User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Gogmazios/@comment-4969421-20160610143101

I'm kinda wartorn when it comes to Gogmazios.

For one, I really like its design. It's very unique, being a grotesque Elder Dragon whose massive size does not prevent it from flying. I had been waiting for a colossal monster able to fly for a long time. And it has oil and nukes! Gog bless America! Second, its second music theme is probably my favorite in the game. I just love it.

On the other hand, did we reeeaaally need FOUR Magalas in 4th gen? Gogmazios was a pretty bad Final Boss to me, there's a lot of things wrong with it. First there is the insane HP pool that makes it insane to solo. Then there's the terrible area design that makes you glitch through a mount 90% of the time. And lastly, it's just a reskinned Gore Magala. Go ahead and have the guts to tell me Gogmazios is original. Because it isn't. It has 3 new moves and the rest are just recycled Gore Magala attacks. Same animations and all. The cannons and ballista don't manage to make the fight better either, as Gogmazios just (literally) runs to you and then conveniently stands there waiting for you to shoot. And while I do admit two of the three attacks are very cool (specially the area destruction attack when it flies up), i t was very disappointing getting all the way up to the online final boss fighting nothing but old monsters and subspecies (save from Seregios) and then having it be an oversized Gore Magala.

Now I'm pretty much neutral about its equipment. The armor has random skills but it can be good if used right, and the weapons' design can be either awesome or edgy depending on your view. The sleep ailment is also random, although having a final boss with sleep weapons is pretty cool. That said, they still have terribly affinity and no slots so I never used one, although I did craft them for the weapon award.

So yeah, if it were to return, they should give it a completely new fighting style. Until that day, I don't care if we don't see the giant halberd dragon again. Although I secretly hope they do update it, even if it's just to listen to that glorious second theme again.