Please equalize rewards between Castrum and Prae

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Simple request. Getting tired of 3/4 of the raid quitting when they see Castrum. Either fix it or get rid of Castrum. Another way to fix it all is to let us skip cutscenes.

Equalizing rewards will just make people drop Praetorium for the faster duty. Getting rid of Castrum defeats the point of a roulette. Making cutscenes skippable creates an unfriendly newbie experience.

Speaking from personal experience, Praetorium sucked ass back when I was a sprout and the cutscenes were skippable. No one said a word to me, skipped the first mob, I got killed for attacking the mob, and got stuck at the start. Then the group killed the first boss before I could even get there. This is supposed to be the moment my character is praised by the plot for outstanding heroism, and I'm stuck at the front door because I didn't know this dungeon has an hour of cutscenes everyone else saw before.

[Shironeko_Narunyan]

If you'd get Meridianum 100% of the time, then Praetorium the second time, and both gave their rewards, many people would do both. Faced with one or the other with uneven amount of time and rewards, it comes down to "do I want it done fast, or do I want a big chunk of XP", and many are trying to get a level for an alt job. Even with Meridianum being bumped to 70%, many people would still go for Praetorium, because a) it's still more XP for the once-a-day activity, and b) you can afk through most of it, while Meridianum is hectic running around most of the time, and the cutscenes are too short even for a quick bio break.

[Zfz]

I don't have anything profound to share, except that I'm on the fence on this. For this I'm only talking about normal mode. Don't do Savage so don't really care what they do with Savage.

On the one hand I don't mind quickly getting my weekly rewards when I'm busy. On the other hand I don't need them except for glamour, since tomestone gear is better and I literally don't need any of that gear because I don't do Savage.

Although I would love to have the option of experiencing more elaborate content, the problem is that elaborate content tend to become repetitive, boring and annoying once you force players to farm it every week.

Overall I think FFXIV has a workable formula that was born out of compromise, and there seem to be little willingness to explore and innovate. FFXIV is a piece of sculpture that is being constantly refined, attention being paid to every last detail. But it's always going to be the same old sculpture and can never be anything more than what it is. Considering it's in the 10th year and still have some very archaic limitations, I think FFXIV is already in the cash cow phase. They just need FFXIV to maintain a healthy population of subscribers, even if just out of habit, until they can have the next MMO ready for launch.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Buff the Exp Reward in Castrum.
Keep Prae a guaranteed Level and maybe abit more, like a little under a quarter.
And make Castrum give abit over 3/4ths.

The issue is compared to Prae, it feels like you dont get anything. So sure its shorter...but If the goal is to level then people will want the bigger option.
40-50 minutes of cutscene hell for a little over a whole level? YES PLEASE.
15-20 minutes for barly if even half a level? Nah pass.

[Seraphor]

Buff the Exp Reward in Castrum.
Keep Prae a guaranteed Level and maybe abit more, like a little under a quarter.
And make Castrum give abit over 3/4ths.

The issue is compared to Prae, it feels like you dont get anything. So sure its shorter...but If the goal is to level then people will want the bigger option.
40-50 minutes of cutscene hell for a little over a whole level? YES PLEASE.
15-20 minutes for barly if even half a level? Nah pass.

You could do Castrum, and then queue directly for your highest level dungeon, and get the same amount of exp for the same time investment.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

You could do Castrum, and then queue directly for your highest level dungeon, and get the same amount of exp for the same time investment.

Or I could get Prae and then do the current highest dungeon and almost get 2 levels for a longer investment.

[Yuella]

Or I could get Prae and then do the current highest dungeon and almost get 2 levels for a longer investment.

XP/Time is the same though

[hynaku]

Just get rid of MSQ roulette and let all the sprouts suffer from long queue times and having no one that done them before. It gives them a challenge to prepare for the battles to come.

[Merc050]

Guess leaving sprouts to die in castrum is the thing now huh? Quite the selfish ones here.

Ya blame square for giving such a pathetic amount of xp at castrum. This wouldn’t even be an issue if both gave the same amount of xp. People saying “ than people would just leave prae for castrum” no they wouldn’t a 30 min penalty, que time and castrum is just as long as prae.