Please do not nerf the final boss

[Raim]

Yeah, and Royal Menagerie is keeping with that trend.

With regard to your "no final boss" statement, how can you argue that he ISN'T the final boss of 4.0? The game doesn't actually have an end, sure, but Royal Menagerie is very clearly the final boss of 4.0, just as Final Steps of Faith was the final boss of the entirety of the 3.x series.

You realize that the patch with Nidhogg was near the end of 3.0 right? And this is at the very start of 4.0 right? This fight is more akin (in terms of pacing) to fighting Thordan. As before you do a final named storyline dungeon, and then a trial right after it. Exactly when you did it against Thordan. There will be another great villain to deal with in 4.0 they will reintroduce no doubt.

[missybee]

You realize that the patch with Nidhogg was near the end of 3.0 right? And this is at the very start of 4.0 right? This fight is more akin (in terms of pacing) to fighting Thordan. As before you do a final named storyline dungeon, and then a trial right after it. Exactly when you did it against Thordan. There will be another great villain to deal with in 4.0 they will reintroduce no doubt.

Yes, and Thordan was the final boss of 3.0. I realize that there will be subsequent big bads up until 5.0, but Shinryu is the final boss of Stormblood proper.

Just because Shinryu isn't the final boss of the entirety of Stormblood doesn't mean he should be as much of a faceroll trashcan as Thordan.

My point is that none of the fights pertaining to MSQ have been too difficult, this one included.

[Lambdafish]

There will be another great villain to deal with in 4.0 they will reintroduce no doubt.

I'll put up a spoiler warning for the 4.0 ending because I haven't yet, though it should be safe considering this thread is about the final boss:

Shinryu is the final boss of Stormblood, that is fact. The way the story is told means that the liberation of ala mhigo ended in 4.0. This is different from HW where the dragonsong war ended in 3.3, as the main villain, Nidhogg, was not dealt with until then. Vishap also was not the final boss of ARR, Gaius and Ultima Weapon were, Vishap was the prologue to HW.

You are right that there will be a continuation of the story, probably involving fordola and yotsuyu, but the final boss is Zenos/Shinryu