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New Final Fantasy XI boss takes the cake in time commitment

Lydia Sung - Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:00pm (PST) 0 Favourite (0)

Guild is asking, "How long is too long?"

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    OmegaFury Aug 14, 08
    quote Lydia
    Irony is the spice of life.
    Indeed it is.
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    gerard way owns you Aug 14, 08
    I cant stand these stupid mmo bosses that require so long to beat its kinda stupid. then after u win its like "CONGRATS u get a COOKIE!"
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    chautemoc Aug 14, 08
    This is one of the funniest gaming stories I've ever read. Just awesome.
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    kspiess Aug 14, 08
    I can't believe how long that boss takes to kill. That's zany. 10+ hours is a bit too much.

    It definitely doesn't sound all that "thrilling", that's for sure.

    But I wonder what this boss drops?
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    THM Aug 14, 08
    Health should be the most important thing for online gamers.
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    RabidChinaGirl Aug 14, 08
    quote kspiess
    But I wonder what this boss drops?
    Your dignity.
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    chautemoc Aug 14, 08
    I think after a venture like that, it's not likely to ever be returned.
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    skatcat31 Aug 14, 08
    look up how much it takes to kill hte sleeper dragon in EQ. Talk about crazy.
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    Epic Fail Guy Aug 14, 08
    Its a shame SE couldn't get Final Fantasy 11 right, it could be better then WoW. But stuff like this is only the tip of the iceberg of the design problems within this game.

    I hope SE doesn’t wonder why FFXI's community is pretty much stagnant.
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    kspiess Aug 15, 08
    quote RabidChinaGirl
    quote kspiess
    But I wonder what this boss drops?
    Your dignity.
    Hahah. +5000 gold for Lydia.
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    Guest Aug 16, 08
    It drops this most probably.

    http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Hachiryu_Haramaki

    http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Shenlong%27s_Baghnakhs

    The Haramaki almost certainly drops from it as the other pieces of the set drop from the lower tier bosses and he's the only place left for it to drop. The Shenlong's Baghnakhs are more of a guess but they haven't been found yet so there's a good chance that they also drop.

    We know these items exist because they were added to the game's data files last update. And yes these items are very, very good.
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    x_revenge Aug 17, 08
    this is crazy, if a boss takes more than 30 minutes to finish its a bother, but 18 hours is just plain *bleep*, the creators of all bosses that take over an hour to beat should be shot in the head and implanted with a SEED...
    you can't really expect teenagers to sit in front of a computer screen battling the same boss for over an hour, its just stupid, monotonic and incredibly boring, if it were me, i'd stop playing the game immedently and demand my money back
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