The real issue in Mmos is not balance

[linay]

Just look at Ozma in FFIX. It could be very hard to do in some encounters and very easy to do in other encounters because of the randomness. It works for a single player game where you control more than one characters, but maybe not so much for a multiplayer game where you control only one character.

[KalinOrthos]

OP is a bad take machine. Has made similarly bad takes on different topics. Can be rightfully ignored as either a troll or just a narc.

[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.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The real issue in MMOs is that they're not what OP wants them to be.

[Bsrking5]

OP is a bad take machine. Has made similarly bad takes on different topics. Can be rightfully ignored as either a troll or just a narc.

Even a clock is right twice a day, once if it's one of those weirdo 24 HR clocks. That's why we need to smash like on every YouTube video...