Is Garuda bugged?

[Superscooter]

Ever since I got the Garuda summon, she has been the *only* summon I've seen, like 20 times

[𝕊𝕌ℕ𝔼𝔸𝕋𝐸𝑅.]

Not bug, it happens to me too, only reason I can think of is that SQenix just want to remind player all the time of the quest associated with collaboration ffxiv that there're a bunch of weapons available for sell and you need to keep farming a certain items only obtainable from The Wind boss in that headquarter, that mean they want you to stick with this game as much as possible.

[UltimaHiryuu]

The other summons have specific in-game conditions for combat, before they have a chance to be summoned. I think it's just that Garuda's conditions are a lot more lenient.

[Superscooter]

Originally posted by UltimaHiryuu:

The other summons have specific in-game conditions for combat, before they have a chance to be summoned. I think it's just that Garuda's conditions are a lot more lenient.

I heard Garuda is a lot more lenient, but I mean the summon thing now pops up in just about every normal battle and if I so much as get scratched a little, the chance jumps up dramatically

[Dionysus 🐭]

Originally posted by ๐SunEater++!:

Not bug, it happens to me too, only reason I can think of is that SQenix just want to remind player all the time of the quest associated with collaboration ffxiv that there're a bunch of weapons available for sell and you need to keep farming a certain items only obtainable from The Wind boss in that headquarter, that mean they want you to stick with this game as much as possible.

Keep in mind that you can get the first 100 items from around the fort so that you only have to do the fight around a dozen times to get the best sword in the game.

[CatPerson]

Well, you have to remember that before Garuda, it was Ramuh who was the one who showed up 80% of the time. Ppl used to complain they went thru the entire game and never saw anyone but him (outside of the scripted moments). He's the only one beforehand who could show up in dungeons, too. Now it's Garuda who shows up, even more than Ramuh did and makes it even harder to get the rarer ones to show, but eh.

I don't think it's a bug per se. I think the dev's wanted her to show up more often than Ramuh but over-did it, and never adjust things/they didn't care to bother, any more than they cared to make Ramuh less prominent before that.

[CatPerson]

Oh, also, maybe it was just me, but I always felt like some of the gods were sort of scripted to show up only or mostly in certain area confines. Like, even if Leviathan has a "near water" aspect, she still would largely only show up in pretty specific spots/areas. Not just near *any* water.

Or with the lvl 99 Mech, for me it was almost always Shiva who showed up, except in those few spots where Leviathan would instead. And I think in over 1400 hours of play on console and PC, I've had Titan only once or twice, ever. He's hard to get to spawn.

Haven't tested Garuda in relation to such situations/spots recently tho. She may have taken over in those too.