Thread: 7.4 Criterion feedback

Originally Posted by Destati

I feel like removing the trash mobs kind of defeats the point of having a dungeon with more explorable and challenging elements? Not to compare apples to oranges but it reminds me of how between Heavensward and Stormblood they removed trash pulls from raids. Now I'm not saying trash mobs should be in raids, but it did give me more of a feeling that I was "raiding" an area. It just feels like more of a trial otherwise.

This is pretty much exactly how I've felt about raids and dungeons for like 7 years now.
Alexander still felt like an actual place in the world that you were "raiding".
But even back then dungeons were already going the way of "corridors with pretty wallpaper that end in an arena".
And it has only gotten worse with time.

Which is also what immediately killed my interest in Criterion.
When I think of harder dungeons I do not think of a boss gauntlet that is just more corridors to connect 3 trial bosses, with maybe a trash pack or two.

That's the only thing the devs know how to do those days, trial bosses. That's literally the only thing remaining in the pve game beyond perhaps deep dungeons. It's like they want their game to cater to the least amount of players, while doing everything else otherwise to satisfy everybody. It's quite maddening how schizophrenic it can feel at times.