They are catering ultimates to casuals like they did with Elden Ring.

[Kyuuen]

One check point after the first phase!?? OMG much simplification, such ease. Why, people must be clearing it left and right. /mockrage

Don't know why allowed myself to be baited into this stupidity... yet here I am. -_-

[Missbone]

I see nothing wrong with checkpoints, i could never understand this obsession of some people with overturned difficulty's in games anyway. If it goes by me they could reduce the HP of all Raid Bosses in this game by 50%. Seriously whats so fun about running around some Bosses ass for over 20 minutes wiping for some stupid reason and than do it all over again for some shity loot? Sure it maybe fun for some people, but from my viewpoint its just a waste of lifetime.

Ultimate's always have been a Piece of content that take a lot of time to develop and was only be played by like 5% of the whole player base. So i guess its not a bad idea to make it a bit more attractive for the majority of the players.

[Thorio]

Is that a bait?....

See that up there? That's bait.

[rewd]

I see nothing wrong with checkpoints, i could never understand this obsession of some people with overturned difficulty's in games anyway. If it goes by me they could reduce the HP of all Raid Bosses in this game by 50%. Seriously whats so fun about running around some Bosses ass for over 20 minutes wiping for some stupid reason and than do it all over again for some shity loot? Sure it maybe fun for some people, but from my viewpoint its just a waste of lifetime.

Ultimate's always have been a Piece of content that take a lot of time to develop and was only be played by like 5% of the whole player base. So i guess its not a bad idea to make it a bit more attractive for the majority of the players.

There are people that would find the content you engage with an obsession, not fun and just a waste of lifetime. We are all staring at pixels anyway.

[SieyaM]

Every encounter in this game is a test of memory and nothing else. Memorize the patterns of attack and the safe zones, then execute your memorized rotation. Like all things, some people are better at memorization games than others.

[Absimiliard]

Not gonna lie. I welcome those checkpoints. This won't decrease the difficulty in the least. It will simply make it so you don't have to slowly die inside as you continually repeat mechanic after mechanic you've already mastered while working your way to completion.

Will it enable you to complete the content more quickly? Probably, if you're already up to the task, but that's not the same thing as lowering the difficulty. Some of us have lives. We want to complete our challenging content as quickly and efficiently as possible so we can go back to doing literally anything else. The addition of a checkpoint will certainly increase efficiency.

[IdowhatIwant]

I see nothing wrong with checkpoints, i could never understand this obsession of some people with overturned difficulty's in games anyway. If it goes by me they could reduce the HP of all Raid Bosses in this game by 50%. Seriously whats so fun about running around some Bosses ass for over 20 minutes wiping for some stupid reason and than do it all over again for some shity loot? Sure it maybe fun for some people, but from my viewpoint its just a waste of lifetime.

Ultimate's always have been a Piece of content that take a lot of time to develop and was only be played by like 5% of the whole player base. So i guess its not a bad idea to make it a bit more attractive for the majority of the players.

Maybe the NA player base. JP player base has much higher participation.

[Ransu]

Oh no a checkpoint! *eyeroll*

Also I don't think anyones even cleared the fight yet so there's that. But ya totally casual.

If you want a challenge, you can play either Ragnarok Online or FFXI.

FFXI isn't even challenging, its just grindy.

[FatalFatalis]

We only saw one checkpoint in the entire fight (Which is weird because it's also placed at the beginning, leading me to believe there's something there people haven't figure out).
Relax.

[MiaShino]

We only saw one checkpoint in the entire fight (Which is weird because it's also placed at the beginning, leading me to believe there's something there people haven't figure out).
Relax.

Probably because that part feels more like introduction. The real fight begins with King Thordan who is slapping parties about alllll over that arena much like I imagine he was when extreme was new.

Here I am just wishing the scene with Hersy played out as it does in the fricken Ultimate with you holding off three members of the Heavens' Ward when he swoops in to save you. Stunning little scene there much approval from me! Even better watching others attempt to heal him. Well done messing with the heart Square well done.