Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
The fight against the Endsinger was as bland as it was easy. Chaos with very little stakes or penalties for screwing up. Some final boss alright, one that insults FFIV.
You can oneshot Yu Yevon. Orphan is weak to Death. Cid Aulstyne is a cakewalk you just melt. Meteion isn't the most egregious case.

I don't understand what you mean by "little stakes".
Do you mean the Final Days? Sure, that played out weaker than needed, but we did see the effects of it first-hand.
Do you mean her fight having no consequence should you fail? Because lorewise, if you had, the whole universe was screwed. And gameplaywise... I mean, it's an MMO, she's meant to be beatable. It's a foregone conclusion we'll win every time.

Plus, wasn't the point of her being "straightforward" mentioned by Zenos himself? "You've faced worse than letting something like 'despair' get in your way." Dread and terror are real, life is scary. But at that point Zenos was saying "this isn't the embodiment of hate, she's just an emo girl having a tantrum. I've caused dread and terror, and at some points, people stood up in defiance with hope in their eyes. You validated their hopes. What she does is cheap."