I've been trying to complete Castrum Lacus Litore in the Bozjan Southern Front for quite some time already. What typically happens is that while I'll hang out in an instance where 55-60 people out of 72 are ranked high enough to participate, we get *at most* 20 participants and fail the instance (typically less than 15 participants).
I've managed to reach the final boss with as few as 24, but it's incredibly difficult with so few participants when the players need to split up.
I don't believe the content itself is too hard, it seems balanced well enough for 32+ players (two parties in each half of split encounters), the problem I see is there's a lack of incentive for players who've completed it to return to it, or help new players complete it for the first time. This is made worse by the fact that Bozjan coins can now be earned outside the engagement once it's been completed (much faster and much safer)
I'm not at all worried that I'll be able to progress with my relic weapons otherwise once the next addition to the campaign is added, I'm worried I'm essentially story-locked at this point because no one gives a rat's ass about Castrum Lacus Litore anymore.
Maybe adding some kind of bonus to returning players when players who've yet to complete it are signed up? I don't know, that or nerf it so it can be done with no more than 16 players, or have the encounter difficulty scale with the number of participants
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I've managed to reach the final boss with as few as 24, but it's incredibly difficult with so few participants when the players need to split up.
I don't believe the content itself is too hard, it seems balanced well enough for 32+ players (two parties in each half of split encounters), the problem I see is there's a lack of incentive for players who've completed it to return to it, or help new players complete it for the first time. This is made worse by the fact that Bozjan coins can now be earned outside the engagement once it's been completed (much faster and much safer)
I'm not at all worried that I'll be able to progress with my relic weapons otherwise once the next addition to the campaign is added, I'm worried I'm essentially story-locked at this point because no one gives a rat's ass about Castrum Lacus Litore anymore.
Maybe adding some kind of bonus to returning players when players who've yet to complete it are signed up? I don't know, that or nerf it so it can be done with no more than 16 players, or have the encounter difficulty scale with the number of participants
Continue reading...