Quote Originally Posted by Tarrtarus View Post
The encounter itself I found appropriate, but the placement of the boss was bizarre. Could have done if there was some context for him being there other than "we needed a place to put him" lol.
I believe it was placed there to prevent the Proto-Ultima battle from falling into disuse like the Odin Trial did. They mentioned that being a problem before and that they had a plan to prevent it this time. Their plan appears to be inserting Proto-Ultima as an encounter in a Raid.