Rage over Sophia

[Pondera]

Wow, this boss got me in a bad head space. I just need a space to rant and rave and carry on, keeping profanity and caps lock usage to a minimum, so...here we go.

What kind of sadist in Square Enix came up with this?! This is the most god awfully hard boss encounter I have ever seen! Tank busters DESTROY you instantly, though, a polite mentor instructed me that I have to pop TWO CDs just to survive it....insanity... I mean, I have no idea what was wrong with me tonight but I couldn't even acquire threat on the demiurges OR SOPHIA when said helpful mentor tried to get me to try my hand at main tanking. Somewhere along the line I forgot how to do this? I've been tanking since Burning Crusade! This should be second nature by now! WHAT HAS THIS BOSS DONE TO ME!?

I remember when I used to play this game for fun. Now it feels like a form of some kind of punishment that they inflict on people down in Guantanamo bay. "You'll tell us where your base is, or we'll stick you in another Sophia Ex group, worm!" I'd gladly swap over to do something, anything else, but that Sophic Blade for DRK looks REALLY cool, and I see people running around all the time with Sophic weapons, so I assume it must be SOMEHOW possible. And everytime I see this, it fills me with a jealous rage. Are there FCs that relax by punching out cthulu and looting his corpse, or am I just having seriously bad luck with the raid finder?

And no... I don't think I need assistance with understanding the overall fight. I know what I'm SUPPOSED to do with Thunders and Aeros, the clones, the add phase... the scale tipping part I'm a little fuzzy on... and the stacking light and dark circles is simple enough. I even understand the tank buster phase, but for some reason, it just won't click. I'm up to my 9th wipe and third group attempting this. So, if you must post on my live journal whining... please help my state of mind about this. Post something funny or ragey.

[Eul]

To be honest this is my first time tanking at new primal (I only did tanking when old primal goes to DF) and I don't have any problem to be MT/OT. As PLD I only use Sheltron, as WAR I use Inner Beast, as DRK I use... Only some defense cd, but still survived.

[Rhais]

Aside from maybe Bismark it's probably the easiest EX fight at release in HW though. And as long as you are decently geared you do not need 2 cooldowns for the tankbuster.

[Laurima]

the Sophia EX fight is laughably simple.

for the tank crunch, when the boss is glowing with the green aura, the off tank should hit provoke, and you should pop a cooldown, more often than not, the cleave won't kill, it's the magic based AA that follows that does it.

If the cleave kills, it's on you for no cooldown and or heals for you being at less than 75% HP.

[Rawrz]

This fight has the lowest healing requirements I have ever seen for a primal. Tanks provoke after taking one hit, dps can survive AOEs with just a single heal, no real cleaves and has a generous recovery rate. If your party can mechanic without any vuln stacks the fight becomes a whole new level of easy.

[Pondera]

You people scare me. If this is what you call laughably simple, I think I might unsub and quit gaming for life if you showed me what you considered difficult. I mean, this is the first extreme trial that I've attempted, so maybe that factors into it?

[Magic-Mal]

Well um.. With PF or RF it can be tough. Because people can make things harder than normal.. I'd say you are very unlucky because most of everyone cleared Sophia already. Sophia is said to be one of the easiest EX Primals. So it was cleared by maaamy people early into its release.

I would say take a short break but that wastes time..

Maybe form a farm party and just be honest about your status of the fight? Like if you've seen 2% enrage, I'd accept you to my farm party..

Anyways, I like Sophia. It's a fun fight. And with it being in RF it's so much more accessible.

[Pondera]

Sophia is said to be one of the easiest EX Primals.

And I am now officially crying.

[Eul]

You people scare me. If this is what you call laughably simple, I think I might unsub and quit gaming for life if you showed me what you considered difficult. I mean, this is the first extreme trial that I've attempted, so maybe that factors into it?

Thordan is still the hardest one for me imo.

[OMGAFLYINGPENGUIN]

You people scare me. If this is what you call laughably simple, I think I might unsub and quit gaming for life if you showed me what you considered difficult. I mean, this is the first extreme trial that I've attempted, so maybe that factors into it?

It isn't that hard just pop your cooldowns :/, you might need alittle more hp if you're uncomfortable. Otherwise the tank buster really isn't that dangerous UNLESS the OT isn't pull it off you in time. But really sophia ex isn't that hard. For the lines, Even total lines = Heavy tilt, Odd = light tilt. I've seen people cleared this, while this being their first extreme trial with your current HP you most likely won't survive without one defensive cooldown.