Variant & Criterion Dungeons

[RyuDragnier]

I'm hopeful for the next dungeon being the Gelmorran ruins in North Shroud. There's that very conspicuous fancy door just waiting to be a dungeon entrance.

Maybe after that we can finally see what's behind the door in the Dravanian Forelands.

[Jettinson]

After doing the path number 12, i am honestly excited to see more of these variant. Really curious on where they focus next.

[Baxcel]

I enjoyed the dungeon so far, only done it once an followed Nanamo on the left path, odd that it only had 2 bosses instead of the normal 3 but maybe I missed something lol.

The biggest thing I've found out from the dungeon is that my main class.. GNB needs a refresh-able dot.. it was so nice having it to toss between a GCD outside of no mercy and continuation combo.. hopefully we get one for 7.0

[Rongway]

The biggest thing I've found out from the dungeon is that my main class.. GNB needs a refresh-able dot..

Equip the Variant Spirit Dart action.

[Baxcel]

Equip the Variant Spirit Dart action.

I did, that's why I said I feel my class needs an skill like that in regular content

[Rongway]

I did, that's why I said I feel my class needs an skill like that in regular content

Oh, I see. I misread the last bit.

But DoT management just for the sake of having something else to do wouldn't be that great really. Variant Spirit Dart is a button you can press in any weave window with no loss, meaning you can reapply it in advance if you are about to enter a period when all of your weave windows will be spoken for. If you actually had a DoT as part of your job action set, there would be a loss associated with applying it too early or too late, which would cause complaints when people get annoyed that they need to reapply their DoT early or late because it's going to fall off during a period of weave saturation.

[Baxcel]

Oh, I see. I misread the last bit.

But DoT management just for the sake of having something else to do wouldn't be that great really. Variant Spirit Dart is a button you can press in any weave window with no loss, meaning you can reapply it in advance if you are about to enter a period when all of your weave windows will be spoken for. If you actually had a DoT as part of your job action set, there would be a loss associated with applying it too early or too late, which would cause complaints when people get annoyed that they need to reapply their DoT early or late because it's going to fall off during a period of weave saturation.

It's all good!

But that's what I'm saying.. a 30sec dot that's oGCD with no cooldown for GNB. The current 2 dots are 1 gcd an 1 ogcd and used only during the no mercy windows as they're 1min cooldowns lasting 15/30sec.

Having a 30sec ogcd with no cooldown would allow us to keep a dot up during normal rotation phases and keep use it during no mercy as well to snapshot the damage increase. Which would help with down time from the boss between lighting shot attacks.

[Tlachtga]

terrible rewards, no longevity? it must be a SE production!!

there's potential. maybe. but as it is now, Criterion will end up in the "hit it and quit it" pile after like...a month.

got the Silkie and the emote from Variant, not interested in anything else, i doubt i'll ever go back into Variant as it is.

once the schedules relax and me and my FC members can all actually be online at the same time i'll work on the Criterion properly. for completion's sake. not assed about the ugly chair.

oh wait, i forgot, i need to "chill tf out" and i need to artificially drag it out over a period of months or i'm "rushing" aka "only the way i play is valid" and other mental things XIV players say whenever the game gets criticism

[Ralphe2449]

Wait so there's no gear/power rewards? Then what is the point of that content?

You are literally gonna do it a few times untill you get the rewards you want and never bother again?

Even if content is fun, you arent gonna do it if you dont get anything out of it.

[SoraLuna]

Disappointed by the criterion rewards (they could've at least added twines/coatings in there, it's HELL to gear multiple jobs unless you wait the loot unlock when it is irrelevant a month later...)
Actual content is okay, nothing wrong there IMO.