Variant dungeon gameplay feedback

[Khryseis_Astra]

When they announced Criterion, I was under the impression that standard Criterion was going to be an EX difficulty version of the standard Variant dungeon, and I think that would have been the best way to implement it. Why is Criterion a) savage difficulty when people clearly wanted it to be midcore and b) mainly a boss rush with a couple mobs in between some of the bosses? It's not interesting and it honestly could have had a lot of potential if done right.

Same here… really wish they had done it that way. I’m a pretty solid midcore player. I do Ex trials but I’ve yet to do a Savage that isn’t unsynced. lol Everything else is Normal, Ex, then Savage. Not sure why they decided to break pattern for this.

I was happy to see they almost doubled the rewards for the standard version… we got 2 sets of glam gear this time, plus an emote and and orchestrion roll. And a fashion accessory I think. And I like that each version gets a mount. I do wish some of the random chest drops, minions especially, could also be purchased for the potsherds though. Let me grind for those too, since I’ve gotten mostly fireworks out of my 20+ runs so far!

Overall they’re beautifully designed, and I personally enjoy them, but I know others will lose interest long before I’ve gotten all my Triad cards and glams out of it. (Sadly still need the Triad card from EO as well.) Luckily I can solo the variant if I tank, but it feels like it takes a lot longer.

[CaedemSanguis]

giving the fact that Criterion Savage is made for bis or close to bis people, I definitely dont understand why there is no gear rewards