Amdapor Keep Changes Unfair

[Spythe]

Everyone that thinks Darklight is entry level gear need to look at the AH your better off finding crafter to craft your stuff which is already better than darklight.

[Alphawins]

Everyone that thinks Darklight is entry level gear need to look at the AH your better off finding crafter to craft your stuff which is already better than darklight.

except for the fact that the crafted gear takes even longer to craft than the darklight is to obtain

[AlternativeOne]

Gonna start my grind when I get off work. Haven't tried any of them yet and they already been hit with a patch. LOL

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

How is it unfair that they changed the amount of time a run takes when at most you can only get 300 tokens a week anyway ?

If you're talking about philosophy tokens, castrum meridianum was more efficient to begin with.

[Senzura]

Fixing an exploit is unfair....

A statement I never believed I would hear.

[blaise]

The new trash changes have made tome grinding totally unfair to new 50's such as myself. People in my situation now have to spend 300-400% more time grinding tomes for our darklight gear. The only payoff is that we get slightly more trash items to sell. Endgame just became seriously un-fun, I don't expect to pay for service when the trial is over if this keeps up.

don't tell me we actually have to play the game in order to play the game now! i never imagined that playing the game was a thing i was going to have to do in order to play the game. guess ill just quit playing the game because i want to play the game without having to play the game.

[Alphawins]

don't tell me we actually have to play the game in order to play the game now! i never imagined that playing the game was a thing i was going to have to do in order to play the game. guess ill just quit playing the game because i want to play the game without having to play the game.

missed the whole point of the thread once again.

[Legend1337]

missed the whole point of the thread once again.

Or you missed his point, it goes two ways.
I totally agree they had too stop the speedrun exploit.
Also its a bit unfair for new players now but they had to do this.
I do think because i ran castrum alot time and a few lenghty ak runs it feels much more rewarding to get dl gear.

That being said i would really love more endgame raids/dungeons ofc.

[MrSmiley]

The dungeon is far too lengthy for too little reward, I wish they would make the enemies worth something, or cut down on the trash as there is way too much.

[Ryuko]

This thread made me laugh... Anyone who used the speed run mechanism in the first place CLEARLY knew it was not intended to work that way. If SE wanted you to be able to turn AK into a 20-ish minute dungeon, they wouldn't have added the trash in the first place. Now I'm not saying I was against AK speed runs -- we all loved them. But now that they're gone, can I really get upset about it? No. We had a few days of fun but now it's time to play the game as intended.

Anyway, it is not impossible or super hard to gear at endgame now that AK speed runs have been 'fixed'. AK and WP give decent starting gear as well as some tomestones. Castrum gives 100 philosophy tomestones, which is now a better 'rate' than AK if you are only going to philosophy. With a good group, it will take you around 30-40 minutes to finish a Castrum run. You can get a piece every day or two if you are a casual player who only has a few hours to play each day. In the meantime, you can supplement these Castrum runs with AK or Ifrit (hard) until you are ready to tackle Garuda. There are plenty of 'options' once you start endgame. Feel free to start your relic quest, too.