Quote Originally Posted by Recon1o6 View Post
I'd add a garlean gauntlet raid whose tactics change depending on how the party fights. Think the 5 judges battle from FF12 remaster.
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The trial 100 fight against the five Judges is an excellently designed boss fight.

Most boss fights in gaming go the easy route of just having a boss that is a damage sponge that is immune to everything.

Not in the fight against the five judges. The 5 judges have rather low health for bosses, and they are actually vulnerable to status conditions. The 5 judges work as a team, buffing each other and employing strategies like using reverse on you, and then casting potions and elixirs on you to deal damage. You can't overpower the fight by grinding; you have to know your stuff. The fight tests your knowledge of the game mechanics.

I would like to see more boss fights/encounters designed like the five judges in general, but I'm not sure if that'd work well with FFXIV's content format. It could work as savage tier 4 man content, perhaps.