The real issue in Mmos is not balance

[Adeacia]

.. That sounds not fun for me and many people I know.

I don't want a boss pulling some "hidden" team wiping mechanic out of nowhere. AI's can nearly always "outplay" characters easily. Just Calculate exactly when something will do the most damage or cause the most havoc and do that. Random paralyzes that freeze you JUST when you don't want them to. The reason this isn't in the game is it would absolutely destroy the fun for likely thousands of players.

So you are saying its ok for players to try to optimize everything as much as possible, but when the AI does it, its bad?

[Krotoan]

So you are saying its ok for players to try to optimize everything as much as possible, but when the AI does it, its bad?

I'm saying if they did it to the AI many many players wouldn't enjoy this game anymore. Depending on your personal wants, it could be fun for you, but since there is a relatively large population in this game who doesn't live for "optimal" gameplay, it'd likely be received badly.

[Adeacia]

I'm saying if they did it to the AI many many players wouldn't enjoy this game anymore. Depending on your personal wants, it could be fun for you, but since there is a relatively large population in this game who doesn't live for "optimal" gameplay, it'd likely be received badly.

I've joked before that the bosses don't actually try to kill us players. If they were actually trying we'd probably never win a fight, since they would combine mechs in such a way that it would be impossible to survive.

Another thought: Imagine Lakshmi. At the start of the fight she has a shield up and there are 2 enemies. You kill the enemies and she drops the shield to attack, what if she didn't do that? She just keeps the shield up the entire time, being unable to take damage and just lets the instance timer run out while taunting your inability to do anything about it. All she has to do to win, is not lose.

If the bosses aren't stupid, we wouldn't even have a game. I agree with you.