Why only vanilla dungeons have side/mini bosses?

ClockworkCityBugs · February 2018

what is tis and why?
lack of imaginations of designers of all DLCs started from IC?
or laziness?

JamuThatsWho · February 2018

Because most groups tend to ignore them in favour of faster runs for Pledges.

Why put the time, effort and resources into something hardly anyone will fight? I prefer the more streamlined dungeons.

ClockworkCityBugs · February 2018

for immersion!

Sixty5 · February 2018

Because I'd say most people here would take the loss of generic side bosses for having fun boss fights with interesting mechanics.

Linaleah · February 2018

JamuThatsWho wrote: »

Because most groups tend to ignore them in favour of faster runs for Pledges.

Why put the time, effort and resources into something hardly anyone will fight? I prefer the more streamlined dungeons.

unfortunately this. vast majority of people either skip side bosses on purpose, or aren't even aware of their existence. so just like with animation canceling, ZoS gave up and started designing with what players actualy do in mind. which kinda sucks for those of us who don't like skipping things when pugging, but at least an option to play with premade group that's on the same page is still there.

Silver_Strider · February 2018

I remember early on, pledges made those bosses REQUIRED to get gold keys.

The memories of pugs that couldn't do Waywest 1 because the Rat Whisper destroyed so many groups that lacked AoE to kill adds before being overwhelmed.

Nowadays, I doubt even half the player base are even aware of the numerous sub bosses they're skipping when running thru a dungeon.

Jhalin · February 2018

There really aren't that many skippable side bosses

Pyr0xyrecuprotite · February 2018

You need to kill the side bosses if you are trying to get the speed run or no-death achievements. Otherwise the only reason is if you are hunting for set item loot drops, which all bosses may have a chance to drop.

The original poster has a fair point though. And yes, it's probably just a matter of the developers not really having enough time to add in "bonus content".

zaria · February 2018

Pyr0xyrecuprotite wrote: »

You need to kill the side bosses if you are trying to get the speed run or no-death achievements. Otherwise the only reason is if you are hunting for set item loot drops, which all bosses may have a chance to drop.

The original poster has a fair point though. And yes, it's probably just a matter of the developers not really having enough time to add in "bonus content".

That explains why I miss the wayrest achievements, ty

activesix554 · February 2018

Because dlc dungeons were designed so that bosses couldn't be skipped. That's why they are so much longer than vanilla dungeons. Plus the mechanics actually make them challenging.

Everstorm · January 2019

Apologies for the necro but does this also mean that all the bosses in dlc dungeons can drop armor for all body parts?