TaiwanMS defeats pink bean legally

I too think 12 hours is a bit much. 3 hours is very possible, and any version would be able to beat it in that time. This group, while it's great that they beat him/her/it, (I wouldn't be able to sit for 5 hours straight holding a button.) had too much trouble. One of the ranged actually was doing 3k damage a hit every now and then, and PB alone took over 3 hours.

Maybe TMS doesn't have apples? The 12 Hour Time Limit doesn't really matter much because any version with apples will either fail or beat it before then anyway. It's true that the 1 Hour Time Limit was most of the challenge, but since most Horntail runs take 30-45 minutes, there is probably no way that GMS would consistently be able to take down 7.65b HP in the allotted time. Maybe it is statistically possible but I doubt it would be practical.

Though this means we can learn from them. PB alone, like others have instantly noticed, is more than half the fight and the toughest of them all, what with super knock-back and many other skills. What bothered me more than the time limit in this run was that all the major statues were nerfed. There was no insane damage that killed ranged in one hit. Ariel was supposed to do over 10k damage on some hits, and PB was to do over 20k. (If memory serves right.) It was why so many people die on this boss. (Besides lag and accidents.) But these bosses had all their major attacks just turned into 1/1 attacks. Heck, PB didn't even have his huge microphone attack.

What exactly was nerfed? According to the Phase 5 video, Ariel still does around 13k damage with the Genesis attack, no clue if those ranged were just heavily HP washed or if there is another way they survived but here is a screenshot from the video of Ariel's Genesis damage:

In my honest opinion, the timer should be increased to 4 hours, not 12. This gives plenty of time to beat the boss to most groups in all versions. I picked 4 because it's enough time that it's not real stressful, and it also keeps groups that don't really know what they're doing and half of them stand around half of the time doing nothing from beating it and getting rewards for little work or challenge involved. Also might cut down on those trying to buy PB pendents.

I doubt a group that doesn't know what they're doing would be able to beat a Boss with 7.65b HP, no matter how much time is allowed. Maybe 12 hours is a bit much but overall I think these changes are reasonable. It makes no sense to release a boss that is unbeatable, it's just a waste of time and effort to create it. In my opinion, they should nerf the Pre-Quests too, they are such a hassle to do that it makes people not even want to attempt runs. =/