How old is Gaius?

[CGMidlander]

My guess is somewhere in the 50s or over by the time of his death. Which would also explain why a man of his reputation seemed underwhelming by the time of ARR, he was probably getting old. His first attempt on Eorzea was 15 years prior to the events of 1.0 in which he already earned lots of fame from his military experience imply that he was in the army for a long time.

If it wasn't for Hydaelyn, we would have actually lost to Gaius in the Ultima Weapon. On the elevator, we can barely scratch the thing until Hydaelyn used her One Ilm Punch to remove the buffs on it. She also shielded us from the Ultima cast going off.

[Dualblade]

By all means we should have actually lost to the Ultima Weapon. On the elevator, we can barely scratch the thing until Hydaelyn used her One Ilm Punch to remove the buffs on it. She also shielded us from the Ultima cast going off.

Thats Ultima Weapon though, he's probably talking about the actual fight against Gauis.

Which to be fair to Gauis, even if he was starting to lose his touch it was 8v1.

[CGMidlander]

Thats Ultima Weapon though, he's probably talking about the actual fight against Gauis.

Which to be fair to Gauis, even if he was starting to lose his touch it was 8v1.

We don't know if he is supposed to be faceroll easy lore-wise, or if it's just because he's tuned for MSQ difficulty.

[Dualblade]

We don't know if he is supposed to be faceroll easy lore-wise, or if it's just because he's tuned for MSQ difficulty.

Probably not faceroll easy (honestly not sure what his difficulty is at ilvl-50.) As well, I'd also say if Kaiser is right and he does come back he will be much harder as far as levels go, with justification that we didn't fight him full out (don't even take down his life bar all the way.)