Pankration!

[GlobalVariable]

If you are planning on doing anything like raising the level cap can you do something about the elementals like not give them as many points per level? They have WAY too many points for the inherent -PDT they have and the default traits they can get.

I have a pet that absolutely chews up elementals. What's broken isn't the elementals traits and add on plates, but the fact that the battles are skewed by die rolls that almost always favor the current champion. Once my critter is "in" everyone has had to wait for my battle count to cap out, because nothing, not even the supposedly "invincible" elementals can beat it. Most things that look like they have a hope against my pet wind up timing out and lose by default. That's another thing - if the champ has even 1 hp left at the end of the timer, the champ wins. Even if the challenger took zero damage.

And as mentioned by another poster, the "controls" don't make you feel like you did anything. The pet is still on autopilot even after you have it obeying your commands. It is just a shift in AI. This makes it very boring. It would be nice to have more strategic elements, such as adding 2hrs to the mobs and directly controlling when they go off.

[Spamtastic]

omg, i cannot find the words to explain how much i support this. my ls just had a double elimination bracket style tournament with 650k in prizes. it was so much fun.

perhaps we'll finally see the blackhorn and stripehorn?

[Alhanelem]

What about Ballista? What about the other area of the colosseum as well?

[Lazus]

you know what would be a good idea if after they update it, GM or other SE employees can hold tournaments with their own mobs for prizes.

[Harukusan]

WTH an update to Pankration but not Ballista? This sucks... Even Pokemon wannabe content can catch the dev team's attention...

[Karbuncle]

WTH an update to Pankration but not Ballista? This sucks... Even Pokemon wannabe content can catch the dev team's attention...

Got a problem with it bro we can go Ballista right now buddy.

JUST KIDDING! No I don't really use Ballista to play hard and act like a drunk 14 year old Halo player screaming racial slurs because i managed to get a kill.

But yeah, I'm sure a Ballista update will eventually come. But really, if you remember an interview SE gave a while back, They never even wanted PVP in FFXI, is was added later do to some demand or something. they envisioned FFXI as a game where adventurers worked together only, not in pvp/conflict. But they added ballista because there was a demand for PVP. Of course to make it seem less "Combative" they made it a "Training" type battle, which makes sense.

Hopefully we will see some update? I should read that Ballista thread.

Given enough demand they'll update it, Just bide your time! it will come.

[Camate]

I know some of you are really excited and anxious to see changes/additions to the Pankration system. The development team would like to revisit this system, but there are no plans to do anything immediately. Hang in there a bit longer and we will be sure to keep you updated on any plans they have!

[Crysten]

I know some of you are really excited and anxious to see changes/additions to the Pankration system.

Some of us might be, but the vast, vast majority of us aren't.

[Xantavia]

I know some of you are really excited and anxious to see changes/additions to the Pankration system. The development team would like to revisit this system, but there are no plans to do anything immediately. Hang in there a bit longer and we will be sure to keep you updated on any plans they have!

Am I the only one that read past the first line? I see this as a light-hearted post, and that no resources are being used to do anything with pankration.

[Raksha]

Am I the only one that read past the first line? I see this as a light-hearted post, and that no resources are being used to do anything with pankration.

inb4 stage 3 mythic upgrades: 5000 pankration scorias