Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Exstal]

They should actually double up on the instant deaths. Nothing is more fun to all players than instant, nearly unrecoverable deaths.

[subteraneanbird]

They should actually double up on the instant deaths. Nothing is more fun to all players than instant, nearly unrecoverable deaths.

This but unironically

[MilesSaintboroguh]

And then the boss throws one final attack after it dies, which will kill everyone instantly if you don't do something super specific. Hope you like starting over!

[Exstal]

And then the boss throws one final attack after it dies, which will kill everyone instantly if you don't do something super specific. Hope you like starting over!

Also has to be a minimum 17 minute fight.

[Souljacker]

Also has to be a minimum 17 minute fight.

How about a minimum of 18 hours? Sounds reasonable to me.

[Exstal]

How about a minimum of 18 hours? Sounds reasonable to me.

Only if the boss' name is Absolute Virtue Reborn.

[Magis]

And then the boss throws one final attack after it dies, which will kill everyone instantly if you don't do something super specific. Hope you like starting over!

Ultima Hard Mode back at 2.1?

[TheRogueX]

As for the then and now comparisons for player skill. You're wrong, simple as that. Players now are so much more skilled then they used to be. 10 years ago forums and databases didn't exist the way they do now. Sites like Wowhead, Gamerescape, and these very forums were non-existent. The sphere of plat that exists for MMO has changed radically and a lot of players in this very thread refuse to see or accept that.

LOL - The fact that you think we didn't have resources like we do today is hilarious. I was playing Earth and Beyond and Lineage II 10 years ago, and we had PLENTY of forums/databases/websites to use. Hell, Lineage II had a mod you could run in the background that tracked drop rates across players, averaged them out, and placed them in a database that could be reached via a well-designed website. Even ZAM (Allakazam) has existed for 10 years. So anyway, you were either too young to play MMOs back then or were just totally obvious.

And then the boss throws one final attack after it dies, which will kill everyone instantly if you don't do something super specific. Hope you like starting over!

This is actually a common occurrence in Final Fantasy games, lol

[Dashuto]

I was playing Earth and Beyond and Lineage II 10 years ago, and we had PLENTY of forums/databases/websites to use. Hell, Lineage II had a mod you could run in the background that tracked drop rates across players, averaged them out, and placed them in a database that could be reached via a well-designed website.

God, even base Lineage II came with a plugin that let us run MSN messenger in the game, that was sick.

Also honorable mention to Space Cowboy Online and its media player that played whatever files were in your music folder while you grinded ingame.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Losing means your account is permabanned