How many of the posters here have tried new-Xarc yet?

Three well-geared (2 with perfect gear, 1 with good gear) Empyrean DDs (Mnk, Sam, Almace Blu) fighting the DRK/THF NM got absolutely floored the other night. Never mind that it had ridiculous evasion, to the point where +75 Acc in gear and Focus/Gressor were needed to hit it reliably (the BLU never got 100TP the whole fight), but its Defense was through the roof. It spammed Blood Weapon and Perfect Dodge, and after we proc'd Grellow with Provoke it went absolutely berserk and tore through everyone hitting 700+ per melee swing.

Kindred mobs went up to VT level, some of which having over 800 defense and 600 evasion. 800 defense. This is almost twice as much as the average level 90 monster.

It's not about strategy, it's about the new mobs being so ridiculously overpowered that new Dyna plain sucks to lowman. I'm sure my group could handle it the second time, knowing what we know now (we walked in expecting a cake walk, totally unprepared for level 100+ NMs). But good luck to the scrub groups who couldn't handle basic Abyssea and yet wanted harder content. You got it.