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Absolute Virtue
Absolute Virtue fascinates me because I don't believe his 'solution' ever changed throughout the entire time he existed, but it still took people years to realise that a boss actually reacted to their actions and had what were basically unique mechanics (For the unfamiliar: Absolute Virtue had access to every "Two hour ability" in the game, to use at will - these being player character super abilities. However, if you used a matching 2HA right after he did, he lost the ability to do it again). It seems, in retrospect, so astoundingly obvious - especially in the modern era of MMORPGs. Of course, even knowing that back then, he would have remained hell for the other nonsense like instacast top tier magic.

But yes. XI's had a few bosses over the course of its life that were examples of difficulty that didn't make for a good player experience, usually through obscene stat allocations.