Variant & Criterion Dungeons

[AmpelioB]

So, what are you guys impression of it? I did normal solo and was quite something.



Not impressed on the reward department tho
i was expecting at least weapon or gear around ilvl 615-625 for criterion but it seems it's only materia, mounts and other goods
even potd and HoH gave you some weapons if even for glam

edit: not even new songs too

[Hanayumi]

Pretty sure they mention no gear drop from these already so it was to be expected, we are getting a deep dungeon in future, possibly even as soon as 6.3, youll find your wanted gear then...

[Stasya]

Pretty sure they mention no gear drop from these already so it was to be expected, we are getting a deep dungeon in future, possibly even as soon as 6.3, youll find your wanted gear then...

Then why it is not synced fixed ilvl like unreal then? Why it has to be 635 ilvl max then if it gives no rewards?

[Titoulakikoute]

im disapointed. especialy by rewards...

its sad to know that we exchanged bozja/eureka content for this..


do we know if savage dun give extra rewards or no..?

[Ransu]

im disapointed. especialy by rewards...

its sad to know that we exchanged bozja/eureka content for this..


do we know if savage dun give extra rewards or no..?

These are not a replacement for bozja/eureka...This is explicitly new content and we are getting a new deep dungeon later on which does take the place of bozja content.

I like it. I just wish the criterion and savage modes had solo option.

Go play a single player game then.

[b3nzyme]

Go play a single player game then.

way to assume my intentions behind wanting it.

[Winterfang]

its sad to know that we exchanged bozja/eureka content for this..

This is the kicker for me. The content I look forward to the most was told to Take 5 this expansion and this is what they made in it's stead. Rather disappointing by comparison and the bad rewards, 2 mounts I personally don't care for and an outfit that doesn't look good on me, aren't exactly stimulating for me. Hoping something improves for the future V&C Dungeons as the game now lacks larger scale content that I like outside of one weekly Alliance Raid run

[Deveryn]

This is the kicker for me. The content I look forward to the most was told to Take 5 this expansion and this is what they made in it's stead. Rather disappointing by comparison and the bad rewards, 2 mounts I personally don't care for and an outfit that doesn't look good on me, aren't exactly stimulating for me. Hoping something improves for the future V&C Dungeons as the game now lacks larger scale content that I like outside of one weekly Alliance Raid run

We really didn't need another exploration zone. For starters, it would make Bojza irrelevant. A lot of us may be over and done with it, but plenty of people still go there. It still serves a purpose. This is something new and I believe they're still adding another before 7.0. We need some different types of content once in a while. Bozja was a nice improvement over Eureka, but even that still has room for improvement.

Larger scale content has too many issues that need to be addressed, including what happens as people start to trickle out. Chasing FATEs got to be a drag when people were able to melt the bosses. CEs were actually fun, but it didn't take too many people to mess things up on some fights. The elemental snake fight was one of the biggest shitshows with those donuts being moved around. Castrum and Dal (mostly castrum) also had a lot of people problems. I'm thrilled that we're not going through another exploration right away. They need to take the time to think of a better way to do exploration.

[Midareyukki]

We really didn't need another exploration zone. For starters, it would make Bojza irrelevant. A lot of us may be over and done with it, but plenty of people still go there. It still serves a purpose. This is something new and I believe they're still adding another before 7.0. We need some different types of content once in a while. Bozja was a nice improvement over Eureka, but even that still has room for improvement.

Larger scale content has too many issues that need to be addressed, including what happens as people start to trickle out. Chasing FATEs got to be a drag when people were able to melt the bosses. CEs were actually fun, but it didn't take too many people to mess things up on some fights. The elemental snake fight was one of the biggest shitshows with those donuts being moved around. Castrum and Dal (mostly castrum) also had a lot of people problems. I'm thrilled that we're not going through another exploration right away. They need to take the time to think of a better way to do exploration.

For me, the explorations suffer from the same reason Alliance Raids can feel like a coinflip. In some fights, and in the case of LotA some trash pulls, can go south because one group failed to do their job. I'm guessing JP has better coordination overall, and that's why it works? But with stuff like "B and C didn't get to the pad and got teleported to A", "C didn't chain on time so Cerberus is going ham", "Someone failed the pads at Thunder God" and "Someone aimed the Puppet's Bunker lasers at another team and they wiped", I wonder why they continuously make these sorts of content. Sure, a bit of elbow grease called "coordination" and setting up a standard when people run content is fine. But on Puppet's Bunker, at least, all it takes is one guy (three if you ignore the healers that can Rescue).

For the rest, especially the Elemental Snake, Belias or Red Chocobo, it's got more to do with how the fights are designed. Because not everyone can quickly know which way to go, and if it's too strict, it leads to easy wipes that snowball under duress.

[Iscah]

"C didn't chain on time so Cerberus is going ham"

There is absolutely no reason why this needs to be Alliance C's job – all it takes is two individuals who know what to do. Always check if someone is doing the chains, and if nobody else has taken it yet, do it yourself.