This made me laugh out loud [RAID SPOILERS]

[Its_Kazzy_D]

He called us out for being unfair but he doped up with his special juice right in the middle of the fight.

So I think that made us even lol.

He literally kicks the shit outta the referee who says he's cheating and then whines about us beating him lmao

[Papayatar]

He literally kicks the shit outta the referee who says he's cheating and then whines about us beating him lmao

- Dopes up during fight
- Gets disqualified
- Beats up the ref

With our without a team of people he already lost and he did it all on his own. He should have been lucky we didn’t just put him in the ground after his disqualification mid fight.

[RabendaShin]

He literally kicks the shit outta the referee who says he's cheating and then whines about us beating him lmao

- Dopes up during fight
- Gets disqualified
- Beats up the ref

With our without a team of people he already lost and he did it all on his own. He should have been lucky we didn’t just put him in the ground after his disqualification mid fight.

Honestly I loved the four encounters, they really hammed up the wrestling vibes:
- Potential tag team partner who started as your opponent
- Pretty girl whose simps assault anyone who dares defeat her
- Buffoon of a heel who puts on a great show, brandishing too much bravado and breaking rules
- Surprise return of a former champion who puts him in place

Yes, it's goofy. Yes it's over the top. But damn it has a lot of personality and I'm here for it. I think it also helps I switched to JP audio - the announcer goes wild on the callouts. Which - in case it hasn't been mentioned yet - are dynamic to what takes place in the arena.

[Zakuyia]

I still gotta give it to pandemonium for doing the 8 man in coolest way. It was so edgy in its execution.

[Gortys]

As much as I hate Zenos,

We should bring him back.

Have our char vs him as a turn, and show them what a real one versus one is without feral souls.

I think if our memories are brought back there should be a fight where there is a raid ability where you can summon him. That would work.

Supposedly we are allowed more help because we don't have a regulator on our head. While the character says it is 8v1, it's more like 8v2 since they are essentially becoming eikons with the regulators.

[CaptainLagbeard]

I would have loved to have a 1v1 with him, maybe not in front of everyone to not just completely demoralize all future opponents as the WoL smacks him around with the same level of power as fighting Zenos at the end of EW.

[AngaratoSvartberg]

ya know. this is another shard. so technically we can get zenos' reflection in here. :P

[Reimmi]

As much as I hate Zenos,

We should bring him back.

Have our char vs him as a turn, and show them what a real one versus one is without feral souls.

Considering all the memory stuff this expansion, why not just pull our memory of zenos out for a solo savage fight

[TaleraRistain]

As much as I hate Zenos,

We should bring him back.

Have our char vs him as a turn, and show them what a real one versus one is without feral souls.

Zenos would LOVE the Arcadion and would be absolutely thrilled we actually wanted to fight him there in front of the whole audience. It would be like his nameday had come.

[Iscah]

Touche.
I really need to focus more on the story text.
I'm glad there's an in-lore reason for the 8-man fight. I'm just guessing the main character summons 7 other souls from the rift to complete his bidding, similar to trials and raids.

There was a whole conversation about it in a cutscene. The Arcadion has stored the souls of former champions, intended to be drawn upon for matches, and were using them for the simulacra instead. We only agreed to it because Metem offered to set free any souls we had summoned.