Why on EARTH would you leave this awful long cutscene in E1 Savage?

[Vanitas]

No fun allowed.

[Rivxkobe]

It is based on Eden's attack in FF8. That's it. There is no other reason. And this is awesome.

Too bad you don't like it, but its there for fan service like 70% of the Raids since Omega.

[IttyBitty]

It is based on Eden's attack in FF8. That's it. There is no other reason. And this is awesome.

Too bad you don't like it, but its there for fan service like 70% of the Raids since Omega.

Normal mode still exists you know.

[Talinthis]

Watching a cut scene isn't a dps check. Fighting mobs is. If you don't kill the mobs, you don't get the cutscene. The long story mode transition doesn't need to be there between adds and next phase.

Source: Have cleared the fight.

Just think of it as a patience check. You failed.

[ForteNightshade]

It's a awesome cutscene. Come on now.. Lol Can't you all enjoy the work they did for it? If SE listened to the forums, we wouldn't have any CS and story. I enjoy it and so as others.

Yes... which is why the OP didn't ask it be removed entirely. Just removed from Savage. You know, where there is only a series of boss fights with no additional story beats? How would its removal in Savage impact the story or your enjoyment, especially when you admit to not even partaking in Savage? While nearly as obnoxious as the Primal transitions, it's still annoying when we'll be clearing it week after week.

They should also have never done zurvans and seiryus phase transitions either, talk about wasted time.

And don't even get me started on Exdeath and kefkas transitions....




I am, of course, being sarcastic

Those are all... really bad examples. Zurvan and Seiryus transitions are much shorter while Exdeath and Kefka became entirely new fights. Not really the same thing. Conversely, Byakko and Suzaku's transitions were complained about so frequently, Yoshida not only acknowledged it in a LL but instructed the dev team to shorten future transitions. So...

[Rivxkobe]

Normal mode still exists you know.

And?

It's still an attack it uses in Savage. Which, based on the story of Eden Savage, are distorted memories of the fights. I doubt Eden would remove this attack from its memory.

You know, where there is only a series of boss fights with no additional story beats?

Sorry but you are wrong.

[Barraind]

Long, drawn out periods of unskippable inactivity have never and will never have any place in raid encounters.

Want to show it off once? Sure, let people see it. Theres a mode specifically for that kind of stuff.

If you can afk to pee while fighting a boss and miss no uptime, its a terribly designed boss.

At least its not the full Edens original cutscene attack

I feel like FF7 and FF8 designed their summons intentionally to get people to turn off spell animations (or the 'show it once and never again') in every game where it was allowed.

"This game has pretty spell graphics"
'I wouldnt know, I turned them off, i like playig games not watching the guy who got to animate this one thing fap all over my screen'

[Nariel]

Why does this need to be here? It has long, long lost its novelty in normal mode - I thought for sure they'd take it out, similar to the Halicarnassus sand trap.

Out of many reason here several :

First, because its part of the boss design.

Second to make sure all defensive cooldown are down when the damage apply, its a HP check in itself.

Third and not the less, its a timing for your opener/burst phase to be up to re-engage the boss at full force.

[kidalutz]

At least its not the full Edens original cutscene attack you used to have enough time to toaster a poptart and eat it before the animation was over.

[ForteNightshade]

Sorry but you are wrong.

Great retort. Care to provide an actual response beyond "no u" because... please, point to where Savage has additional story over Normal mode. I'll wait.