Originally Posted by
Belial
lol. Tell your group they're dumb and should let you in anyway. And here is why:
The one and only purpose of Sentinel is to lessen your time in the instance, and that is only by a small margine. Basically with Sentinel you're taking away the need to remove more than one spike during the Hellfire phase, allowing more DPS output on Ifrit.
Even without Sentinel, any class with 3000+ HP can survive Hellfire with one spike down if their HP is capped, not to mention there are other damage mitigating abilities available.
It IS more convenient, but it doesn't mean it's "necessary."
If it's an issue, drop two spikes instead of one. You will only be increasing your time in the instance by 15 - 25 seconds unless your group is slow.
There is no reason you should have to wait to play this content, if that's the case, find other people to go with, because the one's telling you that you "need" Sentinel, are the one's who don't understand the mechanics of the fight. Unless your group is under a constant "Let's do a speed run!" mentality, then there is no reason to require someone to have Sentinel.