Raubahn Extreme will return? Version 6.0

[Deceptus]

Not to mention most job quests also used an instance. It was horrible design to lock content behind something like that. They were so puffed up with all the MSQ fanboy's from the end of HW's. When anyone mentioned problems from the fuller servers they got dismissed as it was those players fault and not SE.

This. The Raubahn Ex debacle was a combination of 3 things:

1) A mandatory instanced solo fight early in the MSQ (Raubahn)

2) Introducing TWO extremely popular jobs (SAM and RDM) in the same expansion that also used instanced solo fights in their story quests

3) A second mandatory instanced solo fight not much farther into the MSQ (Pipin Ex).

In the above examples, SE literally made the worst decisions they possibly could have by bottle necking players.

[TheMightyMollusk]

This. The Raubahn Ex debacle was a combination of 3 things:

1) A mandatory instanced solo fight early in the MSQ (Raubahn)

2) Introducing TWO extremely popular jobs (SAM and RDM) in the same expansion that also used instanced solo fights in their story quests

3) A second mandatory instanced solo fight not much farther into the MSQ (Pipin Ex).

In the above examples, SE literally made the worst decisions they possibly could have by bottle necking players.

And even if you got past both Raubahn and Pippin, it wasn't much longer until you'd have to run Sirensong Sea to continue. On top of normal roulette traffic from people trying to get a jump on leveling.