Has anyone else noticed Yoshi's attatude at PAX?

[NaesakiAshwell]

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It kinda of makes me want another trance, where it boosts your pet instead of you but you can only use one or the other (to keep it balanced?). Like potentially it could refresh Enkindle if it had recently been used and then act like a stronger version of Spur like lasting maybe 25 seconds, while it also upgrades Enkindle for that period to do a more powerful version of it, though the trance ends just like Dreadwyrm when the finisher is used.

Their are many possibilities for Summoner in the future, though until SB hits or we see patches notes and the like. Its anyone's guess, either way it'll be interesting.

[Keikun]

They better make the game FUN instead of harder everytime , but that minority called "Elitists" are trying to make the game more bored, they ask for harder content instead of new cool mechanics or anything fun, but yeah, elitists.

[Ayer2015]

Well lets be honest, this community complains about everything.

[Inosaska]

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I wouldn't mind seeing the summons removed and replaced with primal abilities that we can cast instead which would fit more in line with the series. That's honestly my biggest hope for the combat changes in the coming expansion. I wouldn't mind having the egis added as minions in the game that would be cool.

[Yeol]

They better make the game FUN instead of harder everytime , but that minority called "Elitists" are trying to make the game more bored, they ask for harder content instead of new cool mechanics or anything fun, but yeah, elitists.

If anything elitists are the ones asking for more mechanics because they love to learn and push them selves to get better.

And don't forget that they are the ones writing guides about content/rotations, recording clears and giving back to the community.

There is sadly a bad group of people 'WHO' think that they are as good as these people and categorize themselves as one with them resulted in elitists having a bad reputation.

[Lambdafish]

They better make the game FUN instead of harder everytime , but that minority called "Elitists" are trying to make the game more bored, they ask for harder content instead of new cool mechanics or anything fun, but yeah, elitists.

Making the game harder is making the game more fun. I think the whole difficulty request is very often lost in translation with the devs.

More challenging =/= More punishing - we aren't asking for brutal mechanics, we are asking for mechanics where there is a lot going on, but there is nothing stopping those mechanics from being easily recoverable if you don't ignore them. Honestly? My two favourite fights in the game are A8N (havent done savage) and Thordan ex, not because they are punishingly difficult, but because the mechanic and player interaction feels involved and awesome, A8N (when it was relevant) in particular had that phase where the robots split up, the room fills with AOEs, there is a beam to soak, a beam to dodge, and a platform to stand on, all in quick succession, it isn't hard to perform, it is very forgiving on mistakes, but performing it in time to Sokens score feels epic, and that is the standard that battle content in general needs to strive for.

[Ririta]

Making the game harder is making the game more fun. I think the whole difficulty request is very often lost in translation with the devs.

More challenging =/= More punishing - we aren't asking for brutal mechanics, we are asking for mechanics where there is a lot going on, but there is nothing stopping those mechanics from being easily recoverable if you don't ignore them. Honestly? My two favourite fights in the game are A8N (havent done savage) and Thordan ex, not because they are punishingly difficult, but because the mechanic and player interaction feels involved and awesome, A8N (when it was relevant) in particular had that phase where the robots split up, the room fills with AOEs, there is a beam to soak, a beam to dodge, and a platform to stand on, all in quick succession, it isn't hard to perform, it is very forgiving on mistakes, but performing it in time to Sokens score feels epic, and that is the standard that battle content in general needs to strive for.

Personally I really miss fights like Ramuh, Leviathan, Melusine and Garuda extremes where it the mechanics were simple to learn but were highly punishing/demanded a lot of coordination. Early ARR spoiled my tastes.

I really appreciate when they make an effort into keeping a common theme to the fight, nowadays it seems like they don't really care.

[xJimmehx]

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I agree it would be more fun with more mechanics going on. I would love to have this while having less tedious rotations.

[AlphaSonic]

What I ask is that all dungeons are The Vault difficulty (pre nerf) I think that was a good difficulty.

[Lambdafish]

Ramuh, Leviathan, Melusine and Garuda extremes

The thing with those fights is that they were all tightly designed and good for different reasons. It wasn't that they were punishing that made them fun, it was that the fight offered something new. Ramuh introduced the orb mechanic, which was extremely unique, Leviathan introduced the tipping mechanic and Melusine was the pioneer and pinniacle fight for the now common petrify mechanic (also the Renauds made this mechanic even more interesting).

In Heavensward we didn't get as much that was unique. Ravana was a combination of ifrit and titan mechanic, with the most unique mechanic being his seeing wing/left/right, Bismark is more unique but boils down to fighting adds, Thordan was more epic, but again utilised lots of existing mechanics in new ways etc. It honestly feels like in Heavensward the fights seem less about raw creativity, and have sacrificed it in favour of flash and production value, which while it may not inherently make it worse, we want a nice balance of both.

Of all the 3.4 fights, weirdly my favourite is A10S. This fight offered a unique mechanic in the form of the buttons, and having them both be a benefit and a hinderence depending on when they are used is creative. They are a static element within the world that is used by both the player and the boss in different situations, I'd like to see more of that level of creativity on all levels of content.

What I ask is that all dungeons are The Vault difficulty (pre nerf) I think that was a good difficulty.

This is where I'm coming from, the vault is the perfect difficulty for dungeons, every party member has a level of pressure on them without it being overwhelming, all bosses are memorable with interesting mechanics, and every element feels involving and exciting. Compare it to something like the anti-tower in which I don't even remember the first two bosses, and the healing check is so low that you can basically ignore all mechanics, and a level design consists of jumping between straight, corridor like platforms. Looking at this, we see a bad direction for dungeons that are supposed to be harder than the level 57 Vault.