So this sounds a lot like Nyzul Isle, a quasi-instanced dungeon from FFXI. The way Nyzul worked was: It was a 100-floor dungeon that was "randomly generated" each time. Each room had jigsaw-like walls inside of it that would change on every attempt, and each floor was made up of a random number of rooms. Your goal was to find the exit to each floor as quickly as possible, while also defeating monsters and, every 20 floors, a boss. Adding to the challenge were random floor effects: Sometimes they'd restrict magic, or weaponskills, or reduce your stats, or sometimes you'd get a random bonus instead. It was a lot of dice being rolled that made for a lot of fun, not hurt by there being checkpoints every five floors.
So, Palace of the Dead features: Randomly generated dungeons filled with monsters, where the goal is to find the exit to the next floor while also killing things for loot, and every so many floors also fighting a boss, where you'll randomly get hit with bonuses or restrictions...
If I had to bet, the content is "soloable" in the sense that FATEs are. Going alone? Numbers and HP scale so it's possible, but it'll be slower than bringing friends to help chainsaw things down. I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of content! If this becomes the go-to source for unique glamours and the like, that'll keep it as something worth doing as patches progress: Compare that with Diadem, content that died an immediate death as soon as item level increased. My hope is that being higher DDilvl won't make it a pain to group with friends who are lower.
So, Palace of the Dead features: Randomly generated dungeons filled with monsters, where the goal is to find the exit to the next floor while also killing things for loot, and every so many floors also fighting a boss, where you'll randomly get hit with bonuses or restrictions...
If I had to bet, the content is "soloable" in the sense that FATEs are. Going alone? Numbers and HP scale so it's possible, but it'll be slower than bringing friends to help chainsaw things down. I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of content! If this becomes the go-to source for unique glamours and the like, that'll keep it as something worth doing as patches progress: Compare that with Diadem, content that died an immediate death as soon as item level increased. My hope is that being higher DDilvl won't make it a pain to group with friends who are lower.
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