Since these places are mostly used to farm elysian ores these days, I think it would be nice to introduce more of a challenge again. They were made more difficult quite a while back now, but just continually making places more difficult to please the higher levels comes with it's own issues, as that makes places inaccessible to lower levels, as evidenced by the changes in Yimoogi etc.
So I've been trying to think of ways to please both camps, and I may have stumbled upon something that will also encourage group hunting.
When you go in you start with a 3 hour timer, and that's no longer a challenge, decent groups complete the whole thing with loads of time to spare and the bosses don't pose any real threat. So how about just buffing the main boss in each KR based on how much time is left?
For every 15 mins that is remaining when you enter KR the boss goes up a level (both difficulty and drops!)
So if you enter KR with less than 15 mins remaining, you get the boss exactly as it is now
if you enter KR with between 15-30 mins remaining you get a level 2 boss
30-45 mins remaining gets you a level 3 boss
45-60 mins remaining gets you a level 4 boss
etc. all the up to level 8 boss if you get in KR with 2 hours remaining, this is unlikely to ever be achieved so gives us something to aim for to get better drops as a reward for clearing the earlier maps efficiently, but still leaves the place effectively unchanged for lower levels who like it as it is
So I've been trying to think of ways to please both camps, and I may have stumbled upon something that will also encourage group hunting.
When you go in you start with a 3 hour timer, and that's no longer a challenge, decent groups complete the whole thing with loads of time to spare and the bosses don't pose any real threat. So how about just buffing the main boss in each KR based on how much time is left?
For every 15 mins that is remaining when you enter KR the boss goes up a level (both difficulty and drops!)
So if you enter KR with less than 15 mins remaining, you get the boss exactly as it is now
if you enter KR with between 15-30 mins remaining you get a level 2 boss
30-45 mins remaining gets you a level 3 boss
45-60 mins remaining gets you a level 4 boss
etc. all the up to level 8 boss if you get in KR with 2 hours remaining, this is unlikely to ever be achieved so gives us something to aim for to get better drops as a reward for clearing the earlier maps efficiently, but still leaves the place effectively unchanged for lower levels who like it as it is