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you still need? I have way too many clusters
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
that fight could be it too for sure and is also just as epic, I don’t think I’d mind either
December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
a bunch of different directions they could take but if it’s ShB it should be that, the fight is insanely epic already
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
WoL exatriangles are what I’ve been expecting personally
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
In a weird way I think Arc Raiders’ success will have greatly helped this game, the most recent alpha was pretty good and differs in key ways from Arc Raiders that could definitely siphon players away
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Well it's definitely more than 200 lol. 48K characters have cleared TOP, lowest of all Ultimates. The "200" you're referring to pave the way for the rest and as we've seen, can generate some sorely needed off-patch interest in the game. In danger? No. But it's not a feature worth overlooking.
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Are there people actually mad about this? This was the best option by a mile lmao
October 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Idk I thought this for a long time but I got sucked into a bit of WoW this season and yeah…I can see where the complaints come from. XIV doesn’t have a *need* for that gearing system but I think that’s also a part of what players complain about, there’s simply no need to chase other gear.
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
never played a Silent Hill game, don’t even really enjoy horror, but I’m 2 playthroughs in and it might be my favorite game of the year
October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Oh hell yeah, what a sick view!
September 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I forgot about this way until last week when I was going through delta lmao
September 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ah yes, the true intended method, setting your system clock forward
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’ve been running a “raid focused” FC for 5 years and even then there are many challenges to putting groups together. Most folks have their own statics coming in, the difficulty gap between normal content and high end content is huge, and there’s no incentive to raid as an FC like there is in WoW.
August 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Agree with all of this, particularly P4 - might be the best savage turn they’ve ever done.

But I think M8 is a solid culmination of the 7 fights before it, and feels like a specific design direction (execution heavy) that personally I hope they continue along with the incoming job changes.
August 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Eh I thought it was fun, and most raiders I talk with enjoy it more than other final turns. I’ve had more fun with reclears than I did P12, or P8 or even E12. Jobs functioning the way they do is part of the issue, when you have simple mechs there should be something balancing that out.
August 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Haha as a caster I’d probably agree, but maybe that’s a separate convo about casters in general. On the whole, I think the early clear rates indicate that this fight certainly wasn’t free, and if anything proved they could still make a stack spread fight feel difficult.
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Good example of a fast paced fight done right, but there isn’t much beyond stack spread there either, and in M8 there’s another 5-6 minutes of mild setpiece mechs after phase 1. But I guess it really depends on what you’re considering “interesting”
August 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I love how execution heavy and fast paced it is, and feel that most final turns have been too reliant on “obtuse debuff vomit” to be reliably fun outside of initial prog. Think they need to go further into this direction tbh. Feels like a natural progression of the last few floors.
August 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Twice in one week John Cena’s future opponent walks out and I have to let out an audible groan
August 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The pure joy this announcement brought me 🥹
July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Was genuinely shocked when I read your piece the other day wondering how something this good got past Savage Vultures editorial in the first place, gave me a drop of hope but…yeah this fucking sucks
July 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM