Ixion fate & Future fates

[JunseiKei]

To be quite frank, needing 12 horns when the FATE only rewards 2 at max is a bit over-kill. None of the other FATE bosses required you to do the FATE more than twice to claim a reward if you gained gold. If they want you to run a FATE 6 times because it's a mount, I'd rather they not make mounts attained through a FATE. While I'm certainly NOT under the illusion of "omgIneedthisNOW," simply camping something that can spawn any time in a window of 36 hours is a hefty price. As others have pointed out, it heavily relies on people working together if you don't camp it yourself. Other times, like what I have experienced, other cliques/linkshells will simply not call it out at all until quite a number of people are already present.

I hope they never put in another FATE reward needing to be run 6 times again.

I've actually never heard of this....

Why don't they have it on a timer or make it easier to do?!

All of the super bosses are on a 36 to 72 hour spawn window. This includes Odin, Behemoth, Noctilucale (Prey Online), and Ixion. I think Coeurlregina is like Foxy Lady and spawns 12 to 24 hours. Foxy Lady is the oddball out, currently, having no special weather to tell you it's around (even after doing the other required FATEs).

[Little_Loxi]

After the most recent update, The Lochs still has 3 instances, but at this point it seems moot. According to the reliable, third party hunt website I use, Ixion's window has "officially" been open for 22 1/2 hours at the time I am creating this post, yet there are less than 10 players active per instance. It is past 3 AM on a weeknight, yes, but I've seen much higher volume at similar times before.
I know that this is supposed to be an item which is not easily obtained, and I am by no means advocating that it should be made so easy that all of the luster is lost, but I have done calculations to the best of my ability, and I've realized that based on my work/sleep schedule and sporadic days off, I will likely never obtain this mount. The open window length, the time between spawns, and what appears to be rapidly declining demand, are all factors which will prohibit myself (and so many others like me) from ever obtaining this prize.

[Little_Loxi]

I'm going to be good, and eat my plate of crow on this one...
Last night, when I made my post, I was feeling very hopeless in regard to ever getting the Ixion mount, and I spoke before doing recent patch research, which meant that I failed to realize that SE had raised the reward rate on horns (from 2 horns to 6 upon achieving Gold status). Ixion spawned 3 times today, and each time there were ample players present to complete the FATE, and everyone who was present for at least 2 spawns (myself included) was able to obtain the mount. Therefore, I redact what I said last night in regard to the impossibility of most players obtaining Ixion, and apologize for jumping the gun before I had updated my knowledge on the matter.
Irony is a painful mistress. -.-

[Krotoan]

I'm going to be good, and eat my plate of crow on this one...
Last night, when I made my post, I was feeling very hopeless in regard to ever getting the Ixion mount, and I spoke before doing recent patch research, which meant that I failed to realize that SE had raised the reward rate on horns (from 2 horns to 6 upon achieving Gold status). Ixion spawned 3 times today, and each time there were ample players present to complete the FATE, and everyone who was present for at least 2 spawns (myself included) was able to obtain the mount. Therefore, I redact what I said last night in regard to the impossibility of most players obtaining Ixion, and apologize for jumping the gun before I had updated my knowledge on the matter.
Irony is a painful mistress. -.-

\o.o/ someone grateful for a recent patch AND admitting to giving into premature and momentary anger!
grats on your mount!

[Kyrian12]

SE's changing of the horn drop rate was a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's enough to mitigate the exclusivity of the FATE. The primary problem is the long spawn time combined with the long spawn window. If the spawn window is short, people can accurately predict when it will spawn and prepare for it, thereby reducing exclusivity. If the spawn time is short, it will reduce the lag and server overload associated with it since less people will be at the FATE when it spawns. And it will be easier to catch it you're online.

Right now, my greatest fear with the new change in place is that demand will decline now that you only need 2 runs to get the mount. Even if I am around to see Ixion spawn, the FATE will fail because less people do it, since the majority of people who care about Ixion will have already obtained the mount. I've been camping Ixion myself but I fear he'll only spawn during the 6 hour time window when I'm asleep. =(

[Little_Loxi]

\o.o/ someone grateful for a recent patch AND admitting to giving into premature and momentary anger!
grats on your mount!

With age comes wisdom and thank you!

Right now, my greatest fear with the new change in place is that demand will decline now that you only need 2 runs to get the mount. Even if I am around to see Ixion spawn, the FATE will fail because less people do it, since the majority of people who care about Ixion will have already obtained the mount. I've been camping Ixion myself but I fear he'll only spawn during the 6 hour time window when I'm asleep. =(

I thought the same thing as well myself, but honestly at this point I think it may actually help the situation. I know that I personally have ALTs, and will farm Ixion on them now that I know it only takes 2 kills for the mount, whereas when it took 6 kills, I would have absolutely not considered it for even a moment.

[Niyuka]

Well, I got my Ixion today within 10 minutes, Instance 1 + 2 spawned, I saw the call, went there, and BOOM. Before, I had gathered 4 horns through chasing after it whenever I had the chance. We had a mass Ixion party in Rhalgrs before, and I would say now the value of this mount is slightly above the unicorn

So the people asking for stuff to be made easier succeeded, and it took me actually 10 minutes and no effort at all.I will probably not even use him, so commonplace.

[Kyrian12]

I thought the same thing as well myself, but honestly at this point I think it may actually help the situation. I know that I personally have ALTs, and will farm Ixion on them now that I know it only takes 2 kills for the mount, whereas when it took 6 kills, I would have absolutely not considered it for even a moment.

It helps, but I don't think it helps enough. The fact that you STILL either have to know the right people who will inform you when it spawns, be lucky enough to be around and available when it spawns or camp it out all day and night just feels wrong to me. You are happy about the changes since you were fortunate to directly benefit from them. I've been camping out Ixion for almost 11 hours as of this post and Ixion hasn't spawned in any of the three instances. Given my luck it will only spawn after I collapse of exhaustion and fall asleep.