I seriously doubt they care that much about older content, they'll just continue to tweek newer content to hit harder to the point where if you're not a tank you're most likely getting 2 - 3 shot.
Hello this was my line of thinking but then I saw this:
http://xivdb.com/?search/!patch-Patch2.38
Halloween items were added to the game in 2.38, so I'm not as sure about that being the case anymore.
AV was never really a problem. For some reason it Coincounter just intimidates people because it's the first time they have to face a monster that doesn't give any attack cues beforehand.
Can bet your top dollar AV will be flooded to hell and back for mass ninja leveling.
Also Odin mount. Since the trial is only 15 mins, it almost screams the fact that it will be a Fan Fest trial. That and/or it's a REAL trial and you need to kill Odin in 15 mins before he insta-wipes your party with Shin-Zantetsuken, similar to his Final Fantasy V fight (In FFV you only have 1 minute).
I'm sure there will be an enrage on it for Zantetsukin, yeah. I actually didn't catch the fact that their could be an Odin Primal. That'd be really fun.
Here's hoping there's no /pray bullshit
They also started adding Shiva fight shit. Diamond Dust (and all of Odin's old attacks) and Shin-Zantesuken were added as well "striking resist down" and "ice resist down"
Yeah which is also true and why I proposed it would be another trial-like fight with a much shorter timer. The only irony in my second reasoning is the fact that in any trial if you hit 0:00 you're going to lose regardless, so there might be some mechanic in the fight where he starts counting down after a specific percentage and will just wreck everyone's shit if they don't do enough damage/kill in time, much like FFXI Einherjar and his corresponding FATE. I can't see a rage timer happening because of how Odin has been perceived over the years. He just bops fools if they can't deal damage in time.
I've honestly never experienced the problem, but I've always been DPS (or tank) in there, so I always do decent enough damage to carry the PT on. I can see bad DPS being a problem on the last boss, especially with how much HP she has and all the stacks of debuffs she can impose. For the second boss however, I've seen and heard of so many unnecessary wipes, as if people cannot /focustarget and watch for a charge bar.
Now that I think about it, it must really suck for healers, huh? lol
That doesn't really explain the 15 minute timer to me. Lots of fights in this game have enrage but they still do a regular timer because its annoying to have to exit and enter a fight over and over. Fight specific enrages are based from the time you start the fight, not the instance timer.
FFXIV version of WoWs headless horseman fight for Halloween.
Maybe Sleipnir is the extra reward for getting all the primal mounts. I remember them mentioning something like this.
Weren't things like Hydra and Chimera 15 minute duties?
Hmmm I don't think so, not even in 2.0
Might've been 30? I remember having to wait what felt like forever one time when it glitched out, definitely more than 15.