I'm really glad they're fixing the Atheon glitch. I was really bummed that both times I've done hard mode everyone else in the group refused to even try to kill Atheon the real way despite my continued protests that we would be able to if we gave it a shot.
Why do something the hard way when you can do it a much easier way?
Because it's not easier. Both times amounted to random trial and error trying to get the boss in a position where he'd be susceptible to falling off. Neither time was particularly quick, and finally getting him to actually do it isn't remotely rewarding.
It may have taken longer if we had actually done it for real, but at least it would have been down to everyone playing well and executing their roles. Doing it this way is completely random and there was no sense of accomplishment.
Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I don't typically like cheating when I feel like I can accomplish the task at hand without resorting to that. I like a challenge and I like overcoming challenge, it's part of why I enjoy playing games on high difficulty settings. If a game offers an easy way out I usually don't take it if I think it feels cheap, which is why I even go as far to not use pre-order items in RPGs because they often make the early game content too easy.
I don't begrudge anyone for wanting to do things the easy way, and I can understand the desire to "put one over" on the game by exploiting the hardest content in the game, that's just not how I like to play games.
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