I will say this about Garuda so far....

Very well done SE, very well done.

Was only able to get thru the lvl 40 version of the battle and go thru the cs that concluded the mini-primal quest, but the music and the cs with the grand entrance our lady of winds makes was some of the best in this game thus far. Even the small cs at Quarrymill was fantastic.

The only bad thing is its really going to take some effort to match/surpass this with Levi (or whoever else is next).

But again devs, very well done

/applaud

SE has outdone themselves with this one. This fight (even the lvl 40) was quite fun, along with matching scenes to accompany it.

I am going to be very interested in how they do Levi because, well hes a fish, he only has his facial and body motions, no hands, like Garuda reaching up to Dalamud.

It gave me chills but a lot of it I skipped to try rush to Hard, cant wait to get back to Inn and watch for real.

I forgot about her reaching for Dalamud. That was indeed a fantastic touch!

Based on the videos in game that already have leviathan in them, I think it is safe to say coming face to face with him will be awesome when the time comes.

yeah it's fun but it's not really difficult at all.

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Originally Posted by Richard_BG

yeah it's fun but it's not really difficult at all.

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Fun is more important currency than difficulty. When the difficulty contributes to the fun, then awesome. But when it borders on tedium.... ugh.

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Originally Posted by Answa

Fun is more important currency than difficulty. When the difficulty contributes to the fun, then awesome. But when it borders on tedium.... ugh.

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I disagree to a point. For half of the community, difficult encounters = fun. For the other half of the community, encounters with lots of unique mechanics = fun. This game's bosses need both at the same time to please all the masses.

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Fun is more important currency than difficulty. When the difficulty contributes to the fun, then awesome. But when it borders on tedium.... ugh.

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Just ignore BG they poopoo everything even when the thread had nothing to do with difficulty they have to find something bad to put in lol

Difficulty asside the point of the thread was what they have given us that I experienced so far was A++

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Originally Posted by Richard_BG

yeah it's fun but it's not really difficult at all.

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Wait wait are we talking about the 40 fight or the 50 fight? I expect the 40 fight to be easy, but has anyone just about finished the 50 fight?

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yeah it's fun but it's not really difficult at all.

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Should wait until we see the hard-mode fight before we call it not difficult.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

Should wait until we see the hard-mode fight before we call it not difficult.

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http://i.imgur.com/UNGvj.jpg

herp derp second attempt. It's going down very soon after maintenance by multiple linkshells lol.

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Originally Posted by viion

I am going to be very interested in how they do Levi because, well hes a fish, he only has his facial and body motions, no hands, like Garuda reaching up to Dalamud.

It gave me chills but a lot of it I skipped to try rush to Hard, cant wait to get back to Inn and watch for real.

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Perhaps it will be along the lines of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jb5Pzkgvps

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http://i.imgur.com/UNGvj.jpg

herp derp second attempt. It's going down very soon after maintenance by multiple linkshells lol.

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I remember how tough the first 55% of Ifrit was...

lol

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I remember how tough the first 55% of Ifrit was...

lol

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yeahhhh anything can happen between that 55% and the last 5%. Calling it "won" at that point is slightly premature. Just think back to how many parties Ifrit has killed around 20%

I remember how hard a movement fight (Ifrit) on these servers/engine was. Garuda isn't a movement fight. It's a dps race.

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yeahhhh anything can happen between that 55% and the last 5%. Calling it "won" at that point is slightly premature. Just think back to how many parties Ifrit has killed around 20%

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who called it won?

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herp derp second attempt. It's going down very soon after maintenance by multiple linkshells lol.

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Oh so you have done the whole fight have you? I'll repeat what I said.

Let's wait until we see the full real fight before we call it difficult or not. Seriously it's not very objective with people just walking into the fight at the moment. I do expect to wake up and find it defeated, but eh.

I really enjoyed the 40 fight. The server went down for maintenance before I could get to the 50. But, VERY pleased with the new additions. Much better than Ifrit imho.

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I remember how hard a movement fight (Ifrit) on these servers/engine was. Garuda isn't a movement fight. It's a dps race.



who called it won?

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I thought that was what you were implying when you said it wasn't difficult, combined with that screenshot, combined with the statement that its going down by multiple linkshells soon after maint. I was assuming and you know what they say about assuming lol.

Really I just wanted to reiterate the fact that it may actually be a shit-ton harder than you got to experience up to that point.

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I really enjoyed the 40 fight. The server went down for maintenance before I could get to the 50. But, VERY pleased with the new additions. Much better than Ifrit imho.

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We were spamming trying to enter the 40 but it was "congested"

Now everyone is in bed... /sigh

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I thought that was what you were implying when you said it wasn't difficult, combined with that screenshot, combined with the statement that its going down by multiple linkshells soon after maint. I was assuming and you know what they say about assuming lol.

Really I just wanted to reiterate the fact that it may actually be a shit-ton harder than you got to experience up to that point.

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It might be /shrug we have no idea what the last phase will entail. We've seen everything up to the clones. Everything up to that point has not been difficult. That is a little more precise than my previous statement. Happy?

If anyone wants to check it out Garuda (lvl 40) before maintenance is over...
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...913#post663913.

Give it an hourish before the vid goes live. (unless something screws up) Headed to zzzzz.

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It might be /shrug we have no idea what the last phase will entail. We've seen everything up to the clones. Everything up to that point has not been difficult. That is a little more precise than my previous statement. Happy?

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I wasn't trying to complain lol...just wanted to clarify is all. I haven't done it yet myself so im completely in the dark here.

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It might be /shrug we have no idea what the last phase will entail. We've seen everything up to the clones. Everything up to that point has not been difficult. That is a little more precise than my previous statement. Happy?

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If I didn't picture you as the spitting image of the comic book guy from the Simpsons while posting that I wouldn't have even responded.

Worst...Garuda...Ever!

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If I didn't picture you as the spitting image of the comic book guy from the Simpsons I wouldn't have even responded.

Worst...Garuda...Ever!

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I do believe the very first thing I said was "it's fun" but also "not difficult". Worst. Troll. Ever!

http://i.imgur.com/7Igat.png

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http://i.imgur.com/UNGvj.jpg

herp derp second attempt. It's going down very soon after maintenance by multiple linkshells lol.

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how is the fight btw? like does it have phases to it? is it similar to the 40 fight.

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I do believe the very first thing I said was "it's fun" but also "not difficult". Worst. Troll. Ever!

http://i.imgur.com/7Igat.png

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I don't know man, it was evidently good enough for you to break out the photoshop for your retort.

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how is the fight btw? like does it have phases to it? is it similar to the 40 fight.

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The fight mechanics are pretty stellar - it's quite entertaining for what it is. There are indeed phases and the R40 fight does not include all of them (so people can't practice on the R40 one obv). It's largely a DPS race while having to control adds in a timely manner while also being mindful of your positioning. Execution (like and multifaceted fight) is pretty key while maintaining high DPS. We have yet to see the last phase due to server issues but we came close before getting booted.

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I don't know man, it was evidently good enough for you to break out the photoshop for your retort.

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I live in CS5. Don't flatter yourself :3

damn you SE, lol... So who ever had low number of hours in the Garuda competition is getting shafted by the maintenance -_-

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Perhaps it will be along the lines of...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jb5Pzkgvps

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Or maybe we fight Levi on a ship like in the opening CS :o