Nearly peed into my pants laughing while reading this in the patch notes ...

[Garlyle]

I'm scared to ask but

...What's Parley? Is this a returning thing from 1.0 I've never heard of before?

[SolArisa]

I'm scared to ask but

...What's Parley? Is this a returning thing from 1.0 I've never heard of before?

Yes!

And it was the symptom of the main design choice which turned 1.0 into a big FAIL - making crafters able to defeat storyline bosses in the most annyoing (and incompletely implemented) way. Instead of "fighting", you "discussed" a matter with them ... using a horrible, simple mini-game which was far from usual FF minigame standards.

[Enkidoh]

I'm scared to ask but

...What's Parley? Is this a returning thing from 1.0 I've never heard of before?

This. And yes it was awfully implemented (as SolArisa said it was a way for Disciples of the Hand and Land to undertake the storyline - other story battles had either npcs you had to direct, or an actual npc fighter called a Path Companion do the fighting for you). It wasn't that good due to being poorly executed (you could only use in a few specific instances, and there was basically no tutorial in how to play as it - you simply were given and it was left up to you to figure out on your own). But then, that was indicative of 1.0 in general.

[Alistaire]

This. And yes it was awfully implemented (as SolArisa said it was a way for Disciples of the Hand and Land to undertake the storyline - other story battles had either npcs you had to direct, or an actual npc fighter called a Path Companion do the fighting for you). It wasn't that good due to being poorly executed (you could only use in a few specific instances, and there was basically no tutorial in how to play as it - you simply were given and it was left up to you to figure out on your own). But then, that was indicative of 1.0 in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSWDRXL_oxM

Probably a better explanation than your link.

[Rubieus]

I'm scared to ask but

...What's Parley? Is this a returning thing from 1.0 I've never heard of before?

It is a interesting mini game actually. People just disliked it because they were forced to do it, as with many things.