Hello everyone. Patch 6.35 gave us a great addition: the new Deep Dungeon, Eureka Orthos. I cleared both PotD and HoH solo and really enjoy this type content. EO is mean and quite different from previous DDs, and I love it. But I have three issues with it.
The first issue: it feels like mobs on floors 1-20 have too much HP. Maybe it has to do with how hard the Aetherpool gear gets scaled down for these sets, maybe it has to do with HP values. During solo run as a tank you want to get all the chests, but it takes so long to AOE the mobs you've pulled, so it can take up to 40 minutes with active decision making (aka pomander usage) and planned routing. On AST set 1-10 takes 50 minutes. Even for DPS these floors can feel like a slog. Time gets too volatile depending on what pomanders you get.
The second issue: respawn timer is 1 minute, and that's too short. Because of how long it takes to kill mobs, the new wave gets to respawn. So, it stems from the first issue.
As I see it, HP values have to be scaled down (I'm not sure by how many %) or respawn timer changed to 2 minutes, just one of the two. Personally, I'd prefer the first one, but it's just my desire to spend less time on these floors speaking. I've got used to fast PotD and HoH early floors. I've seen some really good players asking for HP nerf of floors 1-40, even.
The third issue: potsherds shouldn't be tied to Sustaining Potions. You can see that the first EO clears were done on tanks. Why? Not because they are better that DPS jobs, but because they don't need these pots. Mobs don't crit, and all the mitigation and sustain the tanks have negates the damage. Personally, that doesn't affect me, because I enjoy playing as a tank. But people are gated from going into late floors because they don't have pots that they have to farm. And you have 2 options: spam 21-30 set or go as a tank and get to 81+, where potsherds are common. Fun fact: one of the early clears happened on a tank, because the player (Finh Bezahl from Jenova) didn't have the pots for his ninja run. So, he went as PLD and got the clear.
Please, just let us buy Sustaining Potions for Gil like Eurekan potions or change the potsherd drop rate on early floors. It's not like potsherd rewards are really good in the first place, ease the grind.
Overall, I'm happy with EO, but these issues ruin the fun for me a little and other solo runners, and I hope that something will change (before the next expansion drops and numbers become overtuned once again). What is your experience with early floors as a party or solo? Do you agree or disagree? I'd be glad to hear from you.