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* [[MMORPG]]s have an unfortunate habit of sending players after these sorts of bad guys, especially for Raid encounters. Especially painful when [[Bladder of Steel|pausing hurts the team]]. |
* [[MMORPG]]s have an unfortunate habit of sending players after these sorts of bad guys, especially for Raid encounters. Especially painful when [[Bladder of Steel|pausing hurts the team]]. |
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** The all-time god-king of this trope is Pandemonium Warden of ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''. Absolute Virtue may be [[Nigh Invulnerability|practically invincible]], but [ |
** The all-time god-king of this trope is Pandemonium Warden of ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]''. Absolute Virtue may be [[Nigh Invulnerability|practically invincible]], but [https://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-xi-boss-causes-vomiting-takes-18-hours-to-beat-99391.phtml 18 hours, and the Warden still isn't dead?] Makes one wonder if the developers like leather and pain, really. |
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*** Square Enix has changed things in response to the bad press about Pandemonium Warden so that both it and Absolute Virtue are weakened and will vanish after two hours of fighting. However, while the new PW isn't unreasonable to beat within the alloted time, AV remains unbeaten without cheating. SE seems to be fond of the [[Guide Dang It]] [[Puzzle Boss]], except without the "guide" part. |
*** Square Enix has changed things in response to the bad press about Pandemonium Warden so that both it and Absolute Virtue are weakened and will vanish after two hours of fighting. However, while the new PW isn't unreasonable to beat within the alloted time, AV remains unbeaten without cheating. SE seems to be fond of the [[Guide Dang It]] [[Puzzle Boss]], except without the "guide" part. |
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*** While we're on the subject of AV: Square-Enix seems determined to make this guy literally unbeatable. Every time a group manages to defeat him, they claim that the method they used was "improper" and then patches him to cover that weakness. Even a strategy that Square-Enix ''themselves'' used to beat him, and subsequently ''published in a video'', was later patched. |
*** While we're on the subject of AV: Square-Enix seems determined to make this guy literally unbeatable. Every time a group manages to defeat him, they claim that the method they used was "improper" and then patches him to cover that weakness. Even a strategy that Square-Enix ''themselves'' used to beat him, and subsequently ''published in a video'', was later patched. |
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