So far the dungeon developers attempts to stop speed runners or exploiters have resulted in a disaster with their new systems punishing players who play well in dungeons and those who don’t.
Issue with Token Reward system now:
-Right now the token reward system lowers token rewards for clearing a dungeon run faster than Anet wants people to and for running dungeons more times than they should. Sadly these two new systems have back fired and punishes people who do not exploit or speed run at all as well.
My Suggestion:
Replace these systems with 1 new system which is this ideal i have.
The new system will naturally lower token rewards the more runs you have for 1 single dungeon path and if you run a different dungeon path it will give you a separate dungeon token reward.
For example
Caudecus’s Manor:
Seraph Route :
1st run = 60 tokens
2nd run = 45 tokens
3rd run =30 tokens
4th run and more runs =15 tokens
Asura Route:
1st run = 60 tokens
2nd run = 45 tokens
3rd run =30 tokens
4th run and over =15 tokens
Butler Route:
1st run = 60 tokens
2nd run = 45 tokens
3rd run =30 tokens
4th run and over =15 tokens
The token rewards are separate for each route so if you do Asura Route for 60 tokens and go for Butler route next you will get 60 tokens from Butler route. However, if you do Asura route and Asura route again you will only get 60 tokens and then 45 tokens.
Basically if you run Seraph route then Asura route on your 2nd run in the dungeon and then Butler Route on the 3rd run you will get 60 tokens plus 60 tokens plus 60 tokens which is 180 tokens as Anet originally planned (but is not working now due to their current new dungeon reward system having issues separating between exploiters/speed runners and organized/honest players).
However, if you decide to run it like Seraph route then another Seraph route then Asura route you will only be given 60 + 45 + 60 tokens which is only 165 tokens for your first 3 runs of the day because you already done the Seraph route once already.
If you were to run Seraph route 3 times in 1 day then your reward will be 60+45+30 which is only 135 tokens because for each run you do on that single route the next time you do that same route the token rewards naturally decrease so it would be better to do the other 2 routes if you want more tokens. After the 3rd run the 4th run and more runs on the Seraph route will only reward 15 tokens.
I know a lot will think this is a bad idea because they will think “hey I don’t run dungeon a lot, and I rarely do, so why should I be punished for running the same route again?” The suggestion may not be ideal but it will help at least prevent people who does the dungeons properly from being punished over a action they do not do. Also, you are still rewarded well since if you want more dungeon tokens then you just perform each different dungeon routes once each day. Which means each day you can get 180 tokens by simply going though the 3 different dungeons routes of Ascalonian Catacombs, Caudecus’s Manor or the other dungeons once day (As Anet originally planned for this current new system but is currently not working and backfiring on players now because it is not working)
It also helps get people to run the other dungeon route which is what Anet trying to do currently and it also lowers the rewards for people who would try abuse the idea that they have a much easier time with only 1 route in this 1 dungeon and just ignore the other 2 or more routes because they find it difficult or impossible to do or just want to make a quick buck in the game. Yes the token rewards seems reasonable until the 4th run of that one path but if you don’t enjoy the token reward for the 4th run of the same path you can either stop for the day and wait tell tomorrow for the token rewards to reset or try a different route run and go through that same run 3 times and stop once you are done that same route 3 times. which will give you about 270 tokens a day for only going through 2 different routes 3 times a day.
You are welcomed to go for more then 4 runs in a day but your token rewards will remain only 15 until it is reset tomorrow unless you run a different dungeon route that has not been done over 3 times.
(edited by EdwinLi.1284)