Ixion

Now that we're down to one instance what are the chances of increasing his pop time? Or making it something like fox lady where certain fates spawn him? I've been out here all day and nothing.

Not saying it needs to pop every three hours but this whole one spawn every three days and only 1 instance thing is gonna be hell

You mean earned as intended?

Less instances is an unfortunate nerf to the # of total spawns, yes, but we were told instances would be temporary. This didnt come out of nowhere.

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Originally Posted by Fluffernuff

You mean earned as intended?

Less instances is an unfortunate nerf to the # of total spawns, yes, but we were told instances would be temporary. This didnt come out of nowhere.

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So basically those who rushed through MSQ earned the privilege to have more spawns?

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Originally Posted by Valinis

So basically those who rushed through MSQ earned the privilege to have more spawns?

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As a side effect from the several instances, yes.
But like Fluffernuff said, this is how it's supposed to be, 1 instance for everyone.
Don't worry. There will be plenty of time for everyone to get a chance to get Ixion. Everything doesn't have to be farmed during the first 2 weeks.
Besides, I know several people that "rushed" MSQ (not rly) and still only have rewards enouth to justify 2-3 kills due to all the lag and disconnects during Ixion fight due to the mass of people.

I would be more worried about all the A/S rank hunts that has been spawning in all the instances, all the cracked clusters people have gathered thanks to it and can sell grade VI materia for a high price. You know... Because people got easy hundreds of thousands, if not millions of gil thanks to it.
I know there are people that dislike that aswell.

What's the rush? The reward is very easy to get. You've got 2 years to get 12 horns before next expansion.

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Originally Posted by Valinis

So basically those who rushed through MSQ earned the privilege to have more spawns?

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If people chose to spend their time in such a way and devote their efforts towards it, then yes? There's no need to be spiteful to those who took advantage of an opportunity you didn't. We're not even a month from the official launch.

14(18) days, guys. 2 weeks. Ixions been out for 2 weeks. It's not like the entire data center has their magical pony.

Do we really need or even WANT FATEs such as Ixion to be "irrelevant" sooner so there's less and less people even doing it in the first place? That's not going to help your chances at getting the horns you require.

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Originally Posted by Mature

What's the rush? The reward is very easy to get. You've got 2 years to get 12 horns before next expansion.

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The general gist of it is that the sooner it's out of the way, the less you have to worry about missing a potential spawn, the less you have to deny yourself doing other stuff than waiting around for a FATE to spawn.

not sure 1 instance will make much difference.
Think I killed him like 5 times in 8 man groups through the multiple instances and got 1 horn and a bunch of 90k's out of it.

Also, just check the weatherman for him? isn't that how it's done for the world bosses?

Dont think the Ixion weather is bound by normal weather rules.

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Originally Posted by heynowjose

Now that we're down to one instance what are the chances of increasing his pop time? Or making it something like fox lady where certain fates spawn him? I've been out here all day and nothing.

Not saying it needs to pop every three hours but this whole one spawn every three days and only 1 instance thing is gonna be hell

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server resets, as maintenances, reset its spawn timer. It should pop today and atleast on odin it respawned 42-56 hours post kill every time (except the server crashed, than its ~24 hour like after maint)

knowing this doesnt make it really hard to keep track of it and beeing on the map at the right time

I run an Ixion LS & Discord (Diabolos) We have collected data on Ixion in hopes to find out better spawn windows and such. Some general info about Ixion. Regular weather such as thunderstorms doesn't matter. Only worry about Quicklevin. The sky will be purple, specs will be in the air. It looks very different and you will know when you see it. As of right now, during the three instances it was suggested his cool down is as short as 24 hours, and his spawn can take up to 72 hours within his window. Without giving data on him with instances I'll just start with July 6th the day of main. He spawned 6:19pm central time. Maint ended at 11:55pm July 6th(after his spawn, thus starting a 24 cool down which we are assuming right now). It took him 53hrs and 40min to spawn. His spawn time was 5:35am central, July 9th (this morning). We are still gathering data but this is what we have so far concerning ONE INSTANCE. Thanks everyone. (Corrected actual spawn window time)

His weather is Quicklevin, it is a take over sort of thing like Odin. You cannot track it. Normal weather holds no key such as thunderstorms. He can spawn after clear skies or any weather.

Thanks for the helpful info :3

My concern here with Ixion is a couple of things. Ive seen people depriving themselves of sleep trying not to just miss it pop one time.

Also and this is the MASSIVE one: People can not zone in Lochs to do their story because people are here camping. I feel truly bad for the new people. Ive had to raise people because they died and can not return to the hp because it is too full. Perhaps it shouldn't be limited to just one zone or something like Odin. This Ixion idea needs to be rethought by SE.

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Originally Posted by Chiapet

My concern here with Ixion is a couple of things. Ive seen people depriving themselves of sleep trying not to just miss it pop one time.

Also and this is the MASSIVE one: People can not zone in Lochs to do their story because people are here camping. I feel truly bad for the new people. Ive had to raise people because they died and can not return to the hp because it is too full. Perhaps it shouldn't be limited to just one zone or something like Odin. This Ixion idea needs to be rethought by SE.

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This this this. The instance lockout is horrible. I mean, you have those who are obviously very much interested in taking part, but can't because by the time the information has gone public you missed your chance to even get into the zone. And of course, people just going about their MSQ or gathering business or whatever. Now, of course, the restriction on the zones exist for a reason, but ever since the 3-instance setup went (and even before then it was shaky) it's been impossible to get into the zone beforehand because of the fanatical camping. Is there a solution? Time...I'd like to think people won't bother once they get the mount. But interest in this event won't wane for a very long time. I don't know...it's just incredibly frustrating. Make its spawn less predictable so people don't lock out the place in advance. #unlockthelochs

Make his spawn more unpredictable? I'd think that would make the situation worse. Once people get their mount they will move on. Make it more unpredictable, the more camping people will do.

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Originally Posted by Fluffernuff

If people chose to spend their time in such a way and devote their efforts towards it, then yes? There's no need to be spiteful to those who took advantage of an opportunity you didn't. We're not even a month from the official launch.

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It's not like people knew there was an Ixion mount when the expansion was released with a FATE.

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Originally Posted by Arutan

It's not like people knew there was an Ixion mount when the expansion was released with a FATE.

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No, we didn't. Does that give you leave to be spiteful towards those that found this information out earlier and dedicated their time towards earning it?

I believe that, yes, if you had such information, were level 70, had Lochs unlocked, and had the vendor.... then why is it such a bad thing that those players dedicated their efforts toward the mount? Because you or others didn't? When someone new get Ixion, are we supposed to brand them now?


If you chose to spend your time enjoying the content, if you weren't aware of a super FATE everyone was talking about, if you weren't enticed or were too unfortunate to never get the public information, then why am I some sort of villain for choosing to rob myself of those experiences in hopes for earning what I felt was a more satisfying payoff for my time?

What's embarrassing is we never saw this with Courelregina, or Ultima. I don't know how this happened with Ixion.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

What's embarrassing is we never saw this with Courelregina, or Ultima. I don't know how this happened with Ixion.

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Probably because they were merely glamour pieces with.... niche tastes to say the least. Ixion is not only a mount, but also requires multiple kills for that mount. it's alot more... tangible? Is that the word? Mounts are alot more valuable to people than glamours.

The same thing is sorta happening with Fox Lady even now, too. You get everything with 1 gold, and that gold gets you a glamour piece, a minion, and 2 duplicate tabletop furnishings. I don't usually see Fox Lady callouts or outcry over it. Imagine if the Fox Lady FATE also had a whistle for the boss for 70 fragments or something. hoo boy!

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

What's embarrassing is we never saw this with Courelregina, or Ultima. I don't know how this happened with Ixion.

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i never even traded in my regina items cause they are so useless and i don't know what Ultima drops. i don't care much about Ixion cause i think it's ugly but i will want it eventually as a mount doesn't use inventory space.

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Originally Posted by Fluffernuff

Imagine if the Fox Lady FATE also had a whistle for the boss for 70 fragments or something. hoo boy!

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that mount i would camp.

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Originally Posted by DamianFatale

What's embarrassing is we never saw this with Courelregina, or Ultima. I don't know how this happened with Ixion.

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Put something from an old FF, whether it's glamour or a mount and make it a grindfest and this stuff is gonna happen.

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Originally Posted by heynowjose

Now that we're down to one instance what are the chances of increasing his pop time? Or making it something like fox lady where certain fates spawn him? I've been out here all day and nothing.

Not saying it needs to pop every three hours but this whole one spawn every three days and only 1 instance thing is gonna be hell

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I think it's fine the way it is (and I don't have the mount yet; I still need another 3 horns). It should take time to complete. There should be a sense of reward at the end, because of the time involved in getting it done.

I need only 1 horn... the hell xD Cant wait this nightmare finish ...

I worry about this so much. After a time, a huge bulk of you will have the mount and then the FATE will be unwinnable since there won't be enough people. SE, can you prepare something for when this eventually happens? Low population servers are more propense to this. Or perhaps they just won't care because people come out to help clear something when it's shouted in Japan servers, contrary to NA servers.

I haven't even heard a shout for that FATE in all my time playing stormblood and I fear I might never get the chance to even try and get it.

odin is 4 years old and ppl still do it with a huge zerg

ixion also seems to have way less hp in comparison, it usually dies within a very few minutes, while odin takes kinda long..

The expansion isn't even a month old. It's OKif you do t have everything yet.

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

odin is 4 years old and ppl still do it with a huge zerg

ixion also seems to have way less hp in comparison, it usually dies within a very few minutes, while odin takes kinda long..

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Doesn't Odin get increased HP/damage every time he dies until he defeats the people killing him/timer runs out without him dying, and come back with the face of the person who killed him? I'm not sure how accurate that info is...but that's what I've been told(though I feel it is completely wrong).

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Originally Posted by Fluffernuff

I believe that, yes, if you had such information, were level 70, had Lochs unlocked, and had the vendor.... then why is it such a bad thing that those players dedicated their efforts toward the mount? Because you or others didn't? When someone new get Ixion, are we supposed to brand them now?


If you chose to spend your time enjoying the content, if you weren't aware of a super FATE everyone was talking about, if you weren't enticed or were too unfortunate to never get the public information, then why am I some sort of villain for choosing to rob myself of those experiences in hopes for earning what I felt was a more satisfying payoff for my time?

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Or maybe it just kept crashing the instance so it was pointless.
And some people were busy doing real life even after the release of StormBlood. I had something else to do than camping it 'til 4-5am when I work the entire day.

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Originally Posted by Arutan

Or maybe it just kept crashing the instance so it was pointless.
And some people were busy doing real life even after the release of StormBlood. I had something else to do than camping it 'til 4-5am when I work the entire day.

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And yet my point still stands. You almost act as if those with Ixion now haven't had to fight these same battles. Just because there were 3 instances? Ixion was still only in 1 instance at a time, and there were still mass D/Cs, there was still congestion, not everyone could get in.

What I fail to understand is why you, who don't have Ixion(not specifically YOU, mind), decide it is OK to attempt to undermine others' achievement and dedication. Under what authority can you undermine someone else's work? Because you haven't been able to see the same success?

I'm sorry. Choosing not to, or having the inability to, does not excuse the spiteful behavior. ESPECIALLY if that translates into ACTUAL harassment.

Can other servers please shed light to spawn times? I have been gathering data and it seems that it might be a possibility that his max spawn time is 55 hours. Please no estimates, please use accurate data and facts.

"Unable to post due to heavy congestion in this thread. Please try again later." >.>

Seriously, every time it pops its impossible to get into the zone. I didn't like the instances but this one is still warranted...

seen him once. Got called out and someone pulled right away. By the time I got there it was half dead and no way to get gold level to get the horns. Plus people who already had the mount were taking up space in the instance to block others because they did not want others to get it as was being talk in chat and laughing about it.

In my opinion it needs a more dedication spawn time and spawn more often. There is no point in camping a fate that may or may not spawn for hours on end. And you would need to do this at least 6 times to get what you need. To me that is not fun at all.

I agree its a terrible fate design, but b/c it gives us a mount it requires our dedication aswell. Depending on the server camping would be the best thing to do b/c getting Gold means to be there when hes pulled. If you are trying to teleport to the Loch you either end up in the wrong instance or the loading screen will take forever due to zone congestion which still exists. Basically its a hit or miss fate which requires preparations for including knowing its spawn window, when it was last killed. And yes every server has their own nutjobs that have to pull everything on-sight like Elitist, World first FC's, or just plain Trolls.

Early pullers and zone crashing/congestion in Balmung we dont have a choice but to camp

I've fallen asleep 3 times now after waiting 12-24 hours. :[

What I would do to be a cheater with an ACT alarm. :[