Anyone else feel it will just be a one off trial, with no real reason to play it again after beating it once?
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Anyone else feel it will just be a one off trial, with no real reason to play it again after beating it once?
Of course it will be. It's part of the hildebrand quest line and it's intended to be extremely accessible. Don't expect anything different than Battle on the Big Bridge was.
I'll do it again if it's fun, just like Greg's fight.
God help us if someone does something just for fun!
I wonder what battle music will play during the Ultros fight. Would love if "Decisive Battle" (boss music in FF6, I think) is played.
Probably will only do it once or twice and lol cuz its a hildy quest fight so...
Most of the reward is from the fight itself and the fandom.
Light farmers will probably see plenty of it.
I will do it again and again and again and again etc........
Because :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjw35-qkb_s
.... there is nothing better than the decisive battle as fight theme and thinking that Soken could spicy it even more is like mixing 2 genius in a single god-like song.
It's just in the Hildebrand quest-line. I seriously doubt most people will do it more than once, beyond possibly just going in with friends who haven't done it yet.
If there were any sort of loot, people would run it multiple times. Unfortunately, judging by the Gilgamesh fight, it won't have any. So we're likely looking at another one run and done.
Not to say that the fight won't be fun in it's own right, but Gilgamesh was also relatively deserted until Nexus light farming existed and this was largely due to the lack of reward. I'm all for running a fight again if it's entertaining, but it would greatly help queue times to have something tangible at the end of it.
Considering that we're going to the Dragon's Neck Coliseum, it's very possible we'll be getting Johnny C. Bad.
It also looked like it was 4man, thus further killing it's replayability in the long run.
I was very disappointed that there wasn't loot for Greg, Leviabeetus, and Ramuh. I'm expecting Ultros and Shiva to carry similar loot rewards.
They don't HAVE to drop the Best in slot loot, or any level 120+ gear whatsoever (even though it would be nice for variety and to gear alt classes/jobs).
However, I don't see the reason why Gilgamesh or the new Ultros/Typhoon (Chupon?) fight couldn't drop either (a) Glamour gear, (b) minions OR (c) housing furniture.
You know, the fights wouldn't be any less fun due to some small thing dropping...
At least those fights would have a small purpose other then light farming and people would run it a few times.
(Which ppl will most likely not want to do because 5 or 6 minutes is considered "too long" for nexus light farming. Most ppl want to beat Garuda HM 500 times in 3 minutes per run and some will stop farming lights if garuda doesnt have bonus)
Maybe the Ultros minion will be a rare drop?
Nahh, it's gonna be a Veteran Reward.
Hope there is at least something that could drop from this fight. Rare or not. Stuffed Ultros? Chupon mount? Ultros minion? Vanity equipment? Something fun.