Where will the Orbonne Monastery lead?

[Fynlar]

Cuchulainn was already in Void Ark, so you're not likely going to see him again here.

Then again, we got two Halicarnassuseses, so who the hell knows.

Yes, it's important to the plot of XII. However, this is all about fanservice, all the raids are, and I doubt it's notable enough in that regard to warrant inclusion.

I didn't think Garamscythe Waterway was notable enough to be included either, but there it was... even if it was only a long ass hallway in disguise to the third boss in Rabanastre.

[Jonnycbad]

I just want to see Cúchulainn, the Impure.

3rd Void Ark boss.


Also, he will always be "Tainted King, Queklain" in my eyes.

[Kurando]

Ultima is already in the game though, she's an Ascian (she's only appeared once so far, in the 'Ascian Council' cutscene in the Chrysalis during the patch 2.3 story, and she has the original PS1 FFT mistranslated name of 'Altima'... presumedly to avoid confusion with the Ultima Weapon for players who haven't played FFT/FFXII).

Well now the Raid is out, and with Halicarnassus also appearing twice in the game that anything goes when it comes to names!

[DarthSanguine]

The sniper is odd because it's not from any Ivalice title I recognize. As for Lucavi bosses, we still have Zalera (Gemini), Adrammelech(Aries), Ultima(Virgo), Sel? (Libra), Leviathan?(Pisces), Beelzebub (Cancer), Rophochehe (Sagittarius).

Perhaps the sniper is the sagittarius boss, as a gun could be one modern/ancient tech interpretation of an archer. I doubt we will see the Pisces boss because we had a water themed Matteus already. Zalera could be a fun fight and could involve zombie/heal mechanics. Final boss should be Ultima -The High Seraph. Lore-wise, they can explain the Proto Ultima/Ultima Warrior/Ultima Beast/Ultima Weapon were reverse-engineered from Omega, but they named those weapons after a goddess from Allag legend named Ultima. That way they can get away with having *another* entity named Ultima.

Adrammelech is Capricorn - Belias is Aries. Also Mateus is FFXII's Pisces.

[Seraphor]

So we got a taste of Golmore, The Monastery, The Necrohol of Mullonde, and something that loosely alludes to the Great Crystal…
A little disappointed that all the bosses were Tactics characters, but it makes sense for the plot, and Cid kinda has a bit of Adrammelech to him. Mustadio was a bit weird, would’ve liked Zalera in here really but it wouldn’t make sense having a real bad guy, would compromise the whole ‘a great evil is sealed her under the protection of warriors of light’ thing.
Psyched for some Vagrant Story music though! And the Necrohol looked somewhat like Lea Monde.



One thing I will say about boss #3 , get the markers right. All other mechanics are on you to learn, but if this is wrong you’ll wipe.

In my first and failed attempted, A was placed to the left, B to the right and C to the back.
This was clearly wrong, as the mob that spawned where C was ended up targeting a member of alliance A with a line AoE (me specifically, it’s a golden overhead marker, while the circle/donut AoE is a red one) and when we returned to the main arena, alliance A landed right on top of C’s marker.
This meant that everyone had to run around the arena to get back to their original starting points, and that we couldn’t direct the mob’s line AoE’s to the edge of the arena, causing them to cut across and hit more people.

So remember people. A goes to the back, and I presume B is left and C is right, and take the mob to your right (they don’t spawn exactly on the markers)

[JohnSpawnVFX]

One thing I will say about boss #3 , get the markers right. All other mechanics are on you to learn, but if this is wrong you’ll wipe.

In my first and failed attempted, A was placed to the left, B to the right and C to the back.
This was clearly wrong, as the mob that spawned where C was ended up targeting a member of alliance A with a line AoE (me specifically, it’s a golden overhead marker, while the circle/donut AoE is a red one) and when we returned to the main arena, alliance A landed right on top of C’s marker.
This meant that everyone had to run around the arena to get back to their original starting points, and that we couldn’t direct the mob’s line AoE’s to the edge of the arena, causing them to cut across and hit more people.

So remember people. A goes to the back, and I presume B is left and C is right, and take the mob to your right (they don’t spawn exactly on the markers)

Already did 2 runs, with C on the back, and no wipes because of it. We were C on the first run even, and I didn't see the mob targetting anyone outside of the alliance.

[Seraphor]

Already did 2 runs, with C on the back, and no wipes because of it. We were C on the first run even, and I didn't see the mob targetting anyone outside of the alliance.

Then you took the mob to your left?
Or you should've paid closer attention.

In retrospect it wont necessarily cause a wipe if you get this wrong, but if you're struggling already its going to make it harder, then you're unlikely to survive the mechanics if you dont have enough people up.