IFrit, Garuda, and Titan ULTRA INSANE NINJA DANCE TIME MODE!

[Aaron_T]

Yeah..... if you could stop rehashing the same content
but with different strategies... that'd be great....

[MichuAmane]

nice Office Space reference

[Galliano]

nice Office Space reference

[DragonSlayer45]

We'll have as many fights with Ifrit, Garuda and Titan as we have so many Street Fighter II's.

[Shirai]

Yeah..... if you could stop rehashing the same content
but with different strategies... that'd be great....

Keep in mind that a considerable part of the community asked for these fights.

[Tupsi]

Keep in mind that a considerable part of the community asked for these fights.

Keep in mind a considerable part of the community asked for Ramuh, Leviathan, Shiva, Bismarck, Gilgamesh, Odin, Fenrir, Wyrms return, Bahamut and Titan far more than they asked for 80 versions of the same fight.

People asking for "hard mode" got the hard mode - Titan, Ifrit and Garuda Hard Mode. People didn't beg and plead for Extreme modes because Extreme Mode Ifrit only existed due to Relic quest in 1.x as they didn't want to spend the resources introducing new fights.

[KamikazeMan]

Keep in mind that a considerable part of the community asked for these fights.

I know I'm glad we got them. Hard Mode Garuda and Titan were small challenges (lol Ifrit), but nothing on the scale that they are in Extreme Mode. This is something that will hold me over for a while.

[Tiggy]

Yeah..... if you could stop rehashing the same content
but with different strategies... that'd be great....

Same bosses yes. Same strategies? Not even close.

[Tupsi]

Same bosses yes. Same strategies? Not even close.

Now let's be honest - It's not the same exact strategies, but it's pretty much the same mechanics thoughout with 1 or two exceptions. Hell, it's still an odd choice that Ifrit in ARR can be stunned and silenced (HM) but in 1.x he only could due to a development oversight lol. What does Titan do completely differently that doesn't make EX a dodge fest like HM?

Garuda's main difference is the sister's behave differently and she can instantly kill you if you don't have the Spiny shield, otherwise it's pretty much the same strategy with less "hey you can dodge my directional attacks!" at the start.

[Tiggy]

Now let's be honest - It's not the same exact strategies...snip

You say let's be honest and you instantly start off by being blatantly dishonest. The only part of the entire Garuda fight that has the exact same strategy is the initial pull. The tank pulls it near the rock. The moment the cyclone comes out it is a 100% different fight. Just because a few mechanics are similar in no way shape or form means the fight is the same. The phases utilize the mechanics differently and add some new ones all while doing them in completely different orders. Due to this the strategy to kill Garuda HM is fundamentally different than the strategy to kill Garuda EX.

If your problem is that you are simply bored of fighting the same mob then say so, but making baseless arguments for the similarities between the two fights isn't doing anything. Every player who jumps into Garuda EX learns very, very quickly that this is not the same battle despite being against a familiar foe.

Same goes for Titan EX. Sure he shares more similarities to his HM cousin than Garuda's does, but the addition of the new fight mechanics fundamentally change how the fight is tackled. Without utilizing new strategies the fight would be impossible to beat.

So as I said. Same bosses yes. Same strategies? Not even close.