Southern Front Problems

[Deceptus]

The problem with that is a good portion of the player base does not want to do things that take more than half a brain cell. That is why when they do come up with interesting fights, they get nerfed quickly and the fights also seem to becoming less and less complex.

Incorrect. Ultimately, the playerbase wants to be rewarded for their time spent.

Eureka got this wrong in Pagos

Bozja has similar issues. People are refusing to run Castrum in Bozja because it's simply not worth the time invested. You can easily come out worse than when you went in.

It's like they learned something, and then said "Nah, F* it. Here are some terrible design decisions that we've done in the past. Let's re-use them!".

Since they were intent on making Bozja only one way of obtaining the relic, and wanted to give players another means of doing so, what do you think a more appropriate alternative path would have been?

There's a segment of the population who are getting tired of SE trying to revitalize old content by putting the relic or anything else in there (crafting is another)

Embrace the new content, design for it. Not the content that is now 4 years old.

[ItMe]

There's a segment of the population who are getting tired of SE trying to revitalize old content by putting the relic or anything else in there (crafting is another)

Embrace the new content, design for it. Not the content that is now 4 years old.

So... you would have wanted them to design new Fates for the Heavensward areas?
I'm not sure I'm following the alternative path you're proposing.

[Vahlnir]

There's a segment of the population who are getting tired of SE trying to revitalize old content by putting the relic or anything else in there (crafting is another)

Embrace the new content, design for it. Not the content that is now 4 years old.

They did do that this time around...somewhat, but they also made old content (HW fates) the most efficient way to grind out the relic, even though it was started through the Bozja content. The most efficient way should have been through the Bozjan Southern Front. Or at the very least, it should have been on par with HW fates. There should be a 100% drop rate for memories of the dying from Fates in there. Maybe lock the Bitter Memories behind Critical Engagements but give them a 100% drop rate. Just a couple ideas. They should have put all of that in Castrum as well, along with some excellent exp gains.