depends on the loot system in Delubrum. If we will be able to upgrade the Bozjan gear, people could go back to the front and farm coins. (but I think they said there will be new gear, not upgrades. not sure though)
If Delubrum doesn't drop many fragments, the front will be populated with many farm parties too.
We don't even know how Delubrum works. Maybe dying there will make you lose mettle, and you'll have to go back to the front to get your mettle back to queue for Delubrum again.
And we do not know what the 5.5 part of the relic will be like either, so it is hard to predict.

IMO, the main issue with Bozja is Castrum. In Eureka, the boss of each zone used to have unique loots, which they had to make obtainable via other ways later on, because there was basically not enough people doing the boss fates anymore...
For the Castrum, due to the way it is implemented in the story, I don't know how they will be able to work around the same situation. Same for Delubrum normal mode. You'll probably want to run this on day one....


Also....they should make Bozja a better place to farm tomestones. I'd rather do that over dungeons and hunts to get my weekly cap. I might be wrong, but I believe Eureka was a lot more generous for that...