Down with Down for the Count

[Boomsmash]

The L70 GNB quest needs fixing. The liberal dosing of "you're helpless" from the suspension devices was one thing, but the nearly 30s of Down for the Count for the shield was flat out egregious.

If you are L70 you have very likely done Nidhogg et al, you understand "get in the shield". Or you need to die a few times to the telegraphed deathblow that's coming. As it was, what I recall from Steel Against Steel wasn't the climactic fight.

It was that my character, who had kicked the ass of the entire MSQ, was locked down like a helpless little thing for an absurd amount of time. Why? This scripted sequence for nothing but to get my companions out of the fight. I don't care if the big bad is out of the ring and untargettable.

YOU DO NOT LOCK ME DOWN. If I can't figure out that I need to be in the shiny shield bubble I should have seen a dozen times by now, it is MY problem.

[Ventura_Highway]

I bet it took you longer to write this than for your character to recover from the disable.

[Esp]

Title kinda made me think you were ok with the mechanic and wanted to see more of it..

Down, with Down for the Count xD

[TankHunter678]

They were showing off the LB3 Gunbreaker's get. Which is why it was not a get in the bubble mechanic.

[HyperiusUltima]

They were showing off the LB3 Gunbreaker's get. Which is why it was not a get in the bubble mechanic.

Exactly this. The Lv 70 GNB Job Quest technically forces you to sit down because the big bad wants to kill you and raise his rank. Then your allies save you by lending their aid to protect you from imminent defeat with the GNB LB3 Last Bastion. It’s still really cool with the thematics and drama they brought about too, so I recommend getting GNB to 80 as well to see the final ending to the GNB arc(for now).

[aodhan_ofinnegain]

Exactly this. The Lv 70 GNB Job Quest technically forces you to sit down because the big bad wants to kill you and raise his rank. Then your allies save you by lending their aid to protect you from imminent defeat with the GNB LB3 Last Bastion. It’s still really cool with the thematics and drama they brought about too, so I recommend getting GNB to 80 as well to see the final ending to the GNB arc(for now).

Last Bastion is the name of the PLD LB3, while Gun Metal Soul is the name of of the GNB LB3. Further, find GNB LB3 animation to be rather underwhelming in all honesty.