24-man content

[Ryujin_Ketu]

I am incredibly excited to see how this is going to play out. The only things I'm wondering now are 1)Will there be dungeons for 24-man raids 2)or are they Boss fight only type of deal 3)If it is boss fight only, I wonder how badass the bosses will be

Either way, I personally can't wait to try it out. What are your thoughts on how this will workout etc...

P.S. - King Behemoth, Odin and Primals are my guesses for the 24-man bosses so far!

[Velhart]

A possibility they could go to a 8-man/24-man version of the dungeons like other MMO's. Just in 24-man raids, more items drop than it would in a 8-man. This would make sense. I don't 100% know what SE is planning though.

[Ryujin_Ketu]

Oh, that is a great idea! It's going to be complete madness. I thought 18 people in XI was crazy! I do like your idea on that though about having more drops, or maybe some type of "HQ" version of the drop that lets you know you got in doing 24 man content.

Also might be a nice way for the community on the server to come together through the companies they are introducing.

[Lum]

If you have ever raided in other MMO's then expect it to follow that route. I think people are in for a huge wake up call when when 2.0 comes. We are playing an entirely different game right now when it comes to combat and how content will work.

[Ryujin_Ketu]

Yeah, I will agree there Lum. Combat will def be changing with regiments etc...

P.S - I want to see 24 Chaos Thrusts go off at the same time on the same mob haha..."FFXIV has quit working, sorry for the incovenience"

[JDR388]

I am also exited about having high man content was well. Its something that this game has sorely been in need of since launch and I am exited to see the kinds of encounters that the devs are able to make with in.

However, we should also keep in mind that high man content is generally only more difficult in that it requires quite a bit more logistics in order to run properly and be successful. If low man and high man versions of a single dungeon were to be introduced then so long as they were properly balanced I would prefer the higher drop rate model over the higher quality model for 24 man loot.

A lot of the people I play with seem to believe high man content is harder simply because there are more people involved and the numbers on the boss hp bar are higher. In my opinion more people = more potential for drama = a more unstable group. When I have the opportunity I will always choose the low man version.

[DarthTaru]

Very excited about the return of alliances and look forward especially to using multiple tanks on a single mob (Odin, etc).
Alliance based content will really allow jobs to shine and even function differently than they do now in 8 man content which is so limited.

I assume the 24 man content will be Crystal Tower, open world alliances for Odin and perhaps PvP.

[DrJackal]

slightly OT but i hope the 8 man content is not mainly recycled current content

[Ryujin_Ketu]

24 man def can bring Drama, but that is where a good leader will shine! (hopefully )

Also was thinking it would be cool to have 3 bosses at the same time making each party tank 1 and each boss would have to be fought differently. Would bring a whole new element to strategy!

[Dragonheart]

i hope in both 8 man and 24 men version.