To Square: Please keep going with the dungeon design!

[Alice9]

I love the added difficulty of the dungeons for sure and welcome it. I'm loving the new designs and hope for more of it, after 100 levels of dungeons I think this is really the route that makes sense. Anybody can get it down after a few wipes and effort. It is the first time I've ever looked forward to dungeons.

[Purrnauskis]

I'm worried how the people who find these dungeons make it out in real life. Scares me even more to think that some of them might have a driving license...

Terrifying world we live in.

[Matheus]

I agree, I love the new dungeons, the majority of fights are the right amount of engaging.

For players who are struggling to figure out mechanics, I unironically suggest going with trusts. The more experienced fighters will basically do everything right and the ones who haven't been around a fight end up messing up mechanics the first couple of times they see them, but they just make small comments and correct themselves a bit after, watching them will teach you how to dodge something you don't understand.

[Datachanger]

I am super thrilled about the battle content of this expansion so far. The content feels engaging. I feel like I have (and need) more opportunities to actually learn how to do fights, and I look forward to learning how to do them optimally.
The increasing usage of the arena is super cool and I love the ideas being put in place.

With all the negative feedback, though, I feel a little déjà vu from WoW's Cataclysm expansion where Blizzard also tried a ramp up in difficulty of casual dungeons, but eventually had to scale it back.

Either way, major props to the boss fight team, I love your new work!

[Myon88]

I think these dungeons are great. Strayborough is my new favourite dungeon ever, it's utterly unhinged and I love it.

They've incorporated something I've always wanted for the game, which is decently hard mechanics (with very light penalties for failing them) in otherwise casual content. It's a win/win scenario, you give people a taste of what mechanics could be at their full potential, in a harmless low stakes setting. Players who enjoy a challenge get a light workout to help them stay engaged.

Endwalker was pretty dark times. I spent most of the expansion capping tomes with crystal conflict because I could not stomach running those snoozefests of dungeons, what we have now is such a breath of fresh air in comparison.

[Tsuki_no_hana]

I have not completed the MSQ yet, so I can't speak for all dungeons and trials. But the ones I did experience, both my husband and I had a blast with!
As Astrologian, I was forced to use skills I otherwise used in savage only. I actually felt busy, and I loved it! So personally, please keep up the challenge.

I can understand it if people are having issues with it, though, or would prefer a more relaxing/casual content.
So perhaps it would be possible to implement a system similar to solo instances, that let you lower the difficulty?

[JadeCurtiss]

Going to throw my non-existent hat in the ring and second this.

[CidHeiral]

Agreed. Dawntrail encounter design has been 10/10 so far.

[Zolvolt]

Dawntrail dungeons, trials, and raids are what we needed back in the game. Most of the content I the game is easy for casual players. Let level 100 battle content be for people who want more than an "I win" button in the game.

[HemlockEvergreen]

Adding my support to this. DT dungeon design is possibly the best they've ever had.