The Great Hunt Extreme (Rathalos Extreme)

[Shiroe]

Love this battle!

It's so fast, furious and fresh!

At first, was a bit annoyed, since the attacks all seem too similar, and I couldnt see through them

but now in (early) farm modus, it feels so fresh and fun compared to the usual extreme battles or hunts..

full Rng mechanics, ... (almost) no telegraphs for the moves & aoes, ... a fun add phase (better than the usual "just burn blindly") ... and no aggro grabbing & tanking possible of the boss

=> SE needs to make more such battles (or give us every patch or atleast every year a MU collaboration.. or just make more such battles.. it feels so fresh compared to the usual battles)

=> Or maybe look at other great Rpgs / games out there, to get new inspirations for new content and extreme battles!

and its great as a 4 man event! (also the suspense, when near the end you cant afford anymore deaths is nice)

only down side, it can be tricky for dps (puging it as blm xD), just need a bit of bad Rng and it can becme very difficult for dps.. , but thats luckily not so often the case..

on the other hand, its nice to have a legit 3 or 4 man tank run (in that case, really need to push deeps or have good gear as tanks, unless you go with multiple war setup, since "burst windows" are so important in this fight), ..

.. and seems it can be killed by 4 dps too (and not just 4 rdm for vercure, .. but more like 4 melee)

[Waffles298]

i'm not a big fan of this fight. i don't like how jankey and big the bosses hurt box is compared to the boss, i don't like the randomness of the fight, i don't like party-wide 3 death limit, i don't like how most of his attacks can one or two shot most non-tanks, but most of all, i don't like how toxic people have been every time i've tried to do a learning/practice group

[Waffles298]

the number of times i've been called rather unsavory things by other players because i died from getting double tapped by rathalos's targeted fire ball, or being clipped by his jankey hurt box is more than i could count on one hand. personally if this is what "extreme" four man content is going to look like i hope they seriously reconsider

[FFgame]

Bring in Dark Souls collaboration!

[ko_]

I love and hate the fight myself. I love that it's so different and has different rules. - even if those rules are from another game- What I DON'T like is yes, people have gotten WAY too toxic because they can't streamroll it. Rath hits HARD.. you respect his damage.. cause you have no choice. Shit all I see is tank parties cause NOONE apparently wants to do this legit cause it's too hard. The only way I've gotten to do it is doing 2 tanks. And even THEN I only got 22 wins in..... T.T Like I said.. I love it. .but because peopel don't like change OR anything hard I hate it all the same. But I want the mount so I gotta keep trying

[Lambdafish]

i'm not a big fan of this fight. i don't like how jankey and big the bosses hurt box is compared to the boss, i don't like the randomness of the fight, i don't like party-wide 3 death limit, i don't like how most of his attacks can one or two shot most non-tanks, but most of all, i don't like how toxic people have been every time i've tried to do a learning/practice group

Honestly, its fine to not like this fight as much as it is fine to like it. It was an experimental fight that broke a lot of XIV conventions, and whether you like them or not I think the fight should be commended for trying new things and for being a 4 man extreme trial.

I'd love the devs to keep trying things like Rathalos, and we could potentially see a lot more midcore 4 man content (other Extreme 4 man trials, mythic dungeons etc.)