The Minstrel's Refrain: Ultimate Schmultimate (Hildebrand)

[TheHeavenAbyss]

Now that you talked about this idea, I need it to happen. And, the same way that Phoenix appears in Unending Coil to hit Bahamut, maybe something similar could happen with Julyan hitting Godbert, so that we have a chance.

Also, is it just me that thinks that Gilgamesh and Yojimbo would make an awesome comedic duo?

[Metalwrath]

Not sure about another Ultros fight.They had to nerf it because most of the games population is incapable of doing the mechanics properly(even after they nerfed it)

[Crushnight]

Not sure about another Ultros fight.They had to nerf it because most of the games population is incapable of doing the mechanics properly(even after they nerfed it)

tbf to do ultimate you have to clear the savage tier just before i think those kinds of people can do ulty just fine

as for a hildy ultimate i'd image it like this :
Greg - spear, julian smacks greg out to make ready for
ulty + typhoon, godbert gsm lbs them to oblivion
Greg - 8 arms + enkidu, enkidu grabs the sword and flies off into the heavens
Greg + Jim, as a great blinding light envelops the battlefield hildabrand with his faithful assistant Nashu blow away the competition leaving behind
Golden Hildabrand

[Ceasaria]

Nashu could help Hildi with bomb.
We could have Zombi Gentlemen too, Gigi (small and big), the old age dragoons, the gang vegetable (already in Uznair so maybe not), Briardien, etc.

[Ilenya]

Not sure about another Ultros fight.They had to nerf it because most of the games population is incapable of doing the mechanics properly(even after they nerfed it)

They nerfed Ultros?

[tinythinker]

Nashu could help Hildi with bomb.
We could have Zombi Gentlemen too, Gigi (small and big), the old age dragoons, the gang vegetable (already in Uznair so maybe not), Briardien, etc.

One part of a fight could be an active time maneuver where the raid members need to flex and pose. Could use the same interface as the choir conducting activity from the recent Starlight Celebration. Like, literally in the middle of combat, everyone has to stop fighting and start timing button presses for this...

as for a hildy ultimate i'd image it like this :
Greg - spear, julian smacks greg out to make ready for
ulty + typhoon, godbert gsm lbs them to oblivion
Greg - 8 arms + enkidu, enkidu grabs the sword and flies off into the heavens
Greg + Jim, as a great blinding light envelops the battlefield hildabrand with his faithful assistant Nashu blow away the competition leaving behind
Golden Hildabrand

Lots of ways to organize it. And while there would be movement, rotations, etc., the idea that *we* are really doing much of the work or the main stars of the fights wouldn't be a given. In some cases we may simply need to do x, y, z, just to see what happens next.

[RokkuEkkusu]

They nerfed Ultros?

Or rather, they nerfed Typhon's sneeze ability. Pre-nerf, you had to remove ALL 8 stacks from Typhon or else the sneeze from the center will knock all party members off the ring. Post-nerf, you only need to remove at least 1 stack to not get fully flying off the ring once everyone stacks in the center.

For the Ultimate version, either Ultros/Typhon will start knocking people into the insta-death outer ring or throw out so much aoes that makes Titan Extreme look tame.

[Ilenya]

Or rather, they nerfed Typhon's sneeze ability. Pre-nerf, you had to remove ALL 8 stacks from Typhon or else the sneeze from the center will knock all party members off the ring. Post-nerf, you only need to remove at least 1 stack to not get fully flying off the ring once everyone stacks in the center.

For the Ultimate version, either Ultros/Typhon will start knocking people into the insta-death outer ring or throw out so much aoes that makes Titan Extreme look tame.

Wait, when did this happen? I'll admit, it's been *ages* since I've run it (and longer since as a DPS) but I long since stopped trying to guarantee we don't get knocked off by going past it via jumping off and timing the leap back on.

[RokkuEkkusu]

Wait, when did this happen? I'll admit, it's been *ages* since I've run it (and longer since as a DPS) but I long since stopped trying to guarantee we don't get knocked off by going past it via jumping off and timing the leap back on.

Source/site link: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...c91d884c6b6a84

The specific details:

[2.0] The parameters of enemies and mechanics in the following dungeons and trials have been adjusted:
Copperbell Mines / Sastasha / Haukke Manor / Brayflox's Longstop / The Sunken Temple of Qarn / Cutter's Cry / The Stone Vigil / Dzemael Darkhold / The Aurum Vale / Copperbell Mines (Hard) / Haukke Manor (Hard) / The Howling Eye / The Dragon's Neck / The Chrysalis

In other words, some mechanics in "The Dragon's Neck" were toned down since patch 3.1. One example is Typhon's breath from the stacks as I mentioned above.

The average player doesn't have to worry about timing the leap to get back on like you did in the past if the imped DPS removes at least 1 stack from Typhon, and everyone gathers closely in the middle when Typhon moves to the center of the arena for his sneeze cast.

[RyuDragnier]

Well, Julyan has proven that Godbert CAN be beaten...


Julyan though, maybe destroy her frying pan before she smacks the party harder than Omega's giant rocket fists.

Nahh, we'd have to flatter her by telling her how beautiful she is, and how lucky any man should have her as a wife. Her Dark Knight mode will end, tell us she's happy Hildibrand has such a polite and flattering friend, and then send us off to help help Hildy solve the case, only to discover the most dangerous boss in the game...Nashu.

She will accidentally trip a random person in the room, before tripping herself and accidentally sending a bomb towards them. Everybody else has to play ping pong by hitting Hildy around until he gets in the path of the bomb and protects the person its chasing. Getting hit by one will instantly wipe the raid in a glorious explosion of hilarity. To defeat her, you must redirect all the bombs to Hildibrand, who is the only one powerful enough to protect you from the explosions.