Some tweaks to The Dead Ends

I just have a few small requests that revolve around the dungeon The Dead Ends. I thought I would package them all together for simplicity sake. It would be really nice to have the following changes done to The Dead Ends:

1. Changing the environment of the last parts of the dungeon if someone enters g-pose. I would love to take pictures with the lovely yellow flowers and the world tree, but if you finish the dungeon, everything is dead. The only way to take pics with g-pose by yourself or with friends is to clear the dungeon up to the last boss, but don't finish it and have your friends or random players just leave the dungeon before they get their reward. *Note*: going into the dungeon on Explorer mode doesn't fix this issue. It would be really nice if the flowers and world tree were kept healthy and beautiful when you go into the dungeon in explorer mode.

2. Could we please have Ra-La as a mount? My friends and I have loved Ra-La since we first saw them and heard Meteion talk about them during the battle. If we weren't already in an FC, we would have made one called the Cult of Ra-La. Perhaps this mount could be added as a reward for turning in nuts like the Sin Eater was for ShB?

3. It would be really nice to either buff the drop rate or allow the star bird minion to be sellable on the market board. It's very difficult to get this minion unless you want to go into the dungeon with trusts to ensure you don't lose rolls to other people.

Thank you for all your work SE and I can't wait to see what comes next in 6.1.

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Originally Posted by vampiregirl663

I just have a few small requests that revolve around the dungeon The Dead Ends. I thought I would package them all together for simplicity sake. It would be really nice to have the following changes done to The Dead Ends:

1. Changing the environment of the last parts of the dungeon if someone enters g-pose. I would love to take pictures with the lovely yellow flowers and the world tree, but if you finish the dungeon, everything is dead. The only way to take pics with g-pose by yourself or with friends is to clear the dungeon up to the last boss, but don't finish it and have your friends or random players just leave the dungeon before they get their reward. *Note*: going into the dungeon on Explorer mode doesn't fix this issue. It would be really nice if the flowers and world tree were kept healthy and beautiful when you go into the dungeon in explorer mode.

2. Could we please have Ra-La as a mount? My friends and I have loved Ra-La since we first saw them and heard Meteion talk about them during the battle. If we weren't already in an FC, we would have made one called the Cult of Ra-La. Perhaps this mount could be added as a reward for turning in nuts like the Sin Eater was for ShB?

3. It would be really nice to either buff the drop rate or allow the star bird minion to be sellable on the market board. It's very difficult to get this minion unless you want to go into the dungeon with trusts to ensure you don't lose rolls to other people.

Thank you for all your work SE and I can't wait to see what comes next in 6.1.

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On the first one, you can use Explorer Mode and see if the flowers are still alive.

I suspect in the case of the environment changing colour into darkness after defeating the boss, that it is because the weather in the dungeon changes (up to defeating Ra-La it's the unique weather effect 'Inevitability', but after defeating the boss it changes to 'Termination', the same as the weather for Amaurot in ShB, not surprising given it's because of the influence of Dynamis).

Considering the change is connected to the storyline, I don't see SE changing it I'm afraid (Explorer mode technically is meant to be entering it after you've already gone through it so it's state reflects that).

I actually would like whole zones to look like the 1st and last part of that dungeon. They were so cool looking that I would love explore more of those zones.

For the first one, go into it with trusts (use scenario mode if you dont have them leveled). Can go in anytime you want and at your own leisure, and the trusts themselves can be hidden with some gpose options.

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Originally Posted by DragonFlyy

On the first one, you can use Explorer Mode and see if the flowers are still alive.

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I tried, it was completely dark for me.

I'd like to see positional requirements removed from the second boss. Feels like punishing melee characters for no good reason when most of the fight requires running in circles around it to dodge AoEs. But it's a minor thing.

Hire a gposer to go in with you and take your photo, there are ways an experienced one may or may not be able to alter the weather in that dungeon.

Less suffering and you're helping to support someone's art.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I'd like to see positional requirements removed from the second boss. Feels like punishing melee characters for no good reason when most of the fight requires running in circles around it to dodge AoEs. But it's a minor thing.

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You can, at least on RPR, plan your rotation around where you're going to dodge AoEs and use true north during the chasing AoEs to not miss positional attacks. I imagine it's similar for other jobs.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I'd like to see positional requirements removed from the second boss. Feels like punishing melee characters for no good reason when most of the fight requires running in circles around it to dodge AoEs. But it's a minor thing.

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It’s actually possible to stay in one side of arena without needing to follow the circling safe zone. I’ve done this and always on healers by slidecasting. There’s an ample time to slidecast to the opposite direction’s safe zone. I imagine any melee jobs can also repeat this with no problem + True North being a boon.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I'd like to see positional requirements removed from the second boss. Feels like punishing melee characters for no good reason when most of the fight requires running in circles around it to dodge AoEs. But it's a minor thing.

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As a BLM... lol. You don't always get to get a perfect parse. Missing positionals is an incredibly minor dps loss in the grand scheme of things. I'd rather have engaging mechanics than fighting training dummies.

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Originally Posted by vampiregirl663

2. Could we please have Ra-La as a mount? My friends and I have loved Ra-La since we first saw them and heard Meteion talk about them during the battle. If we weren't already in an FC, we would have made one called the Cult of Ra-La. Perhaps this mount could be added as a reward for turning in nuts like the Sin Eater was for ShB?

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Given the morphology of the EWEX mounts, I wouldn't be surprised if golden sphinx boss were the Catch 'Em All mount.

yeah its most likely gonna be the "boss mount" of the EW EX trials.