FF 14 has the worst dungeons

[TaleraRistain]

A long time ago, I was playing EQ2. There was this volcano zone that was designed to be a dungeon crawl. It wasn't instanced. The players that pioneered the path through it - did a lot of exploring every inch of the area. In the end, the enemies that dropped loot were identified and the path was essentially the most linear line you could make from entrance to Boss #1, to #2, to #3, etc. You could skip about 75% of this dangerous area once you knew the "efficient way" to go.

With a little more gear, it was found that you could train the entire zone to Boss#1, and there was a method where a Monk could force a "feign death" on a healer. Drag everything, make sure the healer is "safely" feigning death - then allow a wipe. Healer raises everyone up. Bring a few monks to do this to multiple healers, and now you have the entire raid group back up in a few minutes pulling the first boss.

In other words, efficient paths are found... and then even more efficient methods can be found. While I'm all for more interesting dungeons, at the end of the day, players you meet in duty finder are going to wait to blitz the content as fast as possible. So, even the "interesting content" will become dull after a while since you'll just go through it the same way every time.

Yeah, that's pretty common. Back in EverQuest we had a raid zone where it was far easier to die and get a necro to summon your dead body than try to get all 72 people there the normal way.

Pharos Sirius is an incredibly interesting dungeon with some rather engaging mechanics. It's avoided like the plague because it isn't your basic hallway dungeon. People have even after all these years figured out a new way to pull that first room in Aurum Vale.

This is why I enjoy Duty Support. I can go in and read the notes, figure out the mechanics on my own, take my time and explore. They don't have to be a breakneck race to the exit.

[User202503201232]

"i don't do difficult content"

Ultra bizarre to say this when you haven't even cleared a single tier.