Variant & Criterion Dungeons

[einschwartz]

It seems V&C dungeons are generally well received from what I read in this thread. Hopefully SE will take note of this and improve the rewards. I'm giving them the benefit of doubt the devs are unsure of players feedbacks so they hold off putting too much rewards in it.

I do not have the time to try it yet but I am liking what I'm reading so far. Just unlocked it yesterday but I'll get to it on weekends where I could play for longer. Are there different rewards for each versions or completion? Could anyone enlighten me on this?

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.

Seconding this!

[Lazariah]

I'm really enjoying the lore and everything surrounding them, but yeah I feel the rewards are on the lackluster side. I like the rewards there it just....seems like such a small pool.

[Knot_D]

I just realized after I saw Sil'dihn Throne is tradable, that Criterion Dungeon is just Unreal but without weekly restriction

[DarkMasamune]

I just realized after I saw Sil'dihn Throne is tradable, that Criterion Dungeon is just Unreal but without weekly restriction

It is? Damn, I wouldn't have guessed. Everything is usually locked behind content lately (like the island). It's almost disappointing to be honest. At least it gives a reason to farm it, now people with tons of gils will just buy it from the marketboard.

[gamerseb]

Regarding the Variant Dungeons, I love the variance in each branch and thing you do. Bosses and paths are very well designed, and some paths hint at what to do in others, until you uncover the secrets in the underground.

Have tried Criterion just once, and it seems that they address my only concern with Variant Dungeons - the easy difficulty. Criterion is more like an extreme. Liking it.

[Lustre]

Cool idea but too short, not enough rewards to make doing it worthwhile. Geryon gets repetitive but the Thorne Knight is really cool. I got my nightmare rat last night. Materia, a banner and a practically invisible earring for savage rewards is a real slap in the face for those looking forward to that content however. Mmos are meant to give players reasons to play but it seems the devs use "hehe we dont want to overwhelm you" as a reason to slice a patch up into 8 thin slices and drip feed the content. But when the average player is busy drooling in duty finder and idling in limsa I guess they wouldnt see a problem with that

[KageTokage]

I'm confused as to why they opted to make some of the criterion rewards like the chair mount sellable on the MB.

You need a carrot on a stick if you want to convince people to run hard content, so giving them an option to bypass it entirely is just going to contribute to a lack of interest in the long term.

[Iscah]

I'm confused as to why they opted to make some of the criterion rewards like the chair mount sellable on the MB.

You need a carrot on a stick if you want to convince people to run hard content, so giving them an option to bypass it entirely is just going to contribute to a lack of interest in the long term.

I don't think that's necessarily the case. If it's an RNG drop then it's going to require the same number of runs for X number of chairs to be available to players, regardless of how many players are doing the runs, so it might as well be done by people who enjoy the content. If anything it might boost the number of people willing to do repeat runs so latecomers can still find a party.

Personally, once I've done a hard videogame thing once, that's it. I passed and I don't have to touch it again.

[SassyAssassin]

I'm confused as to why they opted to make some of the criterion rewards like the chair mount sellable on the MB.

You need a carrot on a stick if you want to convince people to run hard content, so giving them an option to bypass it entirely is just going to contribute to a lack of interest in the long term.

Same with the (ugly) costume. Actually anything besides the rat mount can be sold on the marketboard and super cheap. The throne maybe not due to the difficulty, so I expect that to be expensive at least, kind of like that weird green bird with antlers, I forgot the name xD

[Hanayumi]

Someone in FC mentioned a dyeable unrestricted version of the Flame GC gear sets for rewards and would agree, even just for glam a lot of those pieces would be insanely popular...