Ifrit Fight

[Mihana]

I didn't have a chance to view the video until now, but I think everyone's going overboard with the complaints. Considering this is a "god" that we're fighting and all it serves reason to expect the drops would be a little more impressive than the average stuff we've got now. I think the glow isn't bad at all. I was thinking the type of glow you see from weapons in most Korean games such as Perfect World. These don't really even glow, it's just a ember-like effect that appears in the weapon. That said I do think the sizes of some weapons are a little extreme, like the Archer and Pugilist weapons. But overall it's pretty good! Kudos to SE!

[Konachibi]

I didn't have a chance to view the video until now, but I think everyone's going overboard with the complaints. Considering this is a "god" that we're fighting and all it serves reason to expect the drops would be a little more impressive than the average stuff we've got now. I think the glow isn't bad at all. I was thinking the type of glow you see from weapons in most Korean games such as Perfect World. These don't really even glow, it's just a ember-like effect that appears in the weapon. That said I do think the sizes of some weapons are a little extreme, like the Archer and Pugilist weapons. But overall it's pretty good! Kudos to SE!

Perfect World is a chinese mmo.... just so you know

[Warm]

eh? so ff xiv is turning into free-to-play mmo now huh?
nothing so special or to be surprise about those weapons design they're on every free-to-play mmos

[Xmbei]

eh? so ff xiv is turning into free-to-play mmo now huh?
nothing so special or to be surprise about those weapons design they're on every free-to-play mmos

and to continue with that logic, those weapon designs on every pay-to-play mmos. lol

[FireHero]

I want all the weapons I am a huge Ifirt fan!
the the bow is abit off if anything they should flip it upside down but i still want it anyway!
So yea there great the look the way they do cause they use parts of him to make them so it great am glad they made weapons like this

[Murugan]

Gripes with the patch notes:

• 15 minutes to wait after sucessful Ifrit kill? What is this? Darkhold was only 5 but now we have to wait 15. If it were 30 or an hour (it would still be stupid) but it would be enough time to go do something else, but for just 15 minutes you are merely forcing most people to go afk for 10 minutes before they do it again.
  
• Why do we have to do the rank 30 version before the rank 50 version? I think it takes away from an interesting fight if you have to do an easy version of it right before. Hopefully it at least doesn't have identical abilities.
  
• Those who defeat Ifrit in a party formed exclusively of members from their own Grand Company will earn greater rewards.

Will have a better drop rate, or will earn rewards that are exlusively available to groups made up of one Grand Company?

However this:

"when players within an instanced raid are forced to log out due to a lost connection, they will now respawn near their party members upon logging back in."

makes me forgive all my Ifrit gripes. For now.

[Eekiki]

15 minutes to wait after sucessful Ifrit kill? What is this? Darkhold was only 5 but now we have to wait 15. If it were 30 or an hour (it would still be stupid) but it would be enough time to go do something else, but for just 15 minutes you are merely forcing most people to go afk for 10 minutes before they do it again.

Agreed. I hadn't thought about that, but that pretty much what is going to happen. Although, think about it. When you exit Darkhold what usually happens? Do you always go back in immediately, or do you take some time to use the restroom, get a drink, get stuff repaired, replace departing PT members, etc.?

Why do we have to do the rank 30 version before the rank 50 version? I think it takes away from an interesting fight if you have to do an easy version of it right before. Hopefully it at least doesn't have identical abilities.

Agreed.

[Murugan]

Agreed. I hadn't thought about that, but that pretty much what is going to happen. Although, think about it. When you exit Darkhold what usually happens? Do you always go back in immediately, or do you take some time to use the restroom, get a drink, get stuff repaired, replace departing PT members, etc.?

I chain speed runs until I'm blue in the face! We are hardcore we don't allow these "bathroom breaks".

[Eekiki]

I chain speed runs until I'm blue in the face! We are hardcore we don't allow these "bathroom breaks".

*perscription medicine commercial voice* Talk to your doctor before playing FFXIV hardcore, as you may be at increased risk for bladder explosion.

[Choyi]

Why do we have to do the rank 30 version before the rank 50 version? I think it takes away from an interesting fight if you have to do an easy version of it right before. Hopefully it at least doesn't have identical abilities.

Totaly agree with this, its just a bad, lazy and outdated design wich I had hoped never seen in this game, ruining that first moment of "Finaly seing that one hard badass boss die" because you already killed his weaker version.

And for what? A 30min extra time sink where people jump on their rank 50s and curbstomp Ifrit just so they can proceed to the real fight?
No thanks, please don't force easymodes down the throat of the ones that want a challenge in their games.