#endgame-lounge

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thin fox
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I haven't even cleared Necron yet

fierce matrix
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Unsheathing them

thin fox
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because its just so boring

fierce matrix
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Nah

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Its cause your bad

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Clearly

jagged aspen
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yea necron is kinda meh

thin fox
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def the biggest miss this expac imo

fierce matrix
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Prob cant do mm2

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What a bozo

thin fox
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idk what mm2 even is

fierce matrix
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EXACTLY

thin fox
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do u think i remember mechanic names in this game

fierce matrix
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Yes

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Limit cut

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Nisi

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Protean

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Gavel

thin fox
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counterpoint: limit cut refers to 1000 completely unrelated mechanics

sly basin
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mm2 = mama mia 2

fierce matrix
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BUT IS IT A MECHANIC

thin fox
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gavel is just nisi that doesn't even count

fierce matrix
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All the relativities

thin fox
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its so strange that this game makes it incredibly difficult to share hud layouts between characters

fierce matrix
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Wrath of the heavens

thin fox
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ik theres a plogon for it but

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plogone

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I do not fucking remember the relativity names ICANT

fierce matrix
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Advanced

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Ultimate

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Basic

random needle
loud nymph
fierce matrix
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Demolition deathmatch

thin fox
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yeah ik how to do it its just

fierce matrix
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Debris deathmatch

thin fox
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its strange the game doesnt let you do it in game

loud nymph
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yea

fierce matrix
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Cause

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SpAgEhTtI CoDE

loud nymph
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but like when did sqex ever do things for quality of life

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it took uh

fierce matrix
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Remember chat we just need more people to unsub to get things

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Like glamour

loud nymph
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12 years to get an actual "repair all" button

fierce matrix
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Where is my extract all button

zealous meteor
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where's the limit cut alignment chart

fierce matrix
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Ffs

loud nymph
fierce matrix
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My b

jagged aspen
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Does anyone have a list of normal raid pieces used?

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So I can skip crafting those pieces

loud nymph
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for which job

jagged aspen
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All of them

loud nymph
jagged aspen
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Or well, all roles if we want to avoid job specific funnies

robust shoal
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nraid pieces are universally cheeks

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or at least healer/tank are

jagged aspen
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healer pants are decent no?

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ive seen them in some lists i think

loud nymph
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NIN is only using 1 nraid piece (neck) because crafted has SkS, I assume VPR is the same

jagged aspen
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oh yea i forget melee have funny sets, my melee is DRG

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and i already have aiming set crafted

loud nymph
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presumably DRG/RPR would avoid any crafted piece with SkS too

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but I haven't looked at those

jagged aspen
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but for dnc for instance you still want crafted piece if its penta

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since raid is det/dht

fierce matrix
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And thats only for some people with certain gcd speeds

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And its also like a 100 dps loss or something

jagged aspen
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im assuming most people dont want to dump tomes?

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maybe except WF

fierce matrix
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Most people are going to doing it for w1

jagged aspen
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and im not dumping tomes on alt jobs anyway

fierce matrix
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Youll be behind a week on tomes

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But it doesnt matter since you wont have the augments anyway

jagged aspen
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2 weeks if its pants?

thin fox
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wf are probs just not playing jobs that require it lol

fierce matrix
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Its only accessories

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Because of sps/sks accessories

jagged aspen
thin fox
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its less that it matters for wf

fierce matrix
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Stop putting sks/sps on crafter gear yoshi p NM_peepoToiletCrying

thin fox
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and its more that wf players are typically people who want to be done with the raids

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asap

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which means not forcing an extra week of tomes

jagged aspen
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healer pants have piety

zealous meteor
jagged aspen
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which is worse than sps

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unless youre planning to spam raise

loud nymph
thin fox
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I need 8.0 rn tbh

thin fox
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so we can have our CUTE Au Ra villain

remote gate
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i give you my true, kinger

zealous meteor
fierce matrix
thin fox
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idc what 8.0 story is

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it having Halmarut means its peak

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cinema

jagged aspen
remote gate
fierce matrix
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Idk what you bis set is using but just follow it then

jagged aspen
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i guess ill just craft everything, 1 item is not a big deal anyway

fierce matrix
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If you have it pulled up just look at that and go crazy

jagged aspen
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i just wanted alt job sets just in case

fierce matrix
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I mean

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Just look at the sets lmao

jagged aspen
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they have normal pants in the mid piety set

fierce matrix
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Whatever gcd speed you want for whatever job, see what normal raid gear it uses if any and then craft the rest

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Then yeah just craft everything but the pants then lol

jagged aspen
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pants are 3 tokens?

fierce matrix
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4

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1 drops from 9 and 10, 2 drop from 11 and 12

sly basin
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whats the name of the new raid food btw..

fierce matrix
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Matters

jagged aspen
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caramel popcorn

fierce matrix
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Caramel popcorn is for most

sly basin
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matters??

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oh ok

fierce matrix
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Yes

jagged aspen
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if you need crit/det

fierce matrix
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There is different food for different people lol

jagged aspen
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isnt it only like, sch

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or all healers ig

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if they want sps

sly basin
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wol pulling out this before raids

fierce matrix
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BLM wants sps too

torn mesa
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better than mate cookie

fierce matrix
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2.15 my goat

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😤

torn mesa
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just some healers/BLM AFAIK

zealous meteor
vast jacinth
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I wanted caramel popcorn :(

zealous meteor
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i can't believe my bis food makes me a CANNIBAL

hasty lodge
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Why would SCH prefer spell speed over determination?

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I've never really looked into it but assumed it was Crit>Det>spell speed>>>>>>>>>piety(useless)

robust shoal
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stacking sks/sps in a vacuum is very good because it has increasing returns like crit does (it takes the same amount to lower 0.01 off your gcd each tier but that's a larger fraction of your gcd as you get faster)

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almost all jobs just have parts of their kit that don't scale with speed (mostly cooldown-gated damage) so that's why it's not widely done

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but more broils is more broils

hasty lodge
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But more Determination is also just more Broil damage right? Is there a sweetspot for where one is better?

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I found det is better for me as if I mess up and don't click a gcd at least the last broil did more damage, because my determination is higher, but I guess the answer to that is "dont mess up"

jagged aspen
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is ex1/2 still 1 totem per kill and you need 100?

loud nymph
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yes and yes

vast jacinth
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Yes

jagged aspen
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jeez why

loud nymph
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because square enix hates us

vast jacinth
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They never change totem drop rate

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They only up mount drop rate

tall field
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We will look into methods of gearing

robust shoal
tall field
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The wise words of the devs

robust shoal
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also if you end up at a weird gcd by avoiding piety, may as well lower it some more to 2.40 or 2.31 for alignment

tall field
robust shoal
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esteem is a pretty cool guy

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or girl

hasty lodge
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Trying to find the best gear I can access as I don't run savage/ex content but want to just have the best stuff (apart from the actual best xD)

boreal pumice
jagged aspen
loud nymph
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not really high ish

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you'll see it once in every like 10 clears

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instead of once in like 50

remote gate
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whats the drop rate on the crafted mat btw

jagged aspen
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in train? decent

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ive seen it maybe 5 times in 20 ish clears

jagged aspen
remote gate
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neato maybe ill get lucky and get it myself (it'll drop and I roll a 22)

jagged aspen
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are you going for train chocobo?

boreal pumice
jagged aspen
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you can desynth them already?

boreal pumice
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im assuming so

jagged aspen
remote gate
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im a lalafell imagine how funny it'll be to ride a tiny train chocobo

zealous meteor
jagged aspen
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the bardings only work on the basic chocobo though?

zealous meteor
boreal pumice
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always on the basic choco

remote gate
boreal pumice
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the fusion of soken and yoshi p yes

remote gate
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incredible

jagged aspen
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idgi my inventory keeps getting full

loud nymph
jagged aspen
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for like a couple mil

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10% droprate on a boss that dies pretty fast

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should be decently attractive maybe

loud nymph
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I guess

boreal pumice
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not like you guys have anything else going on you got 3 weeks till savage

peak compass
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ive just been running archfiend when im bored still not got everything from there yet

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whilst i wait for savage

lyric summit
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i still dont know what to play in savage

valid solar
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bard

boreal pumice
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spin the wheel

lyric summit
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no we alr got prange gamer

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im the melee/caster

valid solar
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cooked

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whats available

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I see

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rdm

lyric summit
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probably

valid solar
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with their new extendable sword

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its gonna be a good time

loud nymph
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can anyone who has cleared ex and has a weapon confirm

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do the weapons make choo choo noises when you pull them out

valid solar
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they make the ding ding ding ding

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sound

loud nymph
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Dang so close and yet so far

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got to car 6 in PF last night before ddos ruined it

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arcane revelation is easy

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just use ears

loud nymph
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aw I was hoping for train whistle, still awesome though

thin fox
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anyway

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my speculation for 8.0 is they're gonna move every job to one button combos like picto and viper

timber stratus
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hope so, FINALLY we can enjoy the CINEMATIC experience fr

lyric summit
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if there's enough things in the other parts of the kit to keep you busy I'm all for it

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but at the same time nonstandard 123 creates some of my fav jobs

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opomax or mch ammo is really good

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even dealing with procs on rdm or dnc would fall under it

thin fox
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time to go meet a celebrity

remote gate
thin fox
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such a bizarre bug

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what even changes internally to allow this to happen

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"this random enemy in a heavensward area doesnt spawn properly"

random needle
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Current hypothesis is that it's related to Beastmaster

remote gate
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imagine if this was the teaser for beastmaster

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and we keep getting these lv 1 . mobs in other areas

sly basin
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i met feristal from tiwtter pogianger and died immediatly

jade nimbus
visual geyser
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lol

hasty lodge
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Just move to Europe :3

sly basin
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does europe have good texmex

hasty lodge
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We have it, if it's good I can't say

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Going to assume no 😭

sly basin
hasty lodge
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Twitter? I hardly know her

sick dirge
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uhm ackshually its X

flat bane
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naaaaahhh skeletonspin

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no way the doomtrain weapon makes choo choo noises when unsheated

worldly grotto
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It’s so peak

wicked delta
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The fuck is a texmex

jagged aspen
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oh do they? i glammed over mine

flat bane
jolly flume
valid solar
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anyways

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are y'all 3-6-9 gamers or 3-3-12 gamers

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(bard)

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well I think with crafted you're forced to do 3-3-12 because of skill speed

loud nymph
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I am giga casual on BRD but 3-3-12

sly basin
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usually cute or silly ones

jolly flume
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the difference literally doesn't matter I did 3-3-12 on .50 and still farmed like 97-98

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just flip a coin

valid solar
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oh yeah im sure it doesnt matter until the very tip end of optimization

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lowkey speaking facts

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I had a caster who took r1

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and I kinda felt bad for them watching them run forward and back

loud nymph
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just say raidplan

jolly flume
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what's slide 6

worldly grotto
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Is it like slide 7

loud nymph
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it's a different set of spreads for 3 puffs during intermission

jolly flume
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SIX SEVENNNNN

valid solar
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this is 6

loud nymph
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6 has r1 north

trim frost
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rdps rankings for train, apparently

valid solar
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this is what hector does

jolly flume
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I saw one on twitter that was 5x static spots and phys range fuck off this morning

loud nymph
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30 (Hector) has all the ranged south

valid solar
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the problem with all ranged south is if the caster is group 1 they need to run north for stack

jolly flume
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why don't they just do

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melees h1 stack on the orb

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ranged h2 fuck off

trim frost
loud nymph
clear plume
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this is solved by not being r1 as caster like a normal person

jolly flume
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that was our blind strat

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seemed pretty fine

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I still think static spot is probably

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best option though

loud nymph
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basically this

jolly flume
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at least if tanks can be trusted

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idk if they can

loud nymph
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but it does come down to do you trust your tanks to not cleave the melees

jolly flume
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that but you can move them even further and have someone stand dead center under the orb

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that might be a little sketch

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but minimum 4 people

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can just afk

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it's just revolutionary again

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gl tanks

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lock in

wicked delta
jolly flume
wicked delta
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That was the nicest way I could put it

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🙂

jolly flume
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all my friends so toxic man

wicked delta
loud nymph
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the other thing I'll say

loud nymph
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but phys ranged aren't people

rapid whale
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ya seems better

loud nymph
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so they don't deserve it

sly basin
jolly flume
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👶

trim frost
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five eight

zealous meteor
sly basin
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i think being a little toxic is good for ur soul

loud nymph
remote gate
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especially when ur in the right

jolly flume
wicked delta
valid solar
placid gulch
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Me no in balance discord, any word on SMN prebis?

remote gate
trim frost
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i would just join balance personally

placid gulch
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Ty ty

remote gate
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post savage

terse zodiac
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Dont have to join their discord either can just go to their website

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But discord is usually updated first

clear plume
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mfs ddosing at 11 am on a friday to ruin my dungeon runs

pale blade
loud nymph
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I usually greet with "Gamers"

pale blade
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Gamers,

random needle
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o/ is DF standard though

robust shoal
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\o

clear plume
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Im stealing ni haowdy

pale blade
jolly flume
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ni haowdy is criminal

pale blade
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How can that be made worse and combined with meowdy though

rain geode
jolly flume
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meowdy everynyan makes me want to commit war crimes

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please be serious

rain geode
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but if your a cat you have to make at least a few cat puns

sick dirge
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make more original puns

rain geode
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Why reinyanvent the wheel

sick dirge
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do i wanna google that word

proper cave
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Annyeongyeehawseyo

jolly flume
lime ridge
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this one is just setting yourself up for loss

mossy eagle
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o/ should absolutely be top tier

sick dirge
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now we need a tier list of things people say when a duty finishes

mossy eagle
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Simple flowchart:

Run was ok to good: tyfp
Run was dogshit: ""
Run was really dogshit: "please consult The Balance."

robust shoal
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I sit there for 10 seconds in case someone wants to commend me then leave without walking to the exit

rain geode
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I just hit em with the gg

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even if it was bg

zealous meteor
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how to read sam:
"gg!" > gg
"gg" > holy shit you're so bad you should delete the game

mossy eagle
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Actually the real winner is being in a prog party that's memeing and then hitting them with "tyfp" and then immediately leaving

visual geyser
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O/ is in S

pale blade
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I think I posted this the other day but I got the comms and they didn’t

visual geyser
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Asking for comm lmao

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Whoever has the coolest portrait gets the comm

verbal frost
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Whoever is Viera gets my comm

thin tartan
proper cave
random needle
alpine plover
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endgame lounge

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i need your wisdom again

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how would you define a soft enrage?

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like i know what it is but idk how i can formulate for a friend

robust shoal
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A soft enrage makes it untenable rather than impossible to continue

finite plank
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something that hits really hard that you can survive, but it's preferable you don't deal with it in such a way

random needle
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When the boss keeps doing one attack over and over without any more mechanical variation or skill than just "stay alive and kill it before it kills you" maybe?

worldly grotto
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Something like the TEA enrage maybe?

finite plank
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i.e.

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not killing shit in time in m6s

worldly grotto
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It doesn't outright kill you but the more people get trapped in stasis the less likely it is to clear

robust shoal
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Jwaves is a soft enrage but perfect alex is a hard enrage

finite plank
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not killing ray in time so the arena is flooded

worldly grotto
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So more mechanics led rather than "This is my ultimate fuck you move now die"

finite plank
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not killing the squirrel things in time so everyone now has stacks of bleed

random needle
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Yeah TEA is a hard enrage, if you don't kill it before everyone is trapped you are guaranteed to lose at a specific time

alpine plover
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i have noted , thank you

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i like the squirels example

mossy eagle
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For additional context, soft enrages used to be more common, but during one of the Coils fights people found a way to cheese the soft enrage, hence the shift to hard enrages over time

random needle
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Hmmm... Is Bahamut with Damage Up in UCoB p5 considered a soft enrage?

mossy eagle
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You can kind of sort of combine them. Sonic Shatter from P5S and Terminal Relativity from E12SP2 mimic the feel of a soft enrage but those fights still have hard enrages

mossy eagle
random needle
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I mean, soft enrages are already meant to effectively be fail states, it's just that people are worryingly good at making them Not That

mossy eagle
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I guess I define failure state slightly differently then

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Failure state to me is incorrectly solving a mechanic, leading to the fight ending prematurely

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Vs. Enrage which is more "you got through the fight but you're out of time"

terse zodiac
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The ucob isnt a soft enrage bc its not an enrage

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But its close enough

mossy eagle
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Yeah the devs clearly never intended players to beat Golden with the damage up

terse zodiac
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E12 ending is the closest we've had afaik since really early

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Or ig m8s is similar

finite plank
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if e12 is considered one

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then there's harrowing hell

terse zodiac
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Unsolvable hard engrages are the best imo like harrowing

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Just adds flavor

finite plank
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i dont consider those soft enrages, it's not a failure difficulty but a mitcheck

mossy eagle
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Hate boring raidwides

finite plank
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if it soft enrage is considered that

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then it's just a mitcheck

mossy eagle
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Yeah that's why I said "kind of sort of combined".

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It's absolutely not a soft enrage

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It just mimics the mits and heals that would be put into delaying a soft enrage

finite plank
random needle
terse zodiac
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Yeah most of arcadion had good enrages

rain geode
modern helm
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Hey all is this the place to discuss the train EX?

rain geode
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you can

sick dirge
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go for it

modern helm
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Which of these do I boost, and which do I mute to hear that train audio cue

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Because I can not hear it.

rain geode
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I believe its under sound effects

loud nymph
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it is

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but you'd probably also want to turn the others down

sick dirge
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maybe lower BGM or completely turn it of

rain geode
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Unfortuantly most of the combat noises are ALSO under sound effects afaik

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turning BGM down might help

loud nymph
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personally I just stopped trying to listen for it and just stare at the big train

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easier for me

rain geode
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Thats also an option (tho I tend to lose the little train when I do that)

modern helm
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I gotta be honest, this might be my limit

loud nymph
modern helm
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I've got the wings (or enough totems to get the wings) on all the other fights

loud nymph
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I think as long as you hang out near mid though you should be fine

modern helm
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but I do not see myself going 99 rounds with this thing.

sick dirge
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understandable tbh

rain geode
loud nymph
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yeah for sure

low hearth
rain geode
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Ill probably go the 50 rounds I really want a pair of wings

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then again you cant buy the wings for forever so maybe I wont

modern helm
alpine plover
rain geode
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although I was healing and necron has a lot of annoyances for healers

visual geyser
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I turned down bgm for the new ex

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Makes it a lot easier

thin fox
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yuuuuuuuuuuuuup

sick dirge
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lol

thin fox
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so NA has 0 chance of winning wf for savage

modern helm
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I still can not hear it at all

craggy marsh
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Is there a lore reason why FFXIV gets ddos'd every day

zealous meteor
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we killed zodiark and now He can no longer protect us from attacks

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the true villain was ddos all along

thin fox
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if you so you can just look at the higher up train to see the visual cue instead of relying on the audio one

loud nymph
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yeah that's kinda what I was saying, just watch the blue plumes out of the big train

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horn -> look at train -> count blue -> look at smaller train -> go to spot accordingly

hot rose
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Never let the opps win

craggy marsh
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LONG LIVE THE KING

hot rose
low hearth
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That song is so goofy omg

craggy marsh
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Its funny bc it doesnt match what m12 is showing at all

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Epic music for boring mechanics

sick dirge
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seriously

hot rose
sick dirge
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M11N was unironically more engaging KEKW

low hearth
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It doesn’t even go well with the fight 😭

hot rose
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Where they save EVERYTHING for savage

sick dirge
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surely M12S will be peak

hot rose
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👁️👄👁️

rapid whale
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god forbid a man have fun

hot rose
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No i kinda LIVE

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Its so camp lool

rapid whale
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the budget was like

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20 bucks, a pack of cigarettes, and a case of beer lol

hot rose
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He’s dancing like he just 👃 ❄️

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🤭

loud nymph
low hearth
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Light it up.

loud nymph
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I'M SINISTER, UNDER YOUR SKIN, IN LACE AND LEATHER

dapper zealot
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I like the theory that it's our song, not the boss's

random needle
dapper zealot
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Unstoppable force meets an immovable object

sick dirge
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mb didnt mean to ping

loud nymph
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literally pixel perfect

low hearth
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Never had a choice…

sick dirge
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this the type of shit id expect from a lalafell but

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damn KEKW

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the confidence they had in that pixel is admirable

modern helm
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I got carried to 2 clears

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did not feel earnt at all

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Party would probly been better off if I just lay there dead and my drone shot for me.

low hearth
limpid edge
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WUK LAMAT

modern helm
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But I need to be R2 to signal that I'm just gonna follow the party and do nothing of worth or note.

limpid edge
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i love playin tank to ignore intermission

sick dirge
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hey a clear is a clear

limpid edge
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can you full uptime intermission on tank? I'm afraid to greed the cleave

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i always miss one gcd there

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on each cleave

low hearth
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It is easier than Necron yea

oak drift
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Would this include the shadowbringers alliance raid as endgame or just purely dawntrail stuff?

low hearth
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Wiping to those towers at the end of ex5 was crazy man

low hearth
oak drift
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Ty ty

scarlet lintel
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i hope brainded revelation doesn't stick :/

limpid edge
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bwaindead?

scarlet lintel
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idk what exactly it is but it involves tank lb and i dont wanna think about it

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braindead intermission is fine but revelation like idk

clear plume
limpid edge
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i lose 3 cuz each cleave

#

maybe 4 if there are dps deaths

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MY DPS!!!!!!!

scarlet lintel
#

i usually lose 2 or 3 per cleave

limpid edge
#

wait prob more cuz i play super safe on the cleave

#

i aint no greeder

#

i like wait for animation

#

it prob snapshots half a second before

loud nymph
#

So hopefully it's dead and buried

scarlet lintel
#

i know that sometimes my primarl rend perfectly happens after the snapshot but it like depends on how i've done my rotation up to that point so i stopped doing it after i killed the party once

loud nymph
#

Fuck

clear plume
scarlet lintel
#

what about the third

loud nymph
#

revelation is not even hard

#

why would you need to braindead it

limpid edge
#

the bd strat might make a comeback cuz i saw a host advertise it and swear by it

scarlet lintel
#

also i literally dont understand theres like a chance of missing 1 gcd per revelation like its not that deep

#

its literally so easy and just follow someone if u dont know how to do it 😭

limpid edge
#

follow someone might be too late

#

at least from my experience, people that wait to follow someone are usually too slow, they get hit by the revelation circle

alpine plover
#

ok whm is now pretty goated in chaotic

#

🔥

limpid edge
#

cuz of network delay and all that

#

i just listen for sound and then look at where circle ends up. That worked for me except for this one time it didnt make a sound and killed everyone

sly basin
modern helm
#

literally turned off all other sounds

sick dirge
#

wild thumbnail

craggy marsh
# scarlet lintel

I'm sorry but if you need a braindead strat to do revelation then you dont deserve a clear

sly basin
#

if every strat is braindead, are they truly braindead....

scarlet lintel
#

sometims it doesnt make a sound, i thuoght maintenance would fix that but it apparently hasnt

#

either way i just look at body language if that happens

alpine plover
#

which one is revelation again

limpid edge
#

moving circle boi

alpine plover
#

the
/
\ /
?

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oh so that one

#

do i dare ask how is the braindead strat for it

limpid edge
#

2 tanks top left and 6 others top right. Stay there and mit when circle hits you

scarlet lintel
#

its funny how it just moves all responsibility to the healers instead

thin fox
#

ngl lowkenuinely excited for upcoming msq now because of the patch

sick dirge
#

people actually need a braindead strat for that?

#

lul

limpid edge
#

need is a strong word, it's more like they're just lazy and want to make farming as simple as possible

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i hear JP is standardizing it and im sure they can do it the "normal" way

limpid edge
#

we standardized sphene flares too but im sure PF is capable of doing the normal way as well

alpine plover
#

ok it's braindead but not for the correct reason

limpid edge
#

if we ever learned it

thin fox
random needle
thin fox
#

at least in NA i 95% see non-braindead

low hearth
craggy marsh
#

it makes farming simple until you get the shit healers who can't do it and then people blame them instead of the party just doing the mechanic normally

limpid edge
low hearth
#

And then you just super mit I think

limpid edge
#

i had the timing for normal way down so i didnt want to learn another way

low hearth
#

You can solo the stack on tank ngl

#

With like 5% health left

random needle
#

I really hope Hector doesn't make a vid for this, this doesn't need to be legitimized

craggy marsh
#

I still think EX4 was only a shit show in pf bc of hectors video doing a different strat then what pf was already used to

limpid edge
sick dirge
#

mmm

limpid edge
#

PF i wouuldnt trust yet until we well overgear the fight

#

like 790 gear

wicked delta
#

Hector live reaction

limpid edge
#

which works for me since i generally dont farm wings early. I wait until we gear up

low hearth
#

End of expansion movement ngl

sick dirge
limpid edge
#

i'll also farm if there's a merc party but ... <=5m and all the merc parties ive been in were traps

sick dirge
#

this strat so ass...

wicked delta
#

It was literally in reaction to a braindead strat shared in here like 😭

sick dirge
#

surely he doesnt make a separate video

limpid edge
#

hector's generally doesnt make another video unless the normal strat really sucked

worldly grotto
limpid edge
#

whcih i think the normal rev strat is fine

sick dirge
#

makes sense

limpid edge
#

he made one for... raining cats cuz it's the hardest mech in Dawntrail and needed a better one

undone tide
#

chat

#

i’m gonna miss cruiserweight

rapid whale
#

all the fights this expansion have been p fun

wicked delta
rapid whale
#

that's still p fun

undone tide
#

cooly?

wicked delta
undone tide
#

i like m3s because it’s challenging to get full uptime

#

cruiserweight is perhaps my favorite raid tier of all time

modern helm
#

3/50
Got absolutely hard carried across the finish line.

low hearth
clear plume
#

Honestly cruiserweight was a fun tier to prog, awful to reclear

rain geode
#

they are sorta hard to hear (and sometimes arcane revalation just bugs out and doesnt give you an audio cue)

undone tide
limpid edge
#

did bout 15 clears, one time didnt make a sound

#

SE might have to add another SFX volume slider for mechs only

#

or split between player and enemy SFX

#

ideally they give us an individual volume slider for every ability in the game....!

undone tide
#

i think SE is leaning a lot towards execution based mechanics in savage rather than puzzles

#

i don’t know how i feel about that

#

if they’re going to do that i feel failure needs to be more punishing

whole estuary
#

make everyone personally solve Superchess for the next raid

limpid edge
#

what if puzzles were less precictable w/ many possible solutions? Then they can be more fun to do non-blind

whole estuary
#

add catchpas to Interphos

undone tide
#

you pick the one that’s easiest

limpid edge
#

i also say less predictable in a sense that the easiest solution might not always be a solution for one instance.

#

as for how they can design a puzzle like that without being too much of a brain-twister... hmm not sure, upto to the expert puzzle makers to figure it out

sleek moon
undone tide
#

and body checks are a bad thing?

sleek moon
#

excessive ones are

undone tide
#

ok

#

so just have a few

#

lol

sleek moon
#

people like mr ozma dont know the meaning of a few

undone tide
#

if you get hit by an avoidable aoe you should die

#

i thought p10s was a great fight even in pf

sleek moon
#

i think its a good fight but remove the pf from that sentence lol

undone tide
#

fights should never be designed around pf

sleek moon
#

yeah well, fights should never be designed around only statics either

limpid edge
#

here lies the crux of trying to balance for a large range of players: P10S was a beloved fight but many people also complained about body checks

sleek moon
#

all kinds of people play the game

craggy marsh
#

Bodychecks are fine until you have a fight like P10 yeah

#

Not every mechanic needs to be a bodycheck

rain geode
craggy marsh
#

Golbez EX suffered this too

sleek moon
#

but its also the placement of body checks

undone tide
#

its just a classic square thing, we’ve overcorrected to there being no body checks

clear plume
#

@jolly flume

undone tide
sleek moon
#

like the issue of golbez is they put a mechanic that apparently is hard for most people to execute, and immediately follow it with a body check

#

zero recovery time

undone tide
rain geode
limpid edge
#

5 y/os who can game sure

undone tide
wicked delta
undone tide
#

is my point

#

designing fights around them would not be challenging

rain geode
#

like the last thing I want is to not be able to play the game anymore

undone tide
#

being a good player in this game does not help you at all

craggy marsh
#

But an ex? Idk chief

undone tide
#

one to two bad players in a group can ruin a party

sleek moon
#

4th floor too should be fine to have many body checks

craggy marsh
#

Ya the 4th floor should have hard mechs that require consistency

rain geode
#

All Im gonna say is a decent PF should be able to clear a fight

craggy marsh
#

But dont make the 2nd fight of the tier be bodycheck city

sleek moon
#

like ideally as you progress a tier it starts mostly personal responsibility and shifts to party

#

but they didn't stick to that at all in panda

undone tide
thin fox
craggy marsh
#

Necron was just

#

Boring

rain geode
craggy marsh
#

But thats the curse of an off savage patch ex

wicked delta
#

I mean

craggy marsh
#

SoS being an exception to the rule

wicked delta
#

What do you mean by that exactly

#

Designed around PF

#

Because do you mean that the lowest skill people in PF should be able to clear it?

thin fox
#

see: Destiny 2

rain geode
#

Generally speaking reasonably skill players should be able to clear a fight in PF

wicked delta
#

Or around week 1 savage/ultimate people

rain geode
#

thats what I mean

sleek moon
#

also i moved to materia just to craft because im scared of ddos

#

this place is a ghost town

craggy marsh
sleek moon
#

i only see other voyagers

wicked delta
#

The skill pool of PF is so vast that I don’t think its really a thing

undone tide
#

i want to say materia only had 2k native active players

#

in the last luckybancho

#

for comparison, aether alone had 80k ish

craggy marsh
#

If someone is "decently skilled" at the game then they should absolutely be able to handle 95% of the mechanics in this game

sleek moon
#

they even have housing first come first serve still, no lottery

sleek moon
#

you can go to shirogane and grab that plot 30 anytime

undone tide
wicked delta
#

So im just not sure what it means

craggy marsh
#

The average player thinks dungeons are too hard

dull drum
craggy marsh
#

Fucking, people thought Shinryu NORMAL was too hard

#

A fucking NORMAL trial

rain geode
undone tide
rain geode
#

like I dont think the people struggling with dungeons are the average they're a very vocal minority

wicked delta
#

Most the playerbase doesn’t even raid as is

rapid whale
#

tew not even 40% of the community participates in ex trials

dull drum
#

i can literally drop the whole thread for the fifth time

#

people thought alexandria first boss was too hard

rapid whale
#

less than 20% participate in savage

wicked delta
#

When we say the average player is bad its like an objective truth bc they don’t touch the content

craggy marsh
#

I can drop the "Dead Ends is too hard" post too

wicked delta
#

Lmao

dull drum
craggy marsh
#

People said Dead Ends had savage mechanics

sick dirge
#

thats

#

ok

rain geode
#

I mean sure you can post the forum that only proves that they are vocal

sick dirge
#

LOL

dull drum
#

i bet it was the first/second boss

wicked delta
#

The only boss I can think of is the second one

rain geode
#

whereas in my games I rarely see parties actually struggle to clear content

wicked delta
#

First boss just put the esuna in the bag man

craggy marsh
# dull drum i havent seen that one
rapid whale
#

think back to how you were before you stepped foot into an ex

craggy marsh
#

It's an amazing read

rapid whale
#

and then think that over 60% of the community is at that level

#

if not worse

sick dirge
#

its def the second boss

rain geode
rapid whale
#

ya

#

you actively took effort to get better

dull drum
#
rapid whale
#

that alr is not norm

craggy marsh
#

Honestly? There's no "too hard" mechanics right now in the game and thats good

random needle
craggy marsh
#

I dont like it when devs overcorrect

dull drum
#

thats a thing now??

rain geode
dull drum
#

when did that happen

sick dirge
#

that was added this patch i think

rain geode
#

and its not like I was struggling to clear content through the story so it clearly cant be to hard for casuals

dull drum
#

bro...

craggy marsh
wicked delta
random needle
#

Meso Terminal executioners are impossible content

zealous meteor
#

lmao

craggy marsh
sick dirge
#

the exaflares are NOT hard to resolve i promise you 🙏

dull drum
craggy marsh
#

It's also a mechanic that can be ignored bc the healer has esuna

dapper zealot
#

I'd get more into highend if I had a group of friends to do it with and wasn't stuck in OCE

wicked delta
#

Like its nice that you think the average player is not as bad as you think they are but they kind of just

rapid whale
wicked delta
#

Suck

#

Thats not necessarily their fault

#

They have no incentive to get better

rain geode
wicked delta
#

You dont need to learn your rotation to clear content

boreal pumice
#

Warriors dragging 3 corpses in dungeons

rapid whale
#

idt you 're getting my point

dull drum
#

also for the record i dont think any of us are elitist we are just being objective when we say like

rapid whale
#

you stepping into extreme and trying to get better after

#

already places you above the avg player

dull drum
#

when we say average players are bad

#

they are BAD

wicked delta
#

I corpse dragged people through so many dawntrail dungeons in early access on DRK lmao

thin fox
#

we need to fix invulns. they should just autopop. do you know how hard it is to hit buttons like holmgang? just ask our poor struggling tanks like @dull drum

rapid whale
#

many ppl dont even bother trying extreme

rapid whale
#

even less try to improve after

dull drum
#

i dont play warrior anymore

rain geode
dapper zealot
rapid whale
#

the data disagrees with what you are putting out is my point

dull drum
#

it does though you say you're average but at least you hopped into an extreme

zealous meteor
dull drum
#

thats literally above the average already

rain geode
#

I didnt say im average

#

I said I think the average player can clear normal content

zealous meteor
#

call me elitist but anyone getting filtered by dawntrail dungeons deseres to get filtered

#

you have had 90+ levels to learn the fucking game

#

they're not hard

rain geode
#

and that a vocal minority on the forums doesnt actually mean that much

rapid whale
#

your point was that the average player can do stuff in pf we are saying by definition they cannot

sick dirge
#

youve got some very high expectations

#

xD

wicked delta
#

Yeah lmao

rapid whale
#

because the avg player doesnt even try extremes

craggy marsh
wicked delta
#

We’re not talking about people doing normal content this is about PF

#

Most people haven’t even done an EX, designing content around “the average player” means catering to those folks

whole estuary
#

You can win by doing nothing for 3 years

wicked delta
#

Every single savage would be O1S as a result

craggy marsh
#

Yeah savage and ex clears are really low percentage wise

dull drum
#

14% of people have done necron

rain geode
#

I mean people not doing EX doesnt mean they couldnt in theory clear them if they wanted to if that was the case no new players could ever do ex

boreal pumice
#

Not today Zerg

rapid whale
#

thats kinda what we're saying tho

#

you using the phrase 'the average player should be able to clear content'

#

alr goes against the basic data

craggy marsh
#

I know what you mean when you say the "average player" but it's hard to gauge what the average player is in this game

zealous meteor
#

like... that's 34k characters

rain geode
craggy marsh
#

It's like when people say "we need more midcore content" but they dont really give examples as to what midcore even means bc it's different for everyone

boreal pumice
#

That’s the thing willing to put in effort

dapper zealot
craggy marsh
#

To some people EX is casual

rapid whale
#

yea willing to put in effort = already not the avg player

zealous meteor
rain geode
#

or at least the ones Ive done

craggy marsh
zealous meteor
#

true

rapid whale
#

true and real

boreal pumice
#

Elitist namazuconcern

dull drum
#

i still feel like the number is somewhat within ballpark though

dapper zealot
dull drum
#

10-15% margin of error for people who have private achievements

rain geode
zealous meteor
#

midcore is content than can be cleared by the average midlander player

craggy marsh
#

It is

#

It really is

whole estuary
#

how about midslop

#

and slopcore

zealous meteor
#

if anyone in this server uses slop one more time i'm gonna pull an emet selch

dull drum
#

its funny how the average is so hard to define but the extreme ends are pt easy

zealous meteor
#

(become a genocidal maniac)

dull drum
#

like if i said hardcore raid you can probably imagine like

rain geode
#

Im really glad someconversations never change in mmos (in OSRS the conversation is around "midgame" and how overly vague that is)

dull drum
#

week 1 pentamelds + alts for splits, 40+ hours a week probably etc

zealous meteor
#

oh that's what you mean

#

yeah neofox_googly

dull drum
#

yeah i mean it more so for like mentality

#

because thats like the biggest issue with statics

#

midcore is a trap most of the time

zealous meteor
#

casual hardcore static

rain geode
sleek moon
#

"magical girl glam" my ass

rain geode
#

Im gonna play 12 hours a day but Im below average player

sick dirge
#

evil magical girl

zealous meteor
sleek moon
#

maybe for a nun

boreal pumice
#

Cat cult

daring pine
rain geode
#

wow that was more edgy a joke then I usually go for these days

sick dirge
#

ok

sleek moon
rain geode
#

I think midcore is like fine IF you then specificy exactly what you mean

boreal pumice
#

One man’s hard is another’s easy

rain geode
#

True

wanton sky
#

never thought i would waste 40 minutes on a dungeon but here we are

boreal pumice
#

40 but it’s one the fastest

dull drum
sleek moon
#

what were your top 5 wipes there

low hearth
#

Bro was playing with plumbers 💔

wicked delta
rain geode
#

I've actually not had any wipes in mistwake yet

zealous meteor
#

i think i've wiped to every boss at least once

#

and i've done the dungeon TWICE

true beacon
#

I did it with npc’s

dapper zealot
rain geode
#

Actually that's a lie I died once on my first clear to the dash because I got giga greedy

dapper zealot
#

cause I haven't done the dungeon yet

smoky magnet
#

Fairly new to the game looking for people to play with dm I play tank

clear plume
#

sometimes u just gotta tell people sphene plays better than them

sleek moon
#

ngl i already forgot the bosses but i remember being surprised with how easy the dungeon was

#

like yuweyawata 2nd and 3rd boss had more hands than anything past it

rain geode
quick verge
#

dont u like bosses like

#

CATOBLEPAS

#

famous dont get gazed at mechani

#

c

zealous meteor
#

actually wait i don't think we wiped to boss 3
on my first clear we wiped to boss 2
and on my second we wiped to boss 1

rain geode
#

Honestly I judge bosses entirely based in if they say something funny during the fight

boreal pumice
#

Every ff game they petrify

zealous meteor
sleek moon
#

yuweyawata 3rd boss and meso terminal 2nd boss should be the standard for dungeons tbh

quick verge
#

next time we're gonna have

craggy marsh
#

Bless you Gaius

quick verge
#

giga behemoth

#

that casts

#

epileptic meteor

#

next dungeon

zealous meteor
#

give me a dungeon boss with an enrage

#

[please don't]

quick verge
#

catoblepas

dull drum
#

m9 technically has an enrage very early

zealous meteor
#

The party must take care to not let too many rocks be destroyed, as it will cause the boss's Bedeviling Light attack to become unavoidable and wipe the party.
oh huh

#

i thought it would just spawn new rocks

rain geode
dull drum
#

people thought hey lets put this telegraphed aoe on a rock

true beacon
#

O2N has an enrage at like

dull drum
#

and see what happens

true beacon
#

23 minutes

rain geode
#

Didn't they add an enrage technically to a random arr dungeon in 7.3?

sleek moon
#

mistake 1st boss might actually have a sort of enrage, i did notice he will target 1 of the remaining pillars every time he does that thunder attack

#

so if you take too long you could be left without pillars

craggy marsh
#

reasons why aumarot is peak

#

all 3 bosses have enrages

quick verge
#

notice how the first expert dungeon each expac has tried to copy amaurot

zealous meteor
#

meowpensivepray please add an enrage to dusk vigil in 7.5 it would be so funny

craggy marsh
#

I really really fucking really beg them to stop doing the "Go into the past of a long dead civilizations and witness their collapse" thing

#

It was cool the first time

#

Dead Ends was cool too

#

but did they need to do it 3 more times? after EW?

#

or...2 times I guess

#

since Meso Terminal doesn't count

zealous meteor
#

the only good memory dungeon is meso terminal because instead of reliving a civilization's collapse, calyx just throws endless at you for fun

jolly flume
wicked delta
#

Has anyone actually died to the second amaurot boss enrage

quick verge
#

is meso 2nd the one with the 4 guys

wicked delta
#

Yes

quick verge
#

you can just run 3 dps 1 tank and ignore the doom on the healer guy

#

0 mechanics

worn bluff
craggy marsh
#

I mean that's okay bc I love my hype moments

#

I don't like the constant use of memory dungeons as our final dungeon

jolly flume
#

have you heard? princess sphene is here!

whole estuary
#

as a tradeoff we've had much fewer echo visions in MSQ in general

#

where are my migraines

worn bluff
rapid whale
trim frost
dapper zealot
# trim frost means i don’t have to constantly hear that stupid fucking echo theme
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Clip showing the cutscene where you experience the echo and look back at The Battle of Carteneau with all but the BGM muted. The track is creatively called "The Echo" and can be found in game and on the Before Meteor OST from Square Enix.

This video is part of a larger playlist, hear the rest of the game's music here:
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trim frost
#

get away from me

dapper zealot
#

no, you'll enjoy your flashbacks

limpid edge
#

MAD SNAKE

zealous meteor
#

🐴 where noclippy

remote gate
zealous meteor
#

alternatively, giott inventing new slurs for you every time you get an echo flashback

thin fox
#

This is a Mini-Guide to Static Intermission in Hell on Rails Extreme (Doomtrain) in Final Fantasy XIV.

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tawdry delta
tawdry delta
rain geode
#

I dont hate Wuk Lamet like everyone seems to but she probably shouldnt be a player in 8.0

jolly flume
#

skins you alive

rain geode
#

Ill begin by wearing you down

tawdry delta
#

she's probably banished to the shadow realm for 2 expansions

rain geode
#

I mean she had her story It would like if lyse was around in ShB

clear plume
#

or if graha was around in ew

worn bluff
#

graha is popular at least

jolly flume
#

cluegi

quick verge
#

who's graha

jolly flume
#

who's rem

finite plank
zealous meteor
#

i love her

#

and it would annoy other people

rain geode
round burrow
#

I like wuk.

rain geode
#

I like Wuk as well

rapid whale
#

wuk lamat is just naruto in a fur suit, believe it

zealous meteor
#

it would annoy the annoying people and that's what matters neofox_uwu

zealous meteor
#

and that's good

#

we need a shonen protagonist

#

the wol clearly isn't cutting it

round burrow
#

Consider her my 5th wife..

#

it took me a good min to remember what wives I had lmao

whole estuary
#

I don't think we had enough scenes of her eating food in S9