1. Mount reward for completing all paths.
Some generic sleep mask being the reward for completing all the paths is disappointing. There isn't a strong enough incentive to complete all paths except this, a title, and some sandwiches. The Royal Magicked Carpet from farming Corvosi Brass from Advanced should be the reward for completing all paths, since it's both thematic to the actual content and makes grinding out all the paths worth your time. The developers should just add a third, new mount for Advanced, either based on one of the non-genie bosses or that punutiy you encounter on one of the paths.
In future iterations of the content, I'd like to see three mounts, each obtainable through the following methods:
Apart from the Genie Lamp mount, Another Merchant's Tale does not offer much replay value for high-end raiders. The developers should add a personal weekly drop token that can be exchanged for a solvent/twine/glaze of your choice. It doesn't entirely replace savage loot, but offers help to those who have been unlucky on their rolls. In addition, it's beneficial for raiders looking to gear up their main/alt jobs for the upcoming ultimate.
I also suggest that variant and criterion dungeons be made a regular part of the patch schedule, specifically in X.05, X.25, and X.45. This gives savage raiders an alternative way of augmenting tomestone gear for BiS a few months after the release of every raid tier.
3. Weekly Challenge Log rewards for Variant.
Variant dungeons tend to die out pretty fast due to lack of replay value. However, as evidenced by Pilgrim's Traverse, adding weekly rewards for completing content can aid its longevity. Potential ideas:
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Some generic sleep mask being the reward for completing all the paths is disappointing. There isn't a strong enough incentive to complete all paths except this, a title, and some sandwiches. The Royal Magicked Carpet from farming Corvosi Brass from Advanced should be the reward for completing all paths, since it's both thematic to the actual content and makes grinding out all the paths worth your time. The developers should just add a third, new mount for Advanced, either based on one of the non-genie bosses or that punutiy you encounter on one of the paths.
In future iterations of the content, I'd like to see three mounts, each obtainable through the following methods:
- Completing all paths on Variant.
- Variant (Advanced) Tokens/Exclusive Mount Currency
- Criterion Tokens/Exclusive Mount Currency
Apart from the Genie Lamp mount, Another Merchant's Tale does not offer much replay value for high-end raiders. The developers should add a personal weekly drop token that can be exchanged for a solvent/twine/glaze of your choice. It doesn't entirely replace savage loot, but offers help to those who have been unlucky on their rolls. In addition, it's beneficial for raiders looking to gear up their main/alt jobs for the upcoming ultimate.
I also suggest that variant and criterion dungeons be made a regular part of the patch schedule, specifically in X.05, X.25, and X.45. This gives savage raiders an alternative way of augmenting tomestone gear for BiS a few months after the release of every raid tier.
3. Weekly Challenge Log rewards for Variant.
Variant dungeons tend to die out pretty fast due to lack of replay value. However, as evidenced by Pilgrim's Traverse, adding weekly rewards for completing content can aid its longevity. Potential ideas:
- x3 Potsherds for completing a specific variant dungeon on any path.
- A small amount of mount currency for completing a specific variant dungeon 3 times. This currency can be used to directly/indirectly exchange for the variant and criterion mounts. (I haven't fully ironed out the details here, but the idea is give players who don't want to do advanced/criterion a way to grind out the mounts over a longer period of time. It's meant to be similar to Sacks of First Light/First Light Relics from Pilgrim's Traverse. This may require a rework of the currency system for mounts.)
- Give the accessories obtainable from Advanced stats that are iLvl equivalent to current non-augmented tomestone gear. In addition, Criterion can drop weekly capped upgrade items for these accessories for alternative BiS.
- Add variant dungeons to daily roulette.
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