It would be cool to see this feature return!

[Sapphic]

This will never come back because most players ARE that daft. Just play on DF for a while and you'll wonder how some players can even turn on their computer/console

Fixed for troofs! :P

[Gardes]

I was taking a nostalgic look to the old lodestone when I stumbled on this detail about FFXIV's battle mechanics:

That sounds so cool, to see horns of monsters break and monsters getting incapacitated by dealing strikes to specific body parts through special abilities... I know it's still there in some boss fights, but I'd love to see this feature make a return on common monsters too, much like Marids or Aht Urhgan beastmen back in FFXI (You could break horns, fangs, weapons etc.)!

Just looking at that chart alone and yoship's track record, I doubt this system will return, especially with the system needing specific attacks (we're already using almost everything in our disposal for single targets save for a couple attacks on each class anyway). The game already has something similar though: last boss of normal totorak. Unfortunately, it's about the only instance in the game that I can think of. If we can have special mobs with multiple targetable limbs with varied behavior with some mobs even having multiple limbs but all sharing the same hp, I think that will add some flavor without driving anywhere near the "need specific jobs for this mob to spam certain moves" that yoship is allergic to.

Every class will be able to deal with the monster mechanics equally, they just have to figure out the quirks of each mob. But yeah, even that boss in totorak...lots of pugs can't even notice the tail becoming a target and take it down. Edit: amdapor township first boss and halatali hm 2nd boss technically has a 2nd 'limb' too. So does titan I suppose, but he's not subtle at all.

[DracotheDragon]

it would be lovely to see this implemented in long boss fights at least as a nice visural (besides a HP bar) like ramuh for example we actually see his beard or robes becoming tatterd)

[Shadex]

Yeah I hate to say it but players are just too spoiled now. To try and integrate a more challenging and interesting system at this point would result in a firestorm of temper tantrums and forum crying the likes of which might unravel reality as we know it. It really is too bad too that we as a civilization are intentionally taking steps to make our populace think less rather than more. We are breeding our species into stupidity one generation at a time. Just watch Idiocracy.

[Meier]

Yes please! And more stuff from our 1.23 battle system while they're at it lol. It was so much more involved ; ;

[PArcher]

People here are giving today's gamers way too much credit. Most DPS have no idea what the limit break is, or their basic rotation (or even anything past their 1 - 2 - 3 combo...)

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People here are giving today's gamers way too much credit. Most DPS have no idea what the limit break is, or their basic rotation (or even anything past their 1 - 2 - 3 combo...)

And don't you dare suggest in a polite way to these people that they do something different, lest you get a flurry of "dont tell me how 2 pley u elitest @#$% u dont pay 4 my gaem get a lief sory i dont pley 247 u were new 2 1nce", as they sit there in full i120 poetics gear.

Of course, not helping them gets the same response from them.

[PArcher]

And don't you dare suggest in a polite way to these people that they do something different, lest you get a flurry of "dont tell me how 2 pley u elitest @#$% u dont pay 4 my gaem get a lief sory i dont pley 247 u were new 2 1nce", as they sit there in full i120 poetics gear.

Of course, not helping them gets the same response from them.

lol. You are so clueless. I dont know how many people I've helped learn their jobs and optimize, far more than I can remember since launch. Problem is, for every person I help, there are 10 more that I can't, mostly because they won't listen to suggestions or think they are perfect as they are ("its my money and I can play as I want")

Also, if you're going to say anything about gear, would help to at least do a proper gear-check and note what I really have

[Bluevann]

lol. You are so clueless. I dont know how many people I've helped learn their jobs and optimize, far more than I can remember since launch. Problem is, for every person I help, there are 10 more that I can't, mostly because they won't listen to suggestions or think they are perfect as they are ("its my money and I can play as I want")

Also, if you're going to say anything about gear, would help to at least do a proper gear-check and note what I really have

I don't think he was talking about you. Sounded like he quoted you because he agreed to your post and wanted to continue what you were saying.

[myahele]

I can see this being implemented in some boss fights. The mini boss in Qarn HM was hadd multiple body parts we had to destroy....then there was the Kraken, too.

Maybe eventually we'll have a boss where we can choose which body parts to destroy to make the fight easier or whatever