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"People were passing out and getting physically ill," guild leaders said. "We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how video games ruin people's lives."
Vajra
Aug 14th 2008
1:13PM
Pandemonium Warden has 20 different forms, so it's not the same boring boss for 18hrs straight. It uses this move called "Hellsnap" (Dvergr family special move) as soon as you pop it, and then transforms into one of the Aht Urghan bosses, and spawns 8 lamps (which are different looking depending on what form he's in. Like say if he's Gulfur the Menacing (TOAU Troll King), you'll see Troll Destroyer type lamps under the name "Pandemonium Lamp", If it's in Hydra form, then you'll see "Dahak" type lamps under the name "Pandemonium Lamp" If it's in Cerberus form, then it'll be "Bomb" type lamps etc...Anyways these forms take can take 1hr+ JUST TO BEAT 1. They are alot harder than the original TOAU version.
Vajra
Aug 14th 2008
1:34PM
Bleh not sure why my comments are so hard to post here...anyways forgot to mention, "Hellsnap" is an (Area of effect: Stun) move. It uses it before each transformation after u beat the previous form etc...The final form (form 20) is the original Dvergr form in which he has lamps that are mini versions of himself, The BTL ls was on their 18th hour when they reached the final form, but it was impossible to beat because of it's difficulty (Used a move called Thundris Shreik) which is an (Area of effect: Terrorize (Stop magic)) and causes constant intimidation effect. Most of them were passed out or couldn't continue on any longer, Anyways that's all I wanted to say, hopefully this comment posts.
From PlayOnline.com:
The past two weeks have seen considerable feedback from players regarding the amount of time required to combat the Pandemonium Warden, a recently implemented Notorious Monster (NM). Discussion has spread significantly throughout forums, and it has become apparent that this is indeed an issue of major unrest in the community.
We would like to assure players that the development and management teams place a high value on their feedback, and the issue has since been taken under serious consideration. Together with Absolute Virtue, it has been deemed that the combative techniques for weakening these NMs are too difficult. As a result, some players have engaged these enemies using unanticipated methods which led to extended battle times. It is by no means the desire of the development team to see players involved in encounters that require an excessive amount of time and effort to complete. It was for this reason that previous measures were put into practice which prohibited NMs from being held in battle for prolonged periods. In response to these events, we have determined that further alterations are required to prevent such battles from exceeding a certain predetermined length of time.
Included in the version update scheduled for early September will be modifications to the degree of difficulty of Pandemonium Warden (and associated pets), Absolute Virtue (and associated pets), and Jailer of Love. The aim of these changes is to create battles where a decisive outcome may be reached within a shorter period of time.
The development and management teams would like to take this opportunity to express their commitment to a healthy and wholesome game environment for players everywhere to enjoy, and to thank them for the continued feedback.
Originally posted by JbT
Im on the other side of the fence.
I applaud the developers. FFxi has always been a hardcore game, if you play(ed) you know.
This game has never been for every one, just the crazy hardcore MMO type.
It takes balls to develop content this tough in the face of the carebare-ish, give-everything-to-everyone, type mentality of WoW. Also the reason WoW does so well. As we can tell by this post, people would rather have it easy (WoW) than hard (FFxi).
I can tell you there will only be a couple people world wide who ever see loot from that boss (If they ever see it, there is still another boss in FFxi that has never been killed - Absolute Virtue, I belive), and that in its own right is every hardcore MMO players wet dream.
When I read that first... I myself almost went back to the game.
Bravo! FFxi Devs!
[edit on 21-8-2008 by JbT]
Originally posted by Lysergic
ffxi for me is just too fantasticaly gay looking to stomach.
Originally posted by TKainZero
Originally posted by Lysergic
ffxi for me is just too fantasticaly gay looking to stomach.
Dude... Don't use the word 'Gay' to describe something negative...
You might piss off the Gay Reighcts Groups...