What are the chances for more Minstrel's Ballad trials?

Particularly Gaius or Lahabrea feel like they could be made a lot more interesting if they were given some "Embellishment" on the part of the Minstrel's part much like Ultima Weapon's.

That and this game is sorely lacking in terms of small, yet powerful enemy encounters. I realize the bigger the enemy the easier it is to react to mechanics, but c'mon.

Would like to see a harder version of Gilgamesh personally. Maybe give out some Genji equipment.

wow, I was in a story roulette last night talking about this.

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Originally Posted by Legacy_Wolfwood

wow, I was in a story roulette last night talking about this.

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Me too. I think there's a lot of potential in the minstrel. I'd love a whole Minstrel's Ballad series.

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Originally Posted by Orophin

Would like to see a harder version of Gilgamesh personally. Maybe give out some Genji equipment.

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I second this!
It would be nice to have a hard mode Gilgamesh fight (with all 8 arms). The Minstrel is perfect for something like this.

So many of the Castrum bosses were serious disappointments. I would not be against seeing many of them return for Ballad fights.

Here are a few wacky ideas for minstrel's ballad fights:

Fight Name: Primal Instinct
Party Size: Alliance - 24
Arena: ???
Description: (WARNING: This idea is franky pretty stupid, but hey, it would likely be hella hard and hella fun =) )Basic idea here. 6 primals (Ifrit, Titan, Garuda, Leviathan, Ramuh, Shiva). 3 Parties, 6 tanks, much mayhem. the arena would be huge and 12 sided. then divided up into sections. The alliance would have to prioritize which primals to deal with first on the fly. this is because each primals will randomly move to a different side of the arena every 3 minutes or so. the positions of these primals are the key point here. this is because primals situated close to or opposite to one another can combine their attacks to form new and more devastating attacks. a few examples of this would be levi's water and ramuhs lightning combining to create and attack with added effects. ramuhs lightning could add chain lightning to water attacks for example.

Fight Name: Scions Vs. Echo
Party Size: Full - 8
Arena: Mor Dona Atherite Plaza

Whilst moving from the old scion base to the new one in mor dhona, a verbal conflict erupted between minfilia and the rest of the scions. minfilia drags you in to fight for the right to place the coffee table on the south wall as opposed to the middle of the room. Somehow the minstrel interpreted this dispute as a battle to the death with the player facing off against Thancred, Ida, Papalymo, Y'Shtola, Urianger, Cid ,Alphinaud and Alisea. Throughout the battle. minfilia will use the echo and inform you of certain scions greatest weaknesses, ranging from Ida's fear of being un-masked (inflict a certain amount of damage from behind whilst she is stunned) to Thancred's hatred of carpet stains (destroy barrels of ale). using these fears to your advantage will give you openings to attack and distractions to buy you precious time to deal with other characters.

Hildibrand's quest line isn't over so Gilgamesh could make a return for more morphing time.

I'd definitely like to see a harder battle with Gaius. After all he was in 1.0, and the buildup to your inevitable fight with him in A Realm Reborn, its beyond disappointing. Or a Ministrel's Ballad with all 4 Legatus, similar to FFXII: IZJS with all five Judges at the end of Trial Mode. (Or 5 if you just want to throw Nael Van Darnus in it for laughs)

Fight name: Ultimate gentleman's Face-off
Arena: Big Bridge Maybe? or the crater where dalamud fell XD.
Party Size: 8
Description: Face off against Hildebrand(and/or his father.) Need i say more? well for a start he has an army of zombies at his beck and call, and could call on help from his best bud gil...(gamesh). Couple that with super speed, unstoppable troll power and the potential to be ridiculously strong (i mean, look at his dad). hell, his ultimate could be along the lines of Meteor...(only he tries and catapults himself to dalamud, narrowly missing, and then falling back to earth with the force of a meteorite)

Definitly could use tougher versions of the story fights. I'm sure we will see much more of Gilgamesh, with a powerful Enkidu.

I made a suggestion thread about adding more content from the wandering minstrel in the form of solo trials here the link>>>http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...9-Solo-Content