FF9 expecting me to get to a certain point in 12 hours to get Excalibur.
Really great game though. I'll just have to force myself to "speedrun" some day.
In the re-releases, you can turn on 2x Speed and "Always hit 9999", which are built into the re-releases, and piss right all over this one. The 2x speed doesn't effect timers, so its very easy to get Excalibur 2 in under 6 hours. I can confirm it still pops the achievement.
Phantom Dust: getting hit by an attack that removes a skill or an aura particle. It's still a fun game and I can understand why it's there but it's both fun and annoying.
Thats why I always carried an "Eraser Barrier" to give those particular assholes a taste of their shit. The worst ones were the dickheads who's entire arsenal was Purples with a singular Psycho Knife. They always pulled that shit out when your arsenal had no counter and just papercut you to death once you literally can't do anything.
My favorite arsenal was Level Amp, Level Berserk, Heat, Graceful Woods, Speed Up, Rapid Cannon. Almost endless 5 damage rapid cannons, breaking shields and laughing through your invul frames. Another version swaps Rapid for Psycho Knife, both versions are pure rage inducing.
Also Reincarnation. Expensive skill to use, but jump character can only stop it using the enviorment, shields or lag. Head on, jumpers 100% cannot avoid it, so its a great tool for fucking them hard if they don't have any erase counters.
Thread Tax: Pretty much every single content update to Ultima Online. The game is 27 years old, and losing players daily, but keep making sure every new bit of content is so overpowered that only the 20+ year vets with their faggot ass clique guilds or mother fuckers running 6+ bot trains can do them comfortably. Or throw in an add-on event that requires a maxed out skill no ones uses (because its a fucking useless skill), that takes a month to train up if you aren't scripting or paying the stupid prices these 20 year vet boomer fucks want for the stat boost scrolls.
Oh, did I mention the current dev team is completely fucking useless, does nothing about bots, and their coder can't even code? The last boss event was literally just a reskin of the Christmas boss thats been around for like 10 years, because "programming is hard". This was supposed to be "new content". The one before that? Same Halloween event thats been running the past 5+ years, but ooh wow, this time they changed the drops from a nifty bone container to a useless decorative item. But it comes in 9 colors, be happy! Coding is hard guys!