Posting this in the Interview Section since it is related to communication between Square Enix and the Community.
So we all know about this :
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showt...=60265&page=19
Page 19, mentioning all the forms of Pandemonium with an unreasonable time needed to fight.
We also have somewhere an unconfirmed information from Sage Sundi saying that AV is designed to be a 2-digit-hour expected fight.Armored Chariot
Long-Bow Chariot
Battleclad Chariot
Long-Armed Chariot
Troll Destroyers
Mamool Ja Hussar
Acroliths
Galka General ( +25% Movement speed )
Elvaan General
Mithra General
Hume BLM
Hume RNG
Gurfurlur the Menacing
Medusa
Gulool Ja Ja
Vampyr + Bats
Hydra + Dahak
Khimaira + Puks
Cerberus + Bombs
Dvergr + Mini-Dvergrs
Fight start time: 3:30pm EST, End time: 9:00am
- Most endgame Linkshells could probably kill all 3 Kings (some maybe only if they practise a bit on them) – problem here is claiming/getting involved in third Party programs and the competition in general. It is something the legal playing people would like to get changed, but still nothing is being done till today. So yeah.
- With enough practise most Linkshells could kill Tiamat/Cerberus/Khimaira too.
Almost every Linkshell would win those fights if they would be able to claim a few each month. Here though the problem is the motivation to camp for hours/days for a few people to hold/claim when it pops. (the good old mule camping only is over these days on most servers)
If you want those these days all you actually have to do is camp and having luck that it pops in your time. Still not a perfect design but yeah.
- Others not involved in camping/third party use like Ouryu, Bahamut, Kirin. Beatable by most Linkshells. Good design, good balance. This is what makes people happy. Except the 15 minute repop time of ???. Even better the Zeni NM System from Tier 1 to 4 is perfect. Low repop time. Different strategies involved. Open for everyone. (Unless some idiots think they have to proof with a popped NM that it is soloable in 1-2 hours)
(I am not mentioning some stupid ways to pop some Sea Jailers/NMs here)
- Now a look at AV/PW.
AV is out since years now. Unhelpfull hints and an useless video were released too with the information that this is all we can get at the moment. According to SE a fight lasting over 12 hours with the strategy the DEV Team uses.
PW. Recent attempt was almost 18 hours. Someday maybe less. But again…. Yeah.
No Balance. 10+ hours expected to fight (we assume we can get PW down to 10 hours like all other NMs in the past (Tiamat from 4 hours to under an hour, other fights from 1 hour to 30 seconds Zerg ect).
Question:
How does the PLD tank in that fight get to go WC in a 10+ hour fight?
How do the 2 WHMs RL moms bring their kids to bed or cook?
Why does a NM result in people having to play FFXI for so many hours?
Does Square Enix remember what we have to [Accept] before we get to our character select screen?
What I would like to do is write an E-Mail to people from Square Enix that I know. Not in an Interview. But my try to bring something to their attention, especially since I will not be going to the Games Convention this year I think. And maybe getting a better answer on this 10hour+ stuff.
Who wants to sum all this up and write a nice little E-Mail?
Again no joke E-Mails, and no offense/attacks to any SE Employee. If you don´t want to post it here, PM me too.
Bercus, why are you not making an E-Mail on your own?
Because other people can write a lot better, can sum up things better and can write/speak better English then I do.
Bercus