Primal Extreme Mode Preview

[FeroXs]

For anyone that was unable to watch the live letter yesterday, this is a short clip showing some of the mechanics of the Extreme Mode fights.

[Frein]

Extreme Mode Ultima Weapon? Or perhaps Praetorium Hard Mode?

[mightyg]

Extreme Mode Ultima.

The two new hard modes are Copperbell Mines and Dzmael Darkhold I believe.

[gairaiden]

hard mode dungeons are copperbell and haukke manor not darkhold

[Katlan]

why is it worse quality then XI on the PS2 and in 5fps?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Not to steal your thunder, but much better quality on this JP dude's videos:

Spoiler: show

[ronin sparthos]

Loving that Titan preview, it'll be the source of rage for many a player in the update to come.

[Carth]

Ultima is what I'm looking forward to the most.

[Kincard]

Boss fights are my favorite part of this game by far and I'll greatly enjoy these.

[Kaisha]

Boy I sure hope 2.1 tightens up the position update frequency and dropped-packet handling.

Titan Extreme having the platform become smaller after heart phase was all I wanted. Adding more moves on top of that is icing on the eventual rage.

[Kiarax]

Boss fights are my favorite part of this game by far and I'll greatly enjoy these.

Primals in particular are what really sets this game apart from other MMOs for me. I haven't played any other MMO where I can just instantly hop in to a really fun boss encounter with no bullshit. This kind of content is really what I'd wish they'd focus on the most rather than shitting out tons of ilvl60 dungeons. Hope these extremes can live up to their name, as much as I love Ifrit-Titan HM they're all far too easy after your first clear.

[Alkar]

Boy I sure hope 2.1 tightens up the position update frequency and dropped-packet handling.

Titan Extreme having the platform become smaller after heart phase was all I wanted. Adding more moves on top of that is icing on the eventual rage.

They said during the letter that some adjustments are planned for primals to reduce lantency and lag but these will only be there for certain instances otherwise there could be other issues. I'm assuming Extreme Primals will be part of this.

[FHT]

Wonder if Ultima HM/EX will drop something like "Ultima Weapon" ? lol

[Khrno]

Wonder if Ultima HM/EX will drop something like "Ultima Weapon" ? lol

A level 50 Ultima Weapon, I really hope not.

[FHT]

A level 50 Ultima Weapon, I really hope not.

iLv95? Do you think characters level cap will increase later?

[Alkar]

iLv95? Do you think characters level cap will increase later?

It will. Expect character level to reach at least 99/100 like most FF games.

[Ratatapa]

It will. Expect character level to reach at least 99/100 like most FF games.

in 20 years

[Therin]

I imagine 2.3 will bring a level cap increase in order to keep the second update of CT easy enough to PUG. If not, it would require BCoB Turn 1-5 gear.

[Buffy]

It will. Expect character level to reach at least 99/100 like most FF games.

A 5 level increase every year would be on par with their stated goal of having the game last a decade.

[Jehr]

They need to reconsider their goals if they think this game is going to last a decade. I started on PS3 release and I consider myself a mostly casual player and am 25 total levels from maxing out jobs and have full i90 minus 2 accessories. There is no way this game lasts even close to 10 years for me.. It's too easy to clear all of the content.