Idea: Guardians’ Challenge

[jade willow]

So I have an idea where you could refight the guardians after you beat the game. This could occur at the Palace of peace. So you could refight the guardians at their standard fights, or try harder levels and earn rewards like gems (The currency). This would give some more post game content and a reason to get every rune. (Like some of the bosses could require “rarer”/more expensive runes)

This could add more post game engagement and if there were like challenges modifiers like the 1 hp challenge or no spirit energy recharge, it would get even more community engagement as player discuss different strategies to completing the different challenges.

I think this would also give players a reason to keep searching and keep hunting around for the runes and skill points so they can complete the Guardians’ challenge. Also you could add the final boss fights to this as another refight.

[reef wing]

This is a fun idea. I guess if anything it could be counted as "sparring matches" with the guardians or something. Would be fun to be able to challenge them again.

[kindred veldt]

I get why people want to be able to replay the encounters**(myself included)**, but story wise I don't see how it'd make sense. Even if they were a reenactable memory's or something, it'd only make little sense at best. Also ||I don't think it'd be a good idea only seeing Grimnir (or any of the other guardians) brought back in his corrupted form, and remembering only the worst of them all.||

[reef wing]

That’s why I suggested it could simply be a sparring match or something along the lines. For now I have just fought them again on another save file

[kindred veldt]

That make less sense

IMO

[reef wing]

Okay.

[jade willow]

I agree that it wouldn’t have to do with the story. It would just add a new extra challenge to the end of the game

[mighty ginkgo]

The idea wouldn't be bad if it weren't for the fact that it goes against the story and the lore, the guardians must be cleaned and then they become friends. If anything, it would be worth adding an ad hoc mode selectable from the menu, to be able to face them again and get rewards. But in game I don't think it would be a good idea.

[thick valley]

PLEASE YES IVE ALREADY BEGGED INTERNALLY FOR THIS CUZ I WANNA FIGHT THEM AGAIN BUT not HAVE TO REPLAY THE ENTIRE GAME FOR IT???

[mortal hinge]

You can make backup saves before encounters 👀

[thick valley]

As people have said, it could just be a friendly spar with the other animal guardians. The moveset being essentially the same but with their cleansed form.
But most importantly, I don't think the lore of the game should EVER be considered ABOVE replayability, QoL and otherwise enjoyment, that'd be downright poor game design. Even if the devs don't add a way to refight them in cleansed form, just being able to refight them in corrupted form would be litterally MY N.1 WISH FOF THIS GAME RN. It really dosent matter to me that it "goes against the lore" or could be unpleasant for some players??? I like *MOST OF the bosses and wanna be able to open the game and immediately fight them. Ideally, yes, a spar with their cleansed form, but I'm just hoping for anything to get back Into the arena and practice bosses all day!

[thick valley]

That'd still require me to replay it once JUST to get to them which is not very QoL don't you think? If I make a new save file, it'll be once I actually want to replay the game, not a boring sprint to all the bosses I like

[mortal hinge]

Yeah i know what you mean

[reef wing]

That’s what I meant with friendly sparring match but apparently that makes ”no sense”

[thick valley]

Blatantly wrong, and as i said something "not making sense" should NEVER be above having good replayability in your video game 🤦‍♀️

[reef wing]

Well you didn’t tell me that but someone else above did lol

But personally for me that is the only thing that makes sense if people want to argue about ”lore reasons”

But I think it would be cool to be able to fight them again, lore appropriate or not

[young raft]

Heck Borderlands 2 and 3 allowed you to refight bosses after you defeated them just for the loot aspect

[kindred veldt]

There's no need to yell all the time or tell people they're blatantly wrong. We're all here because we're passionate about the game. Even if you don't personally care about the story/lore or characters some people might. As I said earlier I want this in the game too, I'm just unsure still how it would best fit.

[young raft]

In borderlands some RAID bosses require a payment to get into the fight arena.
That could work here as well.
50c would be fine and you get a reward afterwards.

[thick valley]

I do care about the lore and characters? I'd consider myself at least a little bit of lore guy for most games. I'm just saying that lore should still never be a priority above those of game enjoyment and replay value. Also I was not yelling or mad, I just speak in the extreme alot of the time and I'm sorry if It came across this way, I kinda have no filter (I've heard it's common for autistic folk?) And speak my mind and I really think the idea that lore appropriateness is important above gameplay enjoyment is... kind of the wrong way to look at game? And again I'm saying this as a "lore guy" that would happily recite and speculate on the lore of the majority of games I've engaged with.
I'm glad you also want a way to redo the bosses, as I think I've made it obvious I think it'd be a great QoL improvement for gameplay, I'm just confused why you have an hesitation due to lore reasons, especially when the OP (imo) offered a nice work around Where you just challenge them in a duel

Sun and Moon Wolf are both my favorite to fight AND I love their story. Them and Ram is the reason I Soooo want this feature, I'd do those bosses a bazillion times for fun lol

[jade willow]

Wow, didn’t expect this to create such a argument

[kindred veldt]

Sorry. 😔

[kindred veldt]

Okay, my apologies.

[young raft]

Arguements like this are kinda a good thing.
It means people are pasionate

[jade willow]

I am not mad, just surprised