I expected absolutely nothing and was still disappointed with Ultima.

[Aquaslash]

Honestly, I'm more upset with Dun Goof'd being a complete faceroll as a whole. I don't think I've learned a single damn bossfight or mechanic in the 5 times or so that I've been in there, and there's being 0 problems clearing. Today, I got my ass kicked the whole raid and it meant nothing. I think my raid hilariously wiped on Ultima cause of the wow factor, and then steamrolled him on the next pull. Wiping City at least prevented you from clearing if you didn't know the fights

[loreleidiangelo]

Must be an Aether thing.
No problems on Elemental.

I'm on Primal, not Aether, but my point wasn't really that I personally had difficulty with him, just that people can be really, unforgivably, heinously, atrociously BAD in the 24-man raids. It's not unreasonable to believe that groups could wipe on the DPS check.

[Lunafreya]

Honestly, I'm more upset with Dun Goof'd being a complete faceroll as a whole. I don't think I've learned a single damn bossfight or mechanic in the 5 times or so that I've been in there, and there's being 0 problems clearing. Today, I got my ass kicked the whole raid and it meant nothing. I think my raid hilariously wiped on Ultima cause of the wow factor, and then steamrolled him on the next pull. Wiping City at least prevented you from clearing if you didn't know the fights

Errrr.... Scathach wipes people.

[Dualblade]

Errrr.... Scathach wipes people.

Diabolos too, mostly at the end if the Main Tank gets killed from what I've experienced. Not nearly as much now as when it first came up, or as much as Ozma, but it does happen sometimes still.

Having finally done it the fight earlier today it actually wasn't as bad as some here were making it out to be. Certainly think it would have been better as its own trial but not completely uninteresting. A bit more health and (if it doesn't already) adding in an item drop as a possibility like with the Blood Sword and it would be better overall.

[Alistaire]

Must be an Aether thing.
No problems on Elemental.

Coming from Aether, pretty sure that's correct. But hey, if you have problems with this fight, at least it's an earlier indication to vote abadon/ditch than if that became clear @ Scathach.

Honestly, I'm more upset with Dun Goof'd being a complete faceroll as a whole. I don't think I've learned a single damn bossfight or mechanic in the 5 times or so that I've been in there

...but how though?

[Vanitas]

I won't lie the fight wasn't bad. I just wish it was it's own trial. They kinda made it sound like it was going to be it's own trial :\

[Aquaslash]

Coming from Aether, pretty sure that's correct. But hey, if you have problems with this fight, at least it's an earlier indication to vote abadon/ditch than if that became clear @ Scathach.



...but how though?

Haven't really had to. Nobody explains anything and everything just dies regardless. I think the fight I know the most is Scathach as it seems to loosely cover the basics of A10S. Probably doesn't help that I've gotten a loot drop every time and only do it once a week.

[DarkB]

this game is no longer a mmo. The decision that SE made at start to orient the development towards casuals (nothing against them) was wrong at root. MMOs are games that requires time, so by definition they are not targeted for casual play, there is Overwatch and games alike that are for casual gaming.

When you strip an MMO from its own traits, you have a hybrid that makes both of the worlds unhappy (casuals and mmos players).
Everything in XIV is extremely easy and achievable with so minimal effort and time, that is barely interesting to spend time in.

The open world is ridicolously wasted, you can play the whole game from your FC house. It became a repetitive grinding pattern for what? To get the best weapon for what?
Honestly after playing SE titles for years litterally, this game has become to a point where it just makes no sense to me.

MMOs should have open world as a main trait, quests, difficulty, progression, the feeling of defeating bosses and mobs (not destroyin everything in 1 minute flat), the danger, the punishment for you adventuring a dangerous zone, long term objectives (please dont pull out relic lol..the xiv relic implementation is an insult to players).. i could go on for hours but it'll be pointless because it'll fall into deaf ears. So yeah..this game is no different from FreeCell atm.

How sad.

[Ash_]

I like proto ultima's design, and the mechanics seemed like they'd be interesting if it was its own trial with the difficulty upped to Ozma level. But I can't hide my disappointment that it's not a trial of its own. It would have been neat if it randomly replaced hollow diablos as the final boss instead (with the same difficulty as h.diablos).

I guess the dev team might be exhausted and in need of a holiday.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

In Aether. Beat him in 90secs

Same. And we subsequently wiped to the third boss. So it wasn't like I had some hardcore raid group going in.

I'm on Primal, not Aether, but my point wasn't really that I personally had difficulty with him, just that people can be really, unforgivably, heinously, atrociously BAD in the 24-man raids. It's not unreasonable to believe that groups could wipe on the DPS check.

To be fair, I don't think they should base even trash mobs around people who cannot be arsed to press more than two buttons. If they are that atrocious, learn how to play. This isn't leveling dungeons.