I like the idea of the cerim dungeon but there are unfortunatly things that i wish (and maybe many other) would improve:
please give us an item (a better/special version of the ember) to get directly to the boss. I understand the idea to learn and get better until you are at the boss to defeat it BUT on long term its not a difficutly decission which would give the player something big instead of frustration.
so please give us a option to choose between the whole dungeon and the boss directly<3
Given the amount of wealth I amass in the dungeon while killing the knights and other denizens it seems impractical to skip. Just charging headfirst into the knight will get ya killed like getting beat by Margit the Fell over and over again. If you wanna get used to the move set of the Echo Knight try using teleport rune to get a feel for his moves. Worked for me.
In another thread someone suggested adding a mini-boss at the midpoint. I think that idea is great and you could build in a function where beating the midpoint boss grants you a special buff that allows you a single, in crucible, re-spawn.