Cash shop pricing is getting a bit much...

[HyoMinPark]

I did mention the trial, at least I added it in since my fingers don't always type what I'm thinking outright. I was trying to be humorous/light-hearted with the special fate commentary seeing as to how it was implemented into Stormblood and the overwhelming issues with it, how plenty of servers had seas of dead people around Ixion. But, I guess the humor flew over people's heads...or just took my comment way too seriously.

Or they were just answering pragmatically? /shrug
I only answered because you quoted me. Your post did mention the trial, yes, but it spoke mostly of the FATE. Which is fine; I was just saying that people never really speculated about it being added to the FATE, but to his trial when it was introduced.

Odin’s FATE had similar DC issues when it was first introduced. Ixion’s and Foxy Lady’s DC problems aren’t really new. The servers themselves just cannot handle that many people loading into one instance at the same time (because they’re massively outdated, I think).

Well, the only serious part was the idea that adding the mount to the fate would have given the players more of a reason to pursue him, but the same can be said for the Trial as well then if that were also the case.

I’m not sure about other servers, but people still show up for Odin on mine, and he (and all other large region FATEs) are still called out in my Hunt LS. I’ve even managed to be his killer and have him show up with my character’s name the next time he spawned. Sadly, I wasn’t online at the time to get a screenshot of that epicness.

I also want to add that I believe it has been said by the developers that they do not design content with any sort of longevity in mind—so things like these open-world FATEs (which, really, fix your servers before making something that will prompt hundreds of people to flood to the same area, and cause instability/overload) and even content like Eureka and the PvP modes will all die eventually. Kind of sad, really. They’re designed to be super busy during their relevant lifecycle, and then fade into obscurity (or outright die).