Circle arenas...

[Felis]

the chimera arena doesnt seem to have a shape.

which chimera?

[Nomad-phx]

the "relic reborn" version, its got the cave and you can drag him pretty far outside

[Mugiawara]

I have read you can fall down from the Shiva arena and climp up stairs to go back into the fight.

Thank the friggin' lords. I hope you're right.
I'm sick of unforgiving mechaincs like that.
Levi and Titan piss me off...it's sad we're Warriors of Light but can't Swim at the very least...
Perhaps when we get a swimming expansion, they'll nerf Levi EX so we can swim back when we get knocked off LOL.

[Yamimarik]

Thank the friggin' lords. I hope you're right.
I'm sick of unforgiving mechaincs like that.
Levi and Titan piss me off...it's sad we're Warriors of Light but can't Swim at the very least...
Perhaps when we get a swimming expansion, they'll nerf Levi EX so we can swim back when we get knocked off LOL.

From the Live Letter last night, it was a joke between Yoshi and Foxclon, because the Shiva arena has a pair of stairs leading back to the main part of it, but in this video from the lodestone(same one in the Live Letter, just no Yoshi/Foxclon commentary) you see the character Yoshi is controlling unable to fall out of the arena or even go down the stairs, unless they change it before the fight actually goes live.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...5c3fa266a09a90

[myahele]

Yeah, I was kinda excited for the Leviathan fight since it was gonna be on ship...oh well.

I'm guessing the reason for a square and circle arena is to make it easier (for us or them) to dodge and see all the primal's attacks. I know the camera angles got in the way sometimes during the last boss.

Still, Shiva's area has stairs, so hopefully we can use that to protect us from her Diamond Dust technique

[Alukah]

One of the reasons why i like low level dungeons is because the boss areas aren't all square or circles. Take for example Cutter's cry, Aurum Vale, Dzemael.

I was kinda expecting Snow Cloak will be where we fight Shiva. That and it looks like if we fall of the edge we gonna die, again.

Topic 8: Shiva Instance
Instance is called "The Ahk Afab Amitheatre". Will be Hard and Extreme. You can fall down but there are steps to get back up!

In the video they show stairs, I hope there's a mechanic that allows players at the top to help those who fall off and not just letting us walk back up.

Thank the friggin' lords. I hope you're right.
I'm sick of unforgiving mechaincs like that.
Levi and Titan piss me off...it's sad we're Warriors of Light but can't Swim at the very least...
Perhaps when we get a swimming expansion, they'll nerf Levi EX so we can swim back when we get knocked off LOL.

New mechanic, when someone falls levi will go underwater and eat them.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Another reason circles and squares are a popular design choice for FF14 arenas is the majority of enemy AOEs are circular as well, making it easier to dodge in an arena with a similar design. Random obstructions or very obtuse level designs could make or break how some fights work unless said fight is designed with that level in mind.

[SpookyGhost]

It had multiple levels, that's what's important. You didn't just fight Darnus in the same circle; you sent ranged onto the stairs to take out comets, and DPS up to the very top to finish zerging him (or whatever, it's been a while). Much more interesting than the current arena designs, in my opinion.

Turn 3 of the first Coil?

[ChriZirhC]

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