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Old 08-21-2008, 03:55 AM
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Drawn out boss battles in massively multiplayer games are nothing new, but Final Fantasy XI's Pandemonium Warden (pictured at right) takes the concept to a ridiculous extreme: A recent (unsuccessful) attempt on the Warden's life raged for 18 hours.

FFXI Link Shell (think: guild or clan) BeyondTheLimitation attempted the boss a few days ago, but after 18 real-world hours of combat, were forced to admit defeat when members of the LS began "passing out and getting physically ill."

"None of us doubt that PW can be killed. We just call into question exactly what the development team thinks is reasonable from human beings," wrote BeyondTheLimitation member Sylphet, clearly baffled by the developer's choice to add such a ridiculously lengthy encounter to the game -- particularly as it flies in the face of the game's warning screens urging players to take frequent breaks from play.
So what are your takes on this? I personally think the game developers have crossed the line. It's plain unhealthy for you to be gaming that long in one shot.
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Old 08-21-2008, 04:16 AM
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They were all probably like level 5 noobs trying to fight a level 9999 that has "Win" as a move that it decides to use when it's challengers are drawn out, exhausted and weak.
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Sounds like a couple of newblets who need fucking internet "addiction"

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Actually they were all very high level. Also on the clan's blog they had stated that if they fought for 5-6 hours more they might have beaten it. You might want to know that FFXI has one of the hardest grinds in an mmo. I have to give them props for fighting that long but no boss should be that hard.
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So. Just because your a high level, doesn't mean you're not a noob. I ran in to a couple of 70's on ARG, who didn't know how to use the fucking Auction House. That was actually pretty embarrassing.
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I once ran into a Clan whose Leader wore lvl 10 armor on WoW. And he was dead serious to me when he uttered these words:

"Dude. Level 10 armor, by far, is superior to level 70 equips. Are you a fucking idiot?"

I laughed at him as I paraded around him pointing out his stupidity for an hour.
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Fuck that. If you want to leave a lasting impression in someone's mind about how epic a boss is, make them fight it for a week straight.
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I once ran into a Clan whose Leader wore lvl 10 armor on WoW. And he was dead serious to me when he uttered these words:

"Dude. Level 10 armor, by far, is superior to level 70 equips. Are you a fucking idiot?"

I laughed at him as I paraded around him pointing out his stupidity for an hour.
I saw a level 70 Hunter, wearing level 25 greens. I wanted to duel him, and kick the living shit outta' him...And I was level 40!
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Fuck that. If you want to leave a lasting impression in someone's mind about how epic a boss is, make them fight it for a week straight.
I remember that some Japanese Programmer created an Indy RPG Game with 10 stages with 5 Bosses (one every two stages) and the last Boss was purposely programmed to actually have, well considered to have been, infinite Health. The player COULDN'T win, however there was apparently a way to do it if you had collected every piece of highest level equipment, weapon and item.

But someone made a Youtube Video of it and they were required to keep their Game turned on for almost a week straight (if they turned it off, they lost their save data). They were DESPERATE to prove the masses wrong. But this was about eight or nine years ago. Chances are the Youtube Video is now gone (surfaced last year in Marchish for those who care to go searching) and the Game itself is impossible to find. In fact, I don't even remember it's name.
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