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Final Fantasy XI Boss Takes 24 Hours to Beat?

Gamervision reports:

''A new patch has added some new bosses to Final Fantasy XI, including the somewhat ridiculously resilient Pandemonium Warden. A guild named Beyond the Limitation attempted to take down the Warden, but had to quit after 18 Hours of combat. One of the guild leaders reported, "People were passing out and getting physically ill. We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how video games ruin people's lives."

They estimated that it would have taken an additional five or six hours to beat the Pandemonium Warden, and had to question their abilities in the game. The boss changed forms every few hours, and when they finally decided to call it quits, the enemy was in it's 20th form. They are also one of the only guilds to take down the highest-level boss in the game without glitching it, so they weren't screwing up the Warden battle.''
harry190 - contributor
Published: 504 days 19 hours ago | News | Xbox 360 | PlayStation 2 | Gaming | PC
 
 

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buckethead_X - 504 days 19 hours ago
1 - Kind of cool
and kind of messed up at the same time. People passed out and got physically ill? I'd appreciate it if games didn't get that kind of publicity at all.
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kapedkrusader - 504 days 19 hours ago
1.1 - Funny...
...that's exactly what happened to me when I heard FFXIII was going multi-plat at this years E3:)
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Alvadr - 504 days 17 hours ago
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I used to play FFXI I used to love it back in the day, leveled a few jobs past 50 and one at 65. But got bored and the game is wayyyyyyyy to hard.. Still look back and wonder why I out so much time and effort into this game, over 1000 hours or something. Which is nuts!!

The thought of doing a 24 hour boss battle in this game would drive me insane. WTF are Squeenix thinking, who on earth has this amount of time to invest in gaming.
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f789790 - 504 days 15 hours ago
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They are going to have to get everyone to wake up at the same time to beat that thing. Thats insane.
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mirroredderorrim - 504 days 19 hours ago
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While it sucks hard in terms of how their health was affected. This was the kind of boss fights I had always dreamed about. My only question, is why they couldn't have done this sooner? Such as when the game actually mattered.
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PimpHandStrong - 504 days 19 hours ago
3 - lol
Someone will die after they beat this boss

thats funny

My longest boss batle was The End in MGS3! Took me 45min! I know you can beat him faster but i was all into the jungle and having a sniper out in it!
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Diugu - 504 days 19 hours ago
4 - Cool...
They need more hands to bring this one down.
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iamtehpwn - 504 days 19 hours ago
5 - That is just nonsense
=|
Talk about bad enemy design.
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saf100792 - 504 days 18 hours ago
5.1 - HUH????
your making no sense to me
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iamtehpwn - 504 days 17 hours ago
5.2 - Lol
You guys think a 24 hour boss isn't bad enemy design?
None of you guys become designers then =P
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 504 days 17 hours ago
5.3 - well
Honestly, I don't think it's bad design if the boss changes forms every once in awhile. It was in its 20th form when they called it quits!

Bosses worth 24 hours of battle:

The End (MGS3)
Psycho Mantis (MGS)
Every colossus (SotC)
Mundus (DMC)
Sephiroth (KH...not FFVII)
The final statue (DMC4)
Argosax The Chaos (DMC2)
El Gigante (RE4)
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f789790 - 504 days 15 hours ago
5.4 - Its not bad design
Its made for the hardcore players that want an epic battle that dwarfs all other games. Sad though that they couldn't beat it.
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Jenzo - 504 days 19 hours ago
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"We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how video games ruin people's lives."

They've already ruined their lives by playing Final Fantasy XI.
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SilPho - 504 days 18 hours ago
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Perhaps more people with stronger weapons would have more luck. I have no idea what the limits are in FF XI but surely there is an easier way.
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darkpower - 504 days 16 hours ago
7.1 - There is the usual six person party
Then you can alliance yourself with up to two other six member parties. Meaning you can have a total of 18 members fighting that thing.

I'm curious to see just what their party consisted of, as well. Usually one thing you did wrong (even the littlest thing) in a boss fight in FFXI can make the difference between a fast victory of a HELL of a long ass day on the game just to get killed in the end.

The game isn't hard per se...you just have to really be paying attention to the info the NPCs give you and what other PCs tell you. They tell you things for a reason.
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Ozzyb - 503 days 22 hours ago
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I've played FFXI for over 3 years and let me tell you.. If they stayed alive for 18 hours then they were well equipped. The hard part is not completely wiping to the bosses, if you can manage that, damage is secondary. But yea, 4-5 hour fights are common in that game.. It's fun at times but try doing anything else with your life and see how far you get.
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Adamalicious - 504 days 18 hours ago
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24 hours? Isn't that about average for FF bosses ;)
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Panthers - 504 days 17 hours ago
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Square likes their ridiculously hard bosses, but this takes the cake. Isnt their a Pandemonium in FFX International? I never played it but read about it in some FAQ.
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Ngai - 504 days 18 hours ago
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Welcome to the world of Vanadiel..
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MazzingerZ - 504 days 18 hours ago
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Wow, almost as long as it took me to beat "The End" in MGS3 =)
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Jenzo - 504 days 18 hours ago
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Did you wait until he died of age?

I finished him in less than 15 minutes. One of the best boss battles ever. Only thing missing were some fart noises when he was sleeping. People his age tend to have bad digestion. Imagine that: "ZzZz", *fart*, "!", "...", "ZzZz".
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MazzingerZ - 503 days 17 hours ago
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Nop, normal, I just didn't check any walkthrough or anything so it took time before I figured out how to get him. That was the real "The end" experience.
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Bonsai1214 - 504 days 18 hours ago
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interrupts, degen and damage return. welcome to mmo bosses.. but thats crazy. i've always wanted to take part in a 40 member fight or something. too bad party size is capped at 8 in gw
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ice_prophecy - 504 days 18 hours ago
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I used to play FFXI. Had to fight a boss for several hours. I quit after that.
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geda - 504 days 17 hours ago
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didn't some girl in asia die from playing for like two days straight? i know this is only half that, but it seems like enough to **** you up pretty bad.
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f789790 - 504 days 15 hours ago
13.1 - Alot of people have died from playing WOW
The media needs to forget violent games and focus on the ones people starve themselves to death playing. People have also let their relationships with everyone including their spouse wither away because of WoW.
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Ngai - 504 days 17 hours ago
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This is actually not something new, absolute virtue is almost impossible to beat too. Only zombies play FFXI.. glad i've quit awhile ago.. 272 days of playtime was my limit.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 504 days 17 hours ago
15 - wait
Anyone else do battle with the final colossus for 7 hours???
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himdeel - 504 days 17 hours ago
15.1 - In SoTC?...
...no. Maybe 30 minutes on my 1st run through.
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Percy - 504 days 17 hours ago
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final fantasy XI is the king of creating content that nobody will ever get to. The lvl cap will always be 75 because of the subjob system so no one can just lvl higher and see it. I played ffxi for 4 years and even when i quit i still hadn't seen much of end game material. After 600 some odd days worth of game time logged in i should have been at a point i would have seen most of it.
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Reibooi - 504 days 16 hours ago
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I still play FFXI from time to time and only recently stopped dealing with the end game scene after having seen almost everything end game had I found it to be more fun to just mess around with the smaller things in the game. However I'm pretty sure someone in my Linkshell said that the Warden had already been beaten on one of the servers I didn't take note of much else other then that it was supposed to be harder then Absolute Virtue which having fought myself is pretty difficult. It's safe to say that if they were taking that long to take down the Warden then they were doing something wrong. SE is known for having odd ways to beat things for instance recently Ixion was added as a NM and you can't just fight him because if you aggro him he simply runs away. You have to take you time and do it right. Even though this group wasn't dying they were probably not doing something right.
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AshleyRiot - 504 days 15 hours ago
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That's insane. I can't wait to fight this.
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VA1N - 504 days ago
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This is Final Fantasy's attempt to get back in the limelight. A dying game making news by introducing something all the big names wouldn't dream of. Let it go FFXI, your time has passed!
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outlawlife - 503 days 22 hours ago
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way too long

if i spent that long on a boss i would stop and reflect on what other things i could have done in those 18+ hours
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solar - 503 days 21 hours ago
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seriously. come on ppl. they obviously were not using the right strat to take him down. no way in hell would a developer make a boss battle anywhere near that length. lets use our heads.
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