The Battle with Garuda has one of the best battlefield designs since Empyreal Paradox

[Kagato]

Actually, I like the walking-on-water thing even more. Imagine fighting him right in the middle of the ocean. Endless sea on all sides.

[smithdag]

honestly, i would prefer to wait for the fight if its going to be underwater

[KylePearlsand]

Well we are getting swimming in Final Fantasy XIV 2.0. I would love to see an underwater battle with Leviathan Final Fantasy X style.

[Alaltus]

Encase the players in magic bubbles to fight leviathan underwater in.

[Yrusama]

Leviathan should be a naval battle! Or an island!

I want to see what they do for the lightning primal...

[Shurrikhan]

Leviathan could happen on a small island his attacks can reach from the water.

I want to attack him with a fleet of ships. Achievement points if the fight doesn't quickly get pulled underwater...

[Catapult]

Well we are getting swimming in Final Fantasy XIV 2.0. I would love to see an underwater battle with Leviathan Final Fantasy X style.

More like 2.5, my friend. But I like what you're thinking!

[Soukyuu]

I wasn't a fan of Ifrit's arena. Mainly becauser that ring of fire was too... small. It felt less like a wall of fire and more like a ring to designate where you can go.

Yeah... I always have the urge to jump over it when I see it.

[Duelle]

ya and there hole that he can pop out from and attack but underwater sound more fun too me. or you could be in a small island and half HP he does his two hour which would be flood and you have to fight him in water.

Heh, the funny thing about this is that if they do make it an underwater fight with swimming and that third dimension of movement, XIV would succeed where WoW failed, as that was one piece of content they were gonna add but too many people disliked the underwater zones we had that were leading to an underwater raid instance.

[Kertz]

I get the feeling that the people in this thread don't understand the complexity and difficulty there would be in adding an entire swimming system and for it to work well with the combat system. Also the fact that these fights are intended to have some similiarity (circular area etc.) It would most likely just be shallow but angry water with a slightly coiled Leviathan moving about. It would be interesting to see a fight where he appears around the outside of the ring from deeper waters, and a hole in the center of the arena for him to pop out of.