What would it take for you to like field content it you don’t currently like it?

[Toutatis]

Although I found Eureka dreadful, I didn’t dislike Bozja entirely though I had more than enough of it after 1 relic weapon. After a very long break, I went back this year with an alt but only to do the story: it was less grindy and it felt a bit better though it somewhat tedious as there was barely anyone in there (often no one) and I had to spawn and solo most of the fates and CEs. The mettle loss is not fun and stopped me from risking some specific CEs as I was alone.

What I dislike the most about the zone is that once I get in, I feel trapped in that instance and forced to do one type of content during a certain amount of time or lose my essences. Kill mobs to spawn CEs, do the same CEs over and over and occasionally get CLL to pop. If you exit the instance to take a break, check retainers or help a friend, you lose your active essences. At least when I do fates in the open world, I can stop whenever I want in between, queue for different things and not lose anything.

The way it works also stops me from using some essences that would make me more efficient or have more fun if I am low on them in case I need them to do something specific later. If those essences were a one time unlock it would have been better. I don’t see the fun of killing the same mobs over and over and be dependent on rng to see if I get the essences I need nor do I enjoy farming clusters by running into circles ad nauseam to bring mobs together for killing.

I like the Dalraida and Delubrum and wish there was a way to DF queue for them for people that have completed Bozja (at least PF can be used for Delubrum) but then I would have to go into Bozja/Zadnor (which I am not doing) to collect essences…Having one time unlock essences would help with that.

Edit: about the duels, the priority system is really annoying, especially if you started late. Also the bosses should stay up until they have been killed instead of disappearing if there is a failure. Many didn’t dare to try back when it was released as people would get nasty in case of failure.

As for the essence system, I wouldn’t call it “deep and complex” except maybe at first when peoole were figuring it out. There are best combinations that one would automatically use if they had the essences. Unless it’s a solo boss or savage mode, often the decision was coming down to, oh I only have one of those left so I’ll use a suboptimal essence/action. When I did it at first, I was on a BLm and Lost Flare Star spamming was pretty much a no brainer.