I really, REALLY want to know if there's anyone in Japan that actually likes the Bozja experience. This whole area may be the worst thing that's happened in FF14... There is not one shred of it that is actually fun.
Like I hated that Eureka forced me to be dependent on being in a group to get much progress at all, when you can enter it all by yourself and not be placed in a party like, say, PvP does.
I wasn't big on Eureka, but I could at least tune it out and listen to music or something. Bozja, every single major fight has insta-death mechanics, or major damage components. God forbid it's your first time in there, nobody explains mechanics which will kill you immediately.
I actually liked the first Eureka. The second one was awful and I have no desire to set foot in there again. The third Eureka was... eh. And the final Eureka area was just a non-issue unless you wanted to do Baldesion Arsenal. Which I did NOT.
I feel like the odd one because I genuinely enjoy DR. Haven't touched savage yet, but I dunno, the 24 man has been enjoyable to go through. I really dig the fights and some of the new mechanics are downright favorites for me now. But I can understand also it being not liked or popular.
I can say, without hesitation, that if it weren't for the instant death mechanics, everything in DR would be fun as heck (Except maybe the second boss being a major tank 'n spank)
But getting screwed by a server tic and making a single mistake resulting in immediate death even at full health? That kind of bunk is inexcusable in savage content, let alone something they expect you to farm.
When I did it, I think my party had one, two deaths to just dying to too much damage, the whole time? The rest, doom. Over and over. Which meant the bosses took forever since there were lots of dead people and then when they were rezzed, had weakness
Like just. The temperature mechanic in the second to last boss? I finally thought I got it but then something dropped me dead all of a sudden and I couldn't see or figure out what, and no one could tell me
Sure, have that shit in savage if you want, but this is normal mode and mandatory for relics, which is supposed to be grind meant for casuals to get a fancy weapon since they don't do savage
people will say "well you just gotta git gud and stop being a casual" and "stop complaining about the 24 man grind because this is meant to be casual content" in the same breath regarding this
Probably.