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    Should the name of the new Trial be changed to align with previous Trials?

    So something has sorta bugged me since the new trial came out, the name. Why is this just another "extreme"? Previous trials usually had an epitaph about the boss, so why not now?

    Maybe we can request a rename from SE? Something to the effect of, The Minstrel's Ballad: Elidibus's Pledge. Or maybe Hope, Resolve, Plea, any would work for the fight.

    Anyone have any thoughts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
    So something has sorta bugged me since the new trial came out, the name. Why is this just another "extreme"? Previous trials usually had an epitaph about the boss, so why not now?

    Maybe we can request a rename from SE? Something to the effect of, The Minstrel's Ballad: Elidibus's Pledge. Or maybe Hope, Resolve, Plea, any would work for the fight.

    Anyone have any thoughts?
    Hmmm, it is certainly a departure from using "The Minstrel's Ballad" for an extremely important end-of-story boss;
    but at the same time, while the boss is Elidibus, it is actually "The Warrior of Light". Look at the fight with Emet-Selch, it is not called "Emet-Selch's Elegy" but "Hades' Elegy" because the boss is "Hades", or "Shinryu's Domain" when it is actually Zenos in control, but we are fighting "Shinryu". In the same way for this trial the boss is the "Warrior of Light", so the trial name would have to have "Warrior of Light" used in it somehow... which is kinda hard to do in my opinion.
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    It's actually LESS common for them to have the descriptor. The only ones that seem to be promised this treatment are the x.00 final bosses, Ultima, Thordan, Shinryu, and Hades. It's possible they intended it to be the x.30 bosses as well, but I'm not certain when Nidhogg or Tsukuyomi were added, and ARR's were all true Primals outside of Ultima so this trend might've been intended to start with Nidhogg, but again I don't remember what patch he was added.

    ARR 1 vs 7
    The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane - 2.0

    HW 2 vs 5
    Thordan's Reign - 3.0
    Nidhogg's Rage - 3.3

    SB 2 vs 6
    Shinryu's Domain - 4.0
    Tsukuyomi's Pain - 4.3

    ShB 1 vs 5 (so far)
    Hades's Elegy - 5.0
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    It would be extremely difficult for the "Minstrel" to tell this tale at all, since it didn't occur on the Source.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
    It would be extremely difficult for the "Minstrel" to tell this tale at all, since it didn't occur on the Source.
    Wanderer's ballad then
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    Tsukuyomi was 4.3
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    Quote Originally Posted by MaethusXion View Post
    ARR 1 vs 7
    The Minstrel's Ballad: Ultima's Bane

    HW 2 vs 5
    Thordan's Reign
    Nidhogg's Rage

    SB 2 vs 6
    Shinryu's Domain
    Tsukuyomi's Pain

    ShB 1 vs 5 (so far)
    Hades's Elegy
    Huh... there really isn't a pattern then.
    Looks like they kinda just do it whenever they feel like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
    It would be extremely difficult for the "Minstrel" to tell this tale at all, since it didn't occur on the Source.
    Same for Hades, but it's still a Minstrel's Ballad...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lethros View Post
    Tsukuyomi was 4.3
    Adding that to my original post, thanks. And a quick search says Nidhogg was 3.3, so that too.

    Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
    Huh... there really isn't a pattern then.
    Looks like they kinda just do it whenever they feel like it.
    prelim searches says that it's a break in the trend of 3.3 & 4.3, so... break in pattern?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MrThinker View Post
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    but at the same time, while the boss is Elidibus, it is actually "The Warrior of Light". Look at the fight with Emet-Selch, it is not called "Emet-Selch's Elegy" but "Hades' Elegy" because the boss is "Hades", or "Shinryu's Domain" when it is actually Zenos in control, but we are fighting "Shinryu". In the same way for this trial the boss is the "Warrior of Light", so the trial name would have to have "Warrior of Light" used in it somehow... which is kinda hard to do in my opinion.
    While you aren't incorrect, if you look at the text that pops up the title is Warrior of Light, with Elidibus as his name. As with Hades it's Sorcerer of Eld: Hades. So using Elidibus in the name would still work. Having the actual boss's name be "Warrior of Light" is more of a nod to who the model is based on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
    Huh... there really isn't a pattern then.
    Looks like they kinda just do it whenever they feel like it.
    They usually do it for bosses that cap off story arcs. Ultima in 2.0, Thordan in 3.0, Nidhogg in 3.3, Shinryu in 4.0, Tsukuyomi in 4.3 and Hades in 5.0. The Warrior of Light is the boss capping of the ShB story, so this is really tue first "break in the trend" we've had.
    And 2.x had no boss to cap off a story arc.
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