The Ifrit Fight is Dangerous to the Community.

[Aion]

Turning Ifrit battle into crap Guildleve system? {No, Thanks}

[Richard_BG]

Turning Ifrit battle into crap Guildleve system? {No, Thanks}

QFT loooooooooooooooooooooool

[Quanta]

Plus balancing it is a nightmare, what do you just give the mob % more damage and HP per level, until what point? Until you need the gear from the lower versions to beat it (or at least most do), this isn't innovative it has been done in other MMO's and the results were not good.

I'm pretty sure WoW hard modes were successful.

[Murugan]

I'm pretty sure WoW hard modes were successful.

I'm pretty sure they weren't and most of the endgame community agrees that they were stupid timesinks that required many shells to complete the exact same fight on "regular mode" gear up, then do a "hard mode" which was essentially the exact same fight only the mob essentially has better gear too (more HP, does more damage etc.). It is lame.

[DoctorMog]

I'm pretty sure WoW hard modes were successful.

There wasn't an "easy version of the hard mode" though.

So, moot point.

[Aistaraina]

I suck at PC FPS games. I played them. I practiced. I got better. I've pushed my Battlefield 3 K/D up to ~1.5 and climbing.

There's a lesson in there for you.

If you missed it, it's called "get better".

Can I get a /thread?

[Lavani]

I'm pretty sure they weren't and most of the endgame community agrees that they were stupid timesinks that required many shells to complete the exact same fight on "regular mode" gear up, then do a "hard mode" which was essentially the exact same fight only the mob essentially has better gear too (more HP, does more damage etc.). It is lame.

I'm pretty sure they were since every boss gains added spells on top of said damage, and health pool. Oh, and the fact that so many people still play it and strive for hard mode content.

[Quanta]

I'm pretty sure they weren't and most of the endgame community agrees that they were stupid timesinks that required many shells to complete the exact same fight on "regular mode" gear up, then do a "hard mode" which was essentially the exact same fight only the mob essentially has better gear too (more HP, does more damage etc.). It is lame.

You're right. I guess that's why they stopped it after Ulduar and didn't carry the concept on to the remaining raids of that expansion, and why it was completely excluded from Cataclysm, and why the upcoming expansion isn't having hard modes available from day one...

...Hey, wait a minute...

[DoctorMog]

I'm pretty sure they were since every boss gains added spells on top of said damage, and health pool. Oh, and the fact that so many people still play it and strive for hard mode content.

Oh, like the rank 50 Ifrit over the rank 30 one.

Right on man!

[Lavani]

There wasn't an "easy version of the hard mode" though.

So, moot point.

There never is a "hard" version of anything if you know what you have to do.