SE really?! really 99 cap boss this hard?!?!

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Have SMN use Ifrit's Enfire

I dropped unthunder myself, it was fairly effective as well. I forgot enfire even existed. lol

[Teraniku]

Just completed this today, beat it with 6 seconds to spare and an almost full Party wipe. Garuda came through in the end. I'm glad it was this difficult of a fight as any final limit break should be.

[svengalis]

No, they're just bad at the game. It's not the lack of uber gear, it's the lack of knowing how to properly use what they do have available to them. Odds are good that any randomly selected FFXI player won't even know what a PDT or MDT set is, much less actually bother to maintain one. Hell, odds are good that any randomly selected FFXI player won't even bother to swap gear.

There are lots of people who play FFXI who are simply not very good at it.

Lack of inventory space might also have something to do with it.

[hiko]

I still think this fight is too hard for your average FF XI player is too bad at this game.

FTFY

Lack of inventory space might also have something to do with it.

porter moogle
+ same account sendable item
= only augmented gear are stuck in your inventory

if you actually play PLD and don't have DT sets you're doing it wrong

[saevel]

Overall the common strategies are:
- bring 6 tails, use them one by one and mana burn this.
- bring a job that can do damage mitigation and give you enfire (summoner works with high summon magic)
- bring 4 monks and smn and sch (only works if the players have high weapon skills, summon magic, and enhancing)
- 6 beastmaster with 5-10 dawn muslums for each of the beastmaster
- bring normal party set up of players with competent skills and pld with Aegis and a couple tails for emergency
- multi hits weapon skills works the best, jobs dual wield with low delay weapons + enfire
- bring 6 summoner with Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh (titan to earthen ward, ifrit + ramuh for enspells and stun) and a couple tails
- above all, need competent players who at least understand their jobs (merited the jobs) and have good gears.

Won't argue with this, but it does need to be mentioned that just because you fail doesn't mean you played bad. Fought him a few more times and he can be really random. This is very similar to the RDM Maat fight. It could go smoothly, or Maat could just decide to rip your face off no matter what you do.

[MAXWINTER]

Not at this fight yet but will be soon, compared to alexander was at 75 is this fight harder than that?
ark angel paladin (on its own/not in group) is probley the boss i hated most in the game.

[Logandor]

Ouchy >.< went in fully ego'd up and buffed as whm, blm, pld, war, rng, and nin. Boy did that smart. Used 3 tails in hopes of living and surviving for pld to two hour. No go. Just figured I'd let you guys know that our group didn't fair too well. We refarming and trying again another night. I was on whm casting cures, stuns, and haste sense I buffed us before going in. Any suggestions? We are thinking of changing out a few jobs for a mnk and smn for next time. Our thoughts were to go in having pld tank nin and war behind him beating the hell outta him. Blm and rng attack while we used tails. We will also be restrat because that plan didn't pan out obviously. My job was to keep pld alive and toss occasional cures to the others but only got two cures off. >.< I feel horrible but dusting off grabbing that horse and trying again tomorrow.
Also I had gone two other times with other groups of people and yeah even on whm still didn't win. Granted no smn in any of the three groups but figured I'd let you all know. Yes I did use barfira.

[Krashport]

These setups I've did and won 100%

Setup 1.) PLD,MNK,PUP Set AU to RNG WHMx2 SMN w/ Alex fight took 5mins and 20sec "used item"

Setup 2.) MNKx2 WHM SMN w/ Alex THF, umm one MNK will die! XD 2min "did not use item"

Hope it helps, If ya on Odin and need help look me up I'm game if nothing is going down w/in my shell. ^^b

[Psxpert2011]

Maat took me 3 or 4 tries to beat. Each time I had to farm a new MNK testimony.

I think the greater failing with this fight is that it's not solo like Maat, so you gotta keep worrying about getting a new party.

Ah, the classic Maat fight. I wold of loved it if it was against Degenhart but it's about time SE did something different for the limit-break.

I'm glad it was such a fight as it is. Much better than some stupid "Collect X amount of item Y and shit an egg".

And people aren't going to quit over this. Not anybody we would miss anyways. If they didn't leave because of any of the previous REAL Genkai quests, they won't leave because of a beefed up Taru Maat.

True, so true!

The fight is fun, it's just a bit of a challenge, that's all. Have fun while you do it.

Haven't done it yet cuz I just started the farming part but looking forward to the fun! Oh, congrats incase you made the achievement!

^^*

I must admit. It's funny watching a NIN somehow get one shot at full HP with 5 shadows by Asuran Fists

Wish I could've saw that!

I'm just a little upset that there isn't a solo final fight.

If they did, it would be just as hard or harder. I would have to repeat someone's quote and say, "seperate the boys from the men" and approach final content in a mature way. If i don't have trouble getting pass this, there's not a thing to talk about or memories to cherish for days to come.

You guys really had to make the lvl 99 limit break this hard? really? i can tell yall this ppl are gonna quit casue of this watch and see hes too dang strong. You guys really better rethink this casue in 2months when we finaly do get done with him what yall do for the new comers? ever think bout that at this rate once ppl beat him they arnt gonna offer the new players help on it thus killin the games growth atleast lower this bcnm tarus power by atleast 20-30% so we can be done with it.

ROFL-LMAO!!! (noobs, go back to noob-school and get on the fail boat and go to failsville,lol...quoting Kalo from limit break radio, you guys still rock!)

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Not at this fight yet but will be soon, compared to alexander was at 75 is this fight harder than that?
ark angel paladin (on its own/not in group) is probley the boss i hated most in the game.

No, this fight is a joke compaired to Alex when he first came out.