Which is your least favorite primal and why?

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Originally Posted by gumas

If we are talking about gameplay, shiva for me i guess, the whole fight is just your standard fight

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Ifirit, Ramuh, and Leviathan are all the same fight. Only Moggle Mog (which comes from V1.0) and Titan (who was almost in 1.0) have significantly different mechanics in the ARR set. Thus you play three of them exactly the same way. Beat on the primal, add phase stop all combat on the primal to remove adds, get light-enrage animation or enrage, continue beating on them to second add phase, stop beating on the primal to clear second round of adds, then defeat primal.

Shiva isn't that different, only lacking the "static adds" phase. Moggle Mog 's add phase is where all the mechanics are. Titan on the other hand is the least forgiving. Titan also has an add phase on Extreme, which is why Titan has to be defeated quickly, otherwise there is no room in the arena avoid the puddles.

The Warring Triad basically has Shiva's setup, where there is an easy mode followed the "real fight".

Altogether I think Shiva, Ravana and Tsukuyomi 's music timing set all the moods for their phased fights well.

So I'd say the least favorite, mechanics-wise is still Titan. Design-wise I think Ramuh has the least interesting design as he's all beard.

Anything I get three or more days in a row. I once had eleven days straight of Good King Moogle Mog, and I wanted to kill myself.

I know it's not a primal but RATH!!!! Why can I never find people who can clear this? It's been a MONTH and a half. I want to love this fight cause it's different, but all I seem to see is DEATH! I just want to get the mount on farm BEFORE next patch. It's so bad I'm willing to PAY people to stay with me in gil until I get the mount. T.T

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Originally Posted by Gemina

At least remove the rails for crying out loud, and make this fight somewhat interesting.

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They did. In Levi Ex.
At least I remember gliding off the platform elegantly like a deer on ice quite so often :v

Least favorite primal?

Well, in terms of fight design, probably Bismarck or Lakshmi. Lakshmi’s music and aesthetic at least made up for it being Vril: The Fight, but Bismarck was just boring, and I can’t think of any redeeming factor for it.

Its gonna have to be either Bismark or Leviathan. They are both boring and they have a mechanic that if you mess up you wipe. And I have been in one too many lackluster parties where Leviathan's shield is missed (even if I am a tank I now literally just book it to the thing) or the harpoons are missed on Bismark making life hell. Or no limit break on its back, people falling off. Just ugh.

Lakshmi, by far. While I did like her theme, the fight is easily one of the worst in the game. She essentially plays like a demo for the Duty Action button. Ironically, her normal mode encounter is arguably harder than "extreme" due to level sync. Bismarck wasn't great either since it ultimately boils down to popping a giant pimple.

I'd say Zurvan due to how easily his fight falls apart. Alas, it's more half the playerbase can't skip Soar because it required basic knowledge of your job.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Shiva.

I enjoy the aesthetics and mechanics of the fight. Yet I really can't stand the music in the second phase. Tsuyokumi's final theme is a good example of what I wanted from Shiva's second phase. Something regal and laced with sadness. Instead we ended up getting something that I found grating.

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I rarely find any music I hate, anywhere. There's music I find annoying or boring, but Shiva's second phase music is so awful that I lose my mind every time I go into that fight for WT. I don't care if I eventually have a complete orchestration list except for that song. But yeah, primal I hate the most is Shiva and only because of the music. Bismark may have a boring fight but at least I don't want to tear my eardrums out.

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Originally Posted by Gemina

Leviathan is my least favorite to get in roulette, especially as a healer. The fight requires next to no healing to get through it, and Levi has to rely on not one, but all 8 players derping and not hitting the switch to avoid his ultimate in order to wipe the deck. At least remove the rails for crying out loud, and make this fight somewhat interesting.

I'm surprised some peeps don't like Susano. I just did this on my DRK, and never felt more badass as a tank, like ever. I'll have to give it a go with me healers.

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The rails will fall off in EX and non of the ARR Primals require much if you do them unsync in a full Party, hell not even with 2 people.

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Originally Posted by DevonEllwood

I rarely find any music I hate, anywhere. There's music I find annoying or boring, but Shiva's second phase music is so awful that I lose my mind every time I go into that fight for WT. I don't care if I eventually have a complete orchestration list except for that song. But yeah, primal I hate the most is Shiva and only because of the music. Bismark may have a boring fight but at least I don't want to tear my eardrums out.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one. I adore the music in this game. Yet that one track just rubs me the wrong way every time.