To Square: Please keep going with the dungeon design!

[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?

[Masekase_Hurricane]

I'll throw an unpopular opinion in here: For me as a casual player, the leveling dungeons were hard, but doable; But I did one level 100 dungeon and it was a frustrating wipe-fest, so the high level dungeons are one more thing I won't do anymore in this game.

I'm not against hard content, but it should always be optional. I for one was perfectly happy with the difficulty of the EW-dungeons, for me that difficulty does not need to be any higher. Therefore I'd say give the players who want a big challenge an "expert"-version of the dungeons and us filthy casuals an easier one, so we can enjoy the content too.

It's always worse the first few weeks of release. But then gear, skilled players, materia etc make them easy.

[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.

[OgruMogru]

Agreed! I feel it's the one aspect of DT they really managed to nail and I hope they keep this standard up from now on! Super fun! Even if I do mess up!

[Valaynada]

Hard agree, the dungeon bosses have a perfect amount of spectacle of difficulty where the overwhelming majority should still be able to clear if they were able to clear endwalker content without any difficulty either. The new dungeon design made me excited to play dungeons again!