Proto Ultima - The first 24 Man Trial

[Mature]

Looks ace! Looking forward to it!

[Malzian]

I cannot see them gating it like that. If they do, it'll be DoA. I also doubt they make accessories role specific. There just isn't a point.

Yep, all we know right now is that the entry reqs for it "are a secret". That doesn't mean they will stay a secret. Likely it's part of some special storyline they don't want to reveal right now and once that's done it'll be accessible in either DF or RF normally.

[ManuelBravo]

I attended Las Vegas, it was a great fight hopefully they will buff it up a bit and crossing fingers for music to get more hype. Would be nice if they alternate the moves a bit too. Overall I'm looking forward to it.

[St0rmchild]

I was actually thinking this over under the shower and a really crazy theory hit me for this:

Assuming this is 24-man indeed ...

Hasn't Yoshi-P hinted in previous live letters that Dun Scaith might not be the end of that particular story arc ?
EDIT: Live letter 33: " This was going to be the end of the series, but there may be something else in store..."

Wouldn't it therefore be reasonable to check a certain small semi-instanced zone off the Sea of Clouds ?

I wonder ....

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Considering they made Odin harder for its release vs the fanfest version, this will likely be the same.

[Konata]

it will be a 24 man

i was at the Frankfurt fanfest the fight is really fun lots of aoes and moving around with a dps check at the end before the enrage one shot from hypernova but like people have said the event was dumb down abit so all people at the event could havea good go plus the char we had to use at the fan fest were ilvl 251 so maybe they might make it ilvl 260 as we are getting 270 gear from it

my guess as to what it unlocked might be linked to the warring triad after clearing zurvan it might unlock a new quest that ends the story for them with a battle with proto ultima maybe proto ultima is also locked away inside the flagship and the garleans have found it and reactivated it

[Malzian]

...maybe proto ultima is also locked away inside the flagship...

But we know it's not because it can be seen flying around Azys Lla during the Proto Ultima Zone FATE. It is most certainly associated with something in Azys Lla, but it is most certainly not locked away.

[Aerish]

I don't understand the reason/lore of proto ultima in aziz la. He's doing nothing but collecting aether once in a year while we force the access and destroy this place/power source from evrywhere :v

[Nestama]

The version at fan fest was definitely 24-man, not sure why people are saying it was an 8-man version. The event difficulty was obviously softer because everyone is on unfamiliar setups at fan fest with only a few minutes of setup (I know I had a whale of a time playing with keyboard/mouse when I'm normally controller-only). Even then, a lot of groups were wiping and failing the DPS check. It was a fun fight and I'm looking forward to seeing the full tuned version

Yeah, if we recall Odin from fanfest, I'm pretty sure players could Silence(?) Odin's AoE Bleed attack. I could be remembering wrong, but I know the Odin at FanFest was easier than Odin in game (who is easy, but doing the DPS was hard apparently).

[Pomelo]

I am excited for the story regarding Proto Ultima, the rewards don't interest me thought, perhaps we finally get dyeable Ultima Horns as a incentive...