Minstrel's Ballad: the Praetorium

[Parz3val]

It'd be interesting to get a retelling of this epic encounter from the perspective of the Minstrel.

SE could have a lot of fun with it, make it humorous & bend the story to make us sound like even greater heroes or do things like make Gaius 3x as large (Super Shredder) with a wimpy, high voice.

Since we have Ultima HM, that part could be removed in favor of us heroically one-shot, one-killing it.

And make Lahabrea a legitimately hard fight.

I noticed that that place was pretty awesome in design recently, and deserves justice (rather than being a place you skip over half the mobs or lock people out of fights due to impatience).

I want; The Minstrel's Ballad - Garlean Rangers.

A rematch with Rhitahtyn Sas Arvina, Livia Sas Junius, Nero Tol Scaeva, and Gaius Van Baelsar.

All at the same time. Gaius starts of in his regular cutscene armor, after the other three go down he goes golden mode.

We could do with a battlefield against all the generals at once. The drops could be their Gun Weapons/Shields.

[Parz3val]

Also give it drops, have it open the door for periodical 8-man dungeons.

[Rhindas]

If you did that dungeon with a group full of people new to it like I did, it's a totally different experience (though Lahabrea is still a joke, even with newbies. seriously what the hell). It took us the entire time allotted to finish it. And we loved every minute of it. So yes, I'd be behind this idea.

I think they set up the bard to do just that: embellish the story of your exploits by giving you a harder version of it. But the devs don't seem to be embracing him very much, and the Ultima's Bane fight isn't even allowed in the roulette. I'm wondering what's up with the bard.

[Moqi]

I think they set up the bard to do just that: embellish the story of your exploits by giving you a harder version of it. But the devs don't seem to be embracing him very much, and the Ultima's Bane fight isn't even allowed in the roulette. I'm wondering what's up with the bard.

That fight is on another level compared to Primals HM. You can easily one-shot those on DF, but finding a group to kill Ultima HM... It took me weeks.

[Parz3val]

The dungeon was pretty awesome with all new people to it. It'd be nice to see further humorous scenarios injected into this game too, aside from Hildibrand.

[Toodles]

I would welcome a Revisit to this scenario...

I'd love if it were humorous/satirical as you mentioned.

Could be a blast!

[Nalien]

Don't really see the point in a Lahabrea rematch, considering he is still alive and kicking... I want; The Minstrel's Ballad - Garlean Rangers.

A rematch with Rhitahtyn Sas Arvina, Livia Sas Junius, Nero Tol Scaeva, and Gaius Van Baelsar.

All at the same time. Gaius starts of in his regular cutscene armor, after the other three go down he goes golden mode.

Rhitahtyn would have a multi-person Cover, so he'd probably need to go down first. Livia could start out in her pathetic Magitek Mount (except this time it isn't pathetic). Nero could just be an annoying bastard who throws out annoying adds and pathetic puns. While Gaius could just sit there asking us if we like him as much as Darnus yet; "I have the same music! I mean, the lyrics didn't make sense in this context so I cut them out, but I'm the same! Look! I even stand in blue flames! LOVE MEEEEEE!".

Jokes aside, it would be nice for all four of them to be upgraded from pathetic boss fights (and borderline retards; "I'LL FIGHT YOU IN THIS WEAK MOUNT NEXT TO THESE CANNONS!", "I INVENTED RAZOR SHARP CLAWS AND A GIANT HAMMER THAT JUST PUSH YOU ABOUT!") to serious enemies, even if it is just in the Minstrels musings...

Could make for a nice Final Fantasy IV reference as well. They're not quite the Four Fiends (oh Gods... Remix that Soken!), but we could face all four of them one at a time, get Gauis down to X% before he goes Golden and revives them all for a four v eight.

[Toodles]

Fighting all the "Garlean Rangers" simultaneously is honestly a GENIUS IDEA.

[Nalien]

You know what would be really amazing?

Last update before 3.0 adds a new 8 man dungeon; Memoria. The Minstrels greatest creation - A dramatic retelling of 2.0 to 3.0. The entire game so far, in dungeon form. Ifrit, Titan, Garuda, Rhitahtyn Sas Arvina, Livia Sas Junius, Nero Tol Scaeva, Gaius Van Baelsar, Ultima Weapon, Lahabrea, Good King Moogle Mog, Leviathan, Ramuh, Shiva, and whatever else as bosses. Scenery reflecting the entire games main story progress from launch.

Oh, and a solo "The Minstrel's Ballad - <Job>" would be nice, though that lends itself to some Jobs more than others...

[DefendPopPunk]

A lot of those garleans were pretty cool. It'd be nice to have this just to be able to see more from them without having to just go back and do the old story mission again.