The Ifrit Fight is Dangerous to the Community.

[Murugan]

I don't see having a "Normal Mode" as worthless. It could be an ideal resource for those who want to do the fight without having to depend on outside information sources (wikis, websites, videos, etc) and instead learning from their own visceral, personal experiences.

Getting your "experience" by living viscerally through others (via aforementioned sources) isn't my sort of thing. Though it IS necessary for now...

That makes no sense if the only way to beat Ifrit was to depend on outside information sources, how did anyone ever beat it in the first place? Square Enix did not hide a strategy somewhere on the internet for us to find as part of some easter egg hunt.

You can get your experience now, because the fight isn't totally gear dependent you can go in and take your time to figure it out (and there is no real timer either).

Besides I don't think there are enough people playing MMO's who want "generic rewards" or a casual oriented "visceral experience" to demand they put a fight in. Which is why if they went to scaling it would likely involve gear scaling as well, and that is what ruins the fight.

I think you should have just had fun with the fight (or maybe taken a long break from it then tried it again), rather than make this thread. It is certainly doable by everyone, it just has a low tolerance for mistakes which makes it a very frustrating fight as you get used to it (and before the "real elitists" come down on you for failing, just remember they all whined and screamed at eachother too before they get their kill. We have hilarious video evidence in many cases!

The difference is they did their 70 attempts all in 1-2 days, while as a casual you should be spreading that out over a couple months (or more). They aren't better than you, it isn't because they had 4 Lancers (total overkill), or because they had Materia, or anything other than that they went through all those attempts and you can too. No one is stopping you from getting your personal, visceral experience in Ifrit right now as it is.

You can do it! Just believe in yourself, and try not to murder your group mates.