It would be cool to see this feature return!

[Bluevann]

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.)!

[Lovescake]

Monster Hunter.

i wanna see dem tailcuts.

[Bluevann]

And oh Gods: Spearfishing.

Give us Spearfishing baaaack!

[Archadius]

Sadly, this feature was deemed too difficult for modern MMO players to comprehend, and was thus removed with the transition from v1 to v2. Interesting as it was, I doubt we'll ever see it again. The same holds true with Battle Regimens, which were incredibly powerful when executed by a team with coordination.

[Pterois]

Sadly, this feature was deemed too difficult for modern MMO players to comprehend, and was thus removed with the transition from v1 to v2. Interesting as it was, I doubt we'll ever see it again. The same holds true with Battle Regimens, which were incredibly powerful when executed by a team with coordination.

i dont see why the FFXIV version of skillchains/magic burst would be hard to comprehend when you have things like the binding coils, which less than 20% truly comprehend, yet have a pretty dedicated portion of content still being developed for that 20%. I doubt this would be harder to figure out then those coils so that logic kinda falls through... especially when you have heard it several times over and over that the battle systems is lack luster and needs some more OOMF! I WOULD LOVE team coordination instead of just hit 1/2/3 over and over with some GCDs thrown in here and there.

[Shake0615]

Sadly, this feature was deemed too difficult for modern MMO players to comprehend...

I really miss this too. I'm tired of being treated like an idiot by this game's developers...

[Mishini_Dracoto]

i dont see why the FFXIV version of skillchains/magic burst would be hard to comprehend when you have things like the binding coils, which less than 20% truly comprehend, yet have a pretty dedicated portion of content still being developed for that 20%. I doubt this would be harder to figure out then those coils so that logic kinda falls through... especially when you have heard it several times over and over that the battle systems is lack luster and needs some more OOMF! I WOULD LOVE team coordination instead of just hit 1/2/3 over and over with some GCDs thrown in here and there.

The logic really doesn't fail. 1.0 was deemed "Confusing" and "Hard o understand" "Challenging fo new players" so along side with performance issues, 2.0 was a reboot o required skill level. Anybody who played 1.0 knows this. MNK's abilities were largely reworked. (some of their abiliies used MP . . . Fists of Earh, etc) hose types of changes.

A big part of te problem is: If you can do it, there needs to be a benefit for doing it, or else you are just wasting resources for a cheap gimmick hat nobody will notice. So there was an NM Ram for example, in order to get his horn to drop, you had to break while fighting him. Goingback to what we were saying about it being complicated, the average player of FFXIV would never ever get a clue how to obtain those items after killing 99,999,999 goat NM's. They migh get a few luck tries where they happened to break the horn and be happy but wouldn't understand or clue in o the why.

[Felis]

Sadly, this feature was deemed too difficult for modern MMO players to comprehend, and was thus removed with the transition from v1 to v2. Interesting as it was, I doubt we'll ever see it again. The same holds true with Battle Regimens, which were incredibly powerful when executed by a team with coordination.

It was less about difficulty, but that specific jobs were favorised against specific enemies.
Chimera in CC? Change to Monk to destroy his tail if you are not the healer or tank
Want to farm Aldgoat horns? You need 1 of 4 specific skills to break the horn first to get a chance for the drop.

Battle Regiment was only usefull if everybody in the party knew how it works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L23sldpDSmA

[Pterois]

The logic really doesn't fail. 1.0 was deemed "Confusing" and "Hard o understand" "Challenging fo new players" so along side with performance issues, 2.0 was a reboot o required skill level. Anybody who played 1.0 knows this. MNK's abilities were largely reworked. (some of their abiliies used MP . . . Fists of Earh, etc) hose types of changes.

A big part of te problem is: If you can do it, there needs to be a benefit for doing it, or else you are just wasting resources for a cheap gimmick hat nobody will notice. So there was an NM Ram for example, in order to get his horn to drop, you had to break while fighting him. Goingback to what we were saying about it being complicated, the average player of FFXIV would never ever get a clue how to obtain those items after killing 99,999,999 goat NM's. They migh get a few luck tries where they happened to break the horn and be happy but wouldn't understand or clue in o the why.

LOL then that person is an idiot and is also being hard headed. Is it so hard to read (by that i mean look something up to find the answer) or ask someone one around you "hey this thing not dropping for you too?" "oh i have to break his horn??" But name calling aside, you will not get very far in any MMO if that is how you play them. I'm sick and tired of content being held back because of the moron who WOULD literally sit there for 99,999,999 NM's without out looking up a single bit of information about the drop itself... HELL how would he even know about the drop in the first place? probably looked it up but didn't finish reading the most important part of the page. So yes the logic fails because its being based on an idiot.

[Mishini_Dracoto]

Hey, you are praching to the choir. I like my MMO callenging. That being said, I don't have time righ now o dedicate specific hours to running FCoB.

Right now, that means I'm not clearing. #TheBadPlayersWon.

The Silver lining? At least the game is playable, and I'm finding other ways to enjoy the game instead of being reliant on challenging content.