An open letter to the creator of the primal battles.

[Estellios]

The fact of the matter is that if you are off the cracks on your screen, you should not get hit at all by eruptions. As much as I love the Ifrit fight I do think that the OP is right and the devs should try to avoid or at the very least downplay these kinds of moves and instead make challenges that can work within the current limitations of the servers. If they can find some way to make the client-side position register on the current servers it would be awesome because I'd like to see more of this style of battle.

Once 2.0 rolls around and the lag/animation lock is gone though, they better make these explosions way faster

[Rentahamster]

But I keep doing them because I don't have that other Option " LS Static".

If you can't find one, make one.

[Starlord]

If you can't find one, make one.

Tried, and seems like alot of people that are 50 already have a LS for that >.>, however it will take time but the LS im running is getting there so :P

[Rentahamster]

Tried, and seems like alot of people that are 50 already have a LS for that >.>,

Those people in the PUGs you do already have an LS for that? Why are they in a PUG if they already have an LS?

however it will take time but the LS im running is getting there so :P

Well, there ya go. If you want to do something right, do it yourself.

[Starlord]

If you want to do something right, do it yourself.

Yep, your right about that

[RemVye]

Well, there ya go. If you want to do something right, do it yourself.

Then you can make crazy rules like "JP onry!" "No cats ahrowd" etc etc

[Griss]

This thread has departed so far from the original point which is clearly shown in the picture that no matter how good your reaction is, there are times where the server just doesn't seem to know you moved.

In the pic, the player is past the third Eruption area but is being hit by the first.

It's something SE has awknowkedged as an issue they can't resolve till 2.0, I can't believe people have the wool over their eyes that they're trying to make it sound like it's the player's fault.

The OP was simple, kind and straight-forward. Yet people try to discredit it with "Just move sooner." The players shouldn't have to compensate to function around obviously broken things. Either the should get fixed or be taken into consideration during content design. Since SE has said they can't do the former for at least another year, it's completely fair to request the latter. That's not "hey, make it easier." It's just calling to attention an issue that needs to be addressed.

Well said.

And while it took me a bit to put two and two together, your sig is freaking hilarious.

Pantone, like i have said before. I am not vehemently opposed to traps and danger zones. They can add all kinds of depth and danger to encounters. I just think it would be for the best if they take the systemic issues that we are all facing into consideration when there potency and frequency is decided in the future. That's why i made this thread.

[PanTone]

Pantone, like i have said before. I am not vehemently opposed to traps and danger zones. They can add all kinds of depth and danger to encounters. I just think it would be for the best if they take the systemic issues that we are all facing into consideration when there potency and frequency is decided in the future. That's why i made this thread.

And I think they will take it under consideration in the future. Especially in 2.0...I thought I read something about them switching up server structure?

Just consider for a second that the potency/frequency of Eruption was diminished, wouldn't it become less challenging? I really think the Ifrit battle is great way to convey to players how well they can take down one common enemy but depend on themselves. I have never fought in a MMO battle where that kind of challenge was presented to me (outside of low-manning). But yea, I have fought in countless fights where there is a tank..and some DD poke the mob and the mages support...

I guess threads like this make me nervous is all.. I don't want the Dev team to get the wrong impression from the player base and then sacrifice their creativity just to cater to the noisy group. You are a sensible guy, I don't mean to hurt you specifically by that statement either. Just in the future I would love to take part in more interesting challenges like this one and by no means want to limit the Dev's imagination.

Every time I see people say/post they cannot win because of their 'lag' I am reminded of this one individual in the LS I'm in. When he started joining us for Ifrit he would continuously die of cracks and kept blaming his lag. But then over time (probably took him 20 or so fights, lol) he was dodging everything like a ninja! So in my experience, this issue feels more like an excuse from the player rather than a game flaw.

[Griffenwhitehawk]

Wow, you crack me up lol.

Whenever I see a thread ranting about Ifrit, I label it as a 'noob' thread and treat it as such.

Good day sir.

and yet you didnt read the OP im guessing. since you think this is a rant on Ifrit

[elreed]

Well, after reading some post i see a big problem with latency, i have sometimes that issue. But i dont agree on simplifying those fights, while it may help with latency will lower the quality on content and obviously lower the difficulty, i liked the new route they took since dazmael darkhold, i dont like the stationary fights where you only move the mob once to a certain position and after that full attack.

I prefer fights where you need to be moving or having to do certain tactics in order to win, like the moogle fight i imagine that one as a full party of moogles that you need to see wich moogle will be killed first, maybe having a 2nd tank to lower the damage or maybe killing adds to lower moogle defenses, etc.