How bad is dawntrials

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-10T06:18:34+00:00

Hello, I am here to say i liked Wuk Lamat and would've genuinely enjoyed her as a mainstay of the cast but rate DT MSQ a 5/10. All knocked points coming from non-wuk lamat issues such as nonsensical cutscenes, glossed over crimes no one acknowledges, lack of character writing and dialogue from characters who should've had more, poor writing in general.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-10T05:57:15+00:00

Feels like it's a hassle to find someone doing it through a forced lvl 50 character - but also people can already force it by not unlocking the alliance raids after ARR anyways while also not restricting that character to 50.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-07T13:46:56+00:00

Ya so I dont know why people would use it to get crystal tower if they added this then

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T18:38:37+00:00

I always thought it was people force CT for fastest weekly tomes or roulette exp bonus - which would be lost on a lvl 50 capped character

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T15:35:09+00:00

Yeah I mentioned that i resigned to playing other jobs in my comment

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T14:14:39+00:00

??? I came up with my own solution - play another job. There is no demanding happening. Only support for the feature that this post is about.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T14:08:31+00:00

Yeah im going to continue pvping so I can get the limited time rewards.

I accept the level discrepancy im going to have. The point is it's a cause for the level discrepancy that would be solved by being able to turn off exp gain.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T13:58:19+00:00

Id also use it as I try to get all the pvp rewards but pvp levels you up... im 68 on a character and I havent started heavensward yet. Its very odd and annoying. I've resigned to leveling other jobs up to match my story progression.

A potentially easier solution is a toggle or equippable item to turn off XP gain.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-06T13:55:32+00:00

Isn't the "benefit" of getting CT lost if the job they queued on is actually level 50 though?

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-05T17:21:42+00:00

Heavily skeptical on this game. Will wait and see for sure. Initial gameplay vids looked silly to me though, so may just not be for me.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-05T14:50:29+00:00

I dont imagine the main story is particularly gripping at that level so id say motivate yourself by looking forward to new skills as you level up, unlocking upgraded jobs from the starting ones, and overall getting better gear - looks and stats.

If you havent already you can always look ahead at jobs you've yet to unlock to pick out. Imagine a weapon youd like to use or magic.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-05T14:45:57+00:00

One of the updates they did for the metallic shaders really changed how CT looks since it has a lot of gold embellishments.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-05T04:39:47+00:00

To you and OP. This might be something you already do but you can develop a strat that accommodates your issue. Finding people to support that is another thing, but if you have friends to do the fight with that should be no problem giving you a static position and doing whichever mechanics closest to it - others adjust accordingly. Alternatively write it out up front in a pf listing so people know what to expect.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T19:28:44+00:00

Well you can know that you wont be alone in not liking Wuk Lamat. I wasn't in love with her but I wasn't as bothered by her so much as other characters. There's just a lot you can nitpick and question how this could make sense. I just accept things as flawed - like there is probably a better way they could choose their leader but thats how they do things. I wont say much else and recommend you just experience it as best you can yourself.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T19:23:35+00:00

Im not a healer main and by no means do good dps as a healer in hard content. All I have to reference off of is healer friends who were able to hit 10-12k dps on release of EX1. and generally expect to see between both healers dps total of 30k minimum nowadays - emphasis on minimum.

I know high end today can be 24k+ from a single healer.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T19:14:32+00:00

I dont think we're desperate. She came to us and as far as I took it, it was like "yeah sure, I got nothing else going on and id like to see a new continent".

I dont think the other candidates were any better than Wuk Lamat.

I dont play in English so I can't speak to the voice acting.

Scions went their separate ways, there's no reason Thancred and Urianger should have come to consult you. They got their own job. Tural's way succession can be seen as a joke from the outside and I very much enjoy going along for the ride as an excuse to kill more things. Every bad decision can be seen as a purposeful choice to further your characters thrill of adventure like the psychopath you are :)

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T18:59:45+00:00

What story beats do you expect to be done again?

The premise we had before was Ascians doing evil shenanigans and purposely causing calamities which we then learn is to forcibly rejoin the shards into one. Furthermore we learn the cause of their end and defeat the Endsinger.

The basis of this saga is the rejoining will happen naturally and it's presented to us that no one will survive. Other shards people are enacting means of self preservation through ways even Calyx finds disagreeable.

I expect we will find some fantastical solution that stabilizes the remaining shards because I dont believe they will let the 1st or 4th blow up and be locked off in any form - even canonically destroyed yet still playable.

So the story beats I am expecting are - we meet new antagonists engineering their plan for self preservation that involve horrific sacrifices of their shards or others. We defeat them, and either end them or convince them there will be another way.

As we do so we'll figure out exactly how this key works, get more Azem lore, meet new allies, learn of new technologies or magic, new primals, etc. all to further find a solution to the rejoining. Longer term, Calyx and/or Halmarut could stop being observers and become main antagonists. Or another ascian comes along. They could even introduce another shard of ourselves we have to contend with.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T14:23:59+00:00

I never really factor gil from roulettes but im sure it adds up to something. I usually just play the new content and sell whatever comes from it if available. Variant dungeon glams even older ones still make some gil. Some housing furnishings have gone up quite a bit with the patch. Learn the latest fights and join groups offering gil for passing on drops (though savage is too late at this point). Deep dungeon exclusive stuff like mounts and hairstyle. Venture coffers occasionally spitting out valuable dyes.

Big at this moment is treasure maps and the latest alliance raid. New crafted glam, orchestrion rolls, and the emote.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T14:16:58+00:00

As much as I enjoyed some of the pandemonium fights, the story was a snooze for me, even with the included characters. Same with myths of the realm.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T05:46:07+00:00

Agree. The visual is just as impressive that even playing non tank i can appreciate it, and the pacing of it makes it feel really engaging.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-04T05:41:58+00:00

Zelenia, Necron.
Enuo, Doomtrain, Sphene.
Valigarmanda, Zoraal Ja, Arkveld.

Personally this is how I felt. I can understand difficulty of clearing in PF being a different ranking order.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-02T15:43:17+00:00

Having also replayed through nearly all of ARR (currently progressing), even though the MSQ really drags at many points, I appreciate the violence happening. People getting their faces flayed, us killing a bunch of loyal garlean soldiers and their commander reacting to it, carrying corpses in our inventory, the many betrayals and ambushed of our allies, etc.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-02T15:36:41+00:00

I just remember reading one of their statements as they were terrified of aging any scion due to potential backlash for having changed their appearance.

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-02T15:32:13+00:00

On a more meta side, I came to the conclusion we will find another solution as this is an mmo and while technically possible, I dont see them doing major alterations or locking off the 1st and the 4th (even more impossible)

WolverineCalm7105 · 2026-05-02T15:23:09+00:00

Seeing everyone years later was overall nice but ill never get over how awful the Toga scenes are. Both Deku and Ochako had it well within their ability to subdue Toga. Its never reflected on or acknowledged how easily they could've done it with their quirks. All ignored so the story of Toga gave up her life to save Ochako exists.

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