On June 2nd, Final Fantasy XIV received the new Ultimate Dancing Madness (fatal). One week later, the first group cleared the fight, but no one believes they did it without cheating.
What is Dancing Madness (fatal)? Final Fantasy XIV has been releasing the so-called fatal fights, also known as Ultimates, for a few years now. These are new, very challenging combat content for all players who have completed the current 8-man raid on hard mode.
Dancing Madness (fatal) went live on June 2, 2026. In this fight, the boss enemy Kefka Palazzo from Final Fantasy VI faces the players. The first group to win the fight after Phase 5 on June 7, 2026, is Name TBD
. They documented this with a step-by-step video instead of streaming their progress.
Current members of Name TBD were part of GRIND in 2024, the team that achieved the World First in the Ultimate A Second Future (fatal)
. GRIND were accused of cheating back then. Thus, many players now find it hard to believe that Name TBD achieved a truly cheat-free victory, as discussed on Reddit and X.com.
Ultimate completed, but was everything above board?
What is the community doubting? The community is specifically concerned that one has to rely solely on the guild’s promise that they did not cheat. Most teams chasing the World First stream their attempts on Twitch. This allows guilds to learn strategies, but cheaters get caught.
In 2024, a single red pixel became the guild GRIND’s downfall, which came from a third-party tool. However, third-party tools are prohibited in Final Fantasy XIV and are therefore not allowed in the race for the World First.
What do the organizers of the competition say? The competition is organized by the website Mogtalk, not Square Enix itself. The organizers published an article on their website. In it, they reiterate the rules. Additionally, there is an assurance from the lead of Name TBD:
The team leader assured me that the players did not use any tools or plugins that violate our rules. They also provided access to their recordings so that the public can analyze them to build trust. If the public detects a rule violation in the videos, we will respond accordingly.
The recordings are stored in a public playlist on YouTube.
At the time of this news, there are still no concrete indications of misconduct by Name TBD. The second place in the World First race went to the guild DN in the fight against Kefka. Banana Codex secured third place.
There may be more World First races in the future: The launch of Aion 2 in the West has been announced for September 2026. Finally, the announcement for Guild Wars 3, which is set to follow in 2027, was made at the Summer Game Fest. Both games are from NCSoft. Now it is known how the games are supposed to differ from each other: Guild Wars 3 is supposed to differ significantly from Aion 2, NCSoft reveals the focus of ArenaNet’s MMO
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