Which is your least favorite primal and why?

[Enkidoh]

All the Stormblood Primals annoyed me in pretty much the same way (Sussano, Lakshmi, Shinryu, Tsukuyomi), due to the stupid QTE mechanic they all had. To me Quick Time Events are the bane of gaming, as they amount to pretty much "button mash X when we say so to not wipe!" rather than any form of skill or tactical ability. At least failing the QTEs did not necessarily mean a full wipe, but it usually did.

Personally I feel QTEs don't really belong in an RPG, at least not in the middle of a battle, certainly not in a boss battle, as they're more suited to straight action games (I mean, the whole concept came from interactive movie games like Dragon's Lair and Road Avenger so it's hardly new, but lately it seems like modern game companies like SE have gained some kind of newfound obsession with the idea). Ah well, I guess it could be considered a kind of anti-bot feature, but it's still frustrating to players like me who are too busy trying to keep the party alive to worry about some action gimmick that appears on the screen, as it's just unnecessary complications to battles that are already becoming increasingly complicated mechanic wise.

[MoroMurasaki]

All the Stormblood Primals annoyed me in pretty much the same way (Sussano, Lakshmi, Shinryu, Tsukuyomi), due to the stupid QTE mechanic they all had. To me Quick Time Events are the bane of gaming, as they amount to pretty much "button mash X when we say so to not wipe!" rather than any form of skill or tactical ability. At least failing the QTEs did not necessarily mean a full wipe, but it usually did.

Personally I feel QTEs don't really belong in an RPG, at least not in the middle of a battle, certainly not in a boss battle, as they're more suited to straight action games (I mean, the whole concept came from interactive movie games like Dragon's Lair and Road Avenger so it's hardly new, but lately it seems like modern game companies like SE have gained some kind of newfound obsession with the idea). Ah well, I guess it could be considered a kind of anti-bot feature, but it's still frustrating to players like me who are too busy trying to keep the party alive to worry about some action gimmick that appears on the screen, as it's just unnecessary complications to battles that are already becoming increasingly complicated mechanic wise.

I'm confused - do you mean QTE or just duty action buttons in general? I don't think Lakshmi or Tsukuyomi have QTE.

[HyoMinPark]

I'm confused - do you mean QTE or just duty action buttons in general? I don't think Lakshmi or Tsukuyomi have QTE.

I think they mean both? I guess I can understand it to an extent—the Active Time Maneveur was cute in A11 and in Shinryu, but overuse of a cute gimmick eventually leads to annoyance. I don’t think Tsukuyomi has either an ATM or a Duty Action though; just an intermission with adds.



I forgot to add in my first post, even though he’s not a primal, I really dislike the fall phase of Byakko. Like the ATMs, it was cute the first time, but farming for the mount and now it’s just tediuous, and I no longer find it cute.

[RokkuEkkusu]

I'm confused - do you mean QTE or just duty action buttons in general? I don't think Lakshmi or Tsukuyomi have QTE.

The solo instance for Lakshmi at Ala Mhigo has a repeated button press Active Time Maneuver event.


Back on topic, I find the absolute order/justice thing of Thordan and Zurvan really bland. Doesn't help with the following 2 details either:

1. Thordan being like the very Ascians, Primals, and Dragons he longed to destroy in the event they get in his way.

2. Zurvan having the "Skip Soar or Disband" meme and the "Broken Seal" in Extreme that breaks pugs more than I can count.

[HyoMinPark]

2. Zurvan having the "Skip Soar or Disband" meme and the "Broken Seal" in Extreme that breaks pugs more than I can count.

Mfw I had a Zurvan NM in trial Roulette, and the NM Broken Seal wiped everyone except a healer and the two tanks (I was the healer, and I only lived because I saw it coming and spammed a shield on myself to survive). Zurvan in any incarnation wipes groups.

[KisaiTenshi]

Personally I feel QTEs don't really belong in an RPG

QTE's are just a bad mechanic in games that aren't rhythm games to begin with.

Like it feels more like it was thrown in as a way to make the "cutscene" part of the primal feel shorter.