Ixion fate & Future fates

[Serilda]

If this FATE is the main reason for reinstating instances then it simply needs to have its spawn time cut. It's silly not to when it can come up in separate instances anyway (and apparently lock them all out in the process).

(I've never seen Proto Ultima either. Completely missed the popular rush on it and then being on a quiet server meant it was never called again. One day...)

[FedoraTheExplorer]

OP doesn't even have the mount and thinks it should be a rare exclusive. Nah. Not everything in this game has to be rare.

Imo, there should be a pre-requisite FATE for Ixion. Or cut the spawn timer short.

[Mirateski]

I mostly dislike that it seems to love spawning at 4am my time. My sleep cycle is pretty borked but even I'm not up at 4am, and I think I'm like, an hour BEHIND server time.

The fate itself is fine, the instances crying is not. The number needed for the mount is fine, the ridiculous spawn times are not.

Could they not at least try to weigh it towards, like, a +/-4 hours window around prime time, say 7pm server time on weekdays or whenever on weekends? I don't wanna stay up til 3am "just in case", sleep poorly, and find out he spawned at 4:30am when only the most dedicated of insomniacs were awake...

[IhzaMhaskova]

If this FATE is the main reason for reinstating instances then it simply needs to have its spawn time cut. It's silly not to when it can come up in separate instances anyway (and apparently lock them all out in the process).

(I've never seen Proto Ultima either. Completely missed the popular rush on it and then being on a quiet server meant it was never called again. One day...)

Yeah, Proto Ultima isn't a FATE.

They replaced a mini boss in Dun Scaith with him.

If anyone was "calling" him out they were trolling.

[Airget]

These FATEs should be reinstated as 24-man trial instances that open up when the FATE would open up. Make it where each person can only get the reward once but they are free to help as many people as possible in that 1hr period. Maybe have the fight take anywhere from 5-10 minutes but at least then it would feel like the player deserved it.

I find it hard to see where the OP is coming from since to me there is no challenge in that fight, 300+ people bumrush it and it's a joke, what's so fun and "earned" about that? Look at me I "earned" this mount by facerolling a FATE everyone bum-rushed on. Honestly that's what bores me with said FATE, where is the challenge, there is none currently.

These FATE need to be challenging against but it won't exist in their current design.

[Dark-Saviour]

They need to reconsider 'epic' FATEs in general, IMO.

The ones like Ixion, Odin, and to a lesser extent Coeurlregina are the only ones people actually seem to do at all. And while I would like them to be more accessible, I also fear that they'd die off pretty quickly if they were.

Having skipped HW and just recently come back to the game, doing any of the 'normal' epic FATEs in the HW zones has been a challenge. Managed a few, but it's difficult getting bodies for them and I doubt I'll have luck anytime soon with the Churning Mists chain (Darkscale FATEs ruin it for me).

Moved on to SB for the moment, and figured that at least with content this new, things would still be alive. Turns out, not so much. We're just over a month in and it's like pulling teeth to get people to show for these epic FATEs. Managed to attract 1 person to Never Say Daimyo and Curiousity Killed the Catfish over the past couple of days. :-(

While people can complain about the carrot methodology all they want, these currently either need much bigger carrots, much more liberal scaling, or some other means to make them relevant since they are pretty much dead as is.

Yeah, Proto Ultima isn't a FATE.

They replaced a mini boss in Dun Scaith with him.

If anyone was "calling" him out they were trolling.

Did it change? AFAIK, it at least used to be a FATE and was how you got the horns, while the one in Dun Scaith got you the heat plating for accessories?

[Conquistadork]

Yeah, Proto Ultima isn't a FATE.

They replaced a mini boss in Dun Scaith with him.

If anyone was "calling" him out they were trolling.

I think he's referring to the FATE that appears on Azys Lla, where Proto Ultima does appear on the sky firing his lazors before the actual FATE appears, the name of the FATE is "Prey Online".

Sadly I haven't had the opportunity to even see the FATE spawn cuz no one knows when it will come up. (I want those horns!)

[IhzaMhaskova]

I think he's referring to the FATE that appears on Azys Lla, where Proto Ultima does appear on the sky firing his lazors before the actual FATE appears, the name of the FATE is "Prey Online".

Sadly I haven't had the opportunity to even see the FATE spawn cuz no one knows when it will come up. (I want those horns!)

I've actually never heard of this....

Why don't they have it on a timer or make it easier to do?!

[Hyperia]

Since release, I have seen this once and it was a bronze with my best effort. It's too rare, encourages camping and early pulling behavior. Odin was leagues better than this so I have given up attempting it. When it goes wandering around for hours on end, I'll consider giving it a shot, till then, nope. Hopefully by then, they will give you a horn for trying but it's too much of a pain to do right now.

[Burningskull]

They gave us a Odin trial fight, maybe we'll get an Ixion trial later?