Quote Originally Posted by Choyi View Post
Totaly agree with this, its just a bad, lazy and outdated design wich I had hoped never seen in this game, ruining that first moment of "Finaly seing that one hard badass boss die" because you already killed his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.
Its not really an easy mode for those near that level. Its odd that they decided to make higher levels beat up the lower level battle though.

Whats with this though:

Furthermore, players in possession of the quest item "Inferno Lamp" are eligible for greater rewards for defeating Ifrit in the Bowl of Embers (Hard).

Do you get the lamp from the early quest?