Dzemeal Darkhold Final Boss is a BEAST. Easy mode is over.

Seems the last boss has multiple phases....

Anyone mind explaining the "Tactics" for the "Ogre" for me please?

Ive fought it a few times now, barely touched his hp...
our party was more or less a "PuG", so very little "Teamplay" on all sides.

I have my ideas, others theirs... im thinking alot of dots and
spam healing tank. ( since im now officially a healer >.< )

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

Seems the last boss has multiple phases....

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Nice the fight sounds promising =D

boss is very hard. would be nice if someone post strategy on DD

inb4: "its too hard, nerf!"

While this fight stays hard, please don't beg for a nerf, you "casuals". If you're going to beg for anything, make it a better loot system. The last thing we need is them dumbing down content.

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Originally Posted by Tezz_Xivectro

inb4: "its too hard, nerf!"

While this fight stays hard, please don't beg for a nerf, you "casuals". If you're going to beg for anything, make it a better loot system. The last thing we need is them dumbing down content.

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Its already on page 9 and no one has cried nerf and casual =/= wanting easy mode, try to be less of a douche.

The strategy is really simple. You just have to figure it out ;3 The Ogre is by no means difficult after you figure it out and can consistently replicate it.

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Originally Posted by Waraji

The strategy is really simple. You just have to figure it out ;3 The Ogre is by no means difficult after you figure it out and can consistently replicate it.

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I approve this strategy... for any kind of content.

Died this run. Last boss to 40% though ><

bastard NM!

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

Died this run. Last boss to 40% though ><

bastard NM!

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Want me to come help? I can run around and distract it.... >.>

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

Died this run. Last boss to 40% though ><

bastard NM!

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Dude, you better hurry up. Team Pocky's gonna get it first. :D

Congrats, Doc. And congrats, Ash. Go go go!

damn that fire ogre so hard. lowest we did was around 40%

my LS cleared darkhold last night (up until 6am jpn time)

we're gonna be doing another run soonish, i'll take screens this time :\

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Originally Posted by Preypacer

I even give in and resort to using them sometimes, though only after I've given something several genuine attempts without them and am simply not making any progress. In those cases, I usually end up /facepalming when I read them and realize there was one very simple or obvious detail I was completely overlooking.

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This is why I want to see one. The group I'm with mostly has the strategy down but I'm thinking we're just missing one factor that keeps getting us killed. We've gotten pretty close a number of times already and it's just getting to the point of slight frustration at this point.

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Originally Posted by LateReg

my LS cleared darkhold last night (up until 6am jpn time)

we're gonna be doing another run soonish, i'll take screens this time :\

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Grats LateReg!

Yeah, please please dont nerf the bosses.

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Originally Posted by LateReg

my LS cleared darkhold last night (up until 6am jpn time)

we're gonna be doing another run soonish, i'll take screens this time :\

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unless your playing another character im calling your bluff. your highest rank is 30...

This is challenging, keep it the same strength, don't nerf it, players not gonna learn proper gameplay if they get handed shit.

This dungeon promote lot of group play, including stuff like conserving MP, switching between healers so one could rest andothers get MP, keeping tank alive, promoting Melee to use healing abilities, watching the fight properly and timing moves such as Diversion, Featherfoot, Decoy ETC!!,

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Originally Posted by mikefmc

unless your playing another character im calling your bluff. your highest rank is 30...

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He said his LS. not that he was in the run.

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Originally Posted by BloodLotus

He said his LS. not that he was in the run.

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he also said he would take screenshots this time hurr durr.

all my combats are 50 O_O

regardless, we'll be starting a bunch of runs in a couple hours... screenshots weren't on my mind or the leaders mind or anyone else's mind the first runs through seeing as you really do need to focus quite a bit

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Originally Posted by mikefmc

he also said he would take screenshots this time hurr durr.

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Your reading comprehension is off the scale! I'm glad you understood what he said! /excitedclap

oh god lol... all this because i don't have my main character linked to forum cuz my main has a security token that i dont feel like using every other time i wanna post

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Originally Posted by LateReg

oh god lol... all this because i don't have my main character linked to forum cuz my main has a security token that i dont feel like using every other time i wanna post

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I believe you!

sure lol... anyway... if i can figure out how to do a livestream in time maybe i'll just do that

We got the Ogre down to 45 %!! We are up and commers I says!

we just did it on lindblum, too! finished the quest as well, but died where you died lol. apparently you do not have to kill the final boss to complete.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=212250

Your cat sooooo cuteeee ^^

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Originally Posted by makistar

we just did it on lindblum, too! finished the quest as well, but died where you died lol. apparently you do not have to kill the final boss to complete.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...entry?e=212250

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you don't...i don't remember when we got the completion message...might have been after you kill all the skeletons that spawn after hitting all the traps near the captain's area.

no, that's exactly it. by entering the captain's room and clearing the mobs there you complete the quest. that's where the main treasure chest is, too. i posted some strategies on how to beat the final boss. i'm interested in hearing what others have to input as well.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post248996

Ogre down to 20%!! We can dooz it!

Put a boot in Ogre:

(in under 20 minutes no less)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzudMNmTqx8

Solid Scale Mail confirmed as dropped from Ogre chest.

By now I think the strategy on the ogre is pretty much spread.

It's not all that hard if you're prepared and know what you have to do. My biggest advice right now is, limit close range attacks on the ogre to the minimum. If you don't use any close range attackers on ogre it's easiest to kill him.

Reason: The Ogre uses AoE attacks that hit/knockback players and due to mages having to heal more than one target, the hate issues/mp shortage kicks in very easily and the whole fight can become a mess. Plus the ogre uses an attack on players standing behind him(and only if they are behind him) called "Elbow Drop", which can be evaded by walking to his side though. Other then that it's all about positioning and movement, if you got that figured out the fight is merely a pushover.

Really excited about the 2nd boss though.

edit: Everybody can safely believe LateReg. His real character is "Late Registration" on the server Selbina. If he says they got the dungeon clear, it's safe to assume they really did ;)

edit2: The ogre chest drops all chest pieces btw. While the chests on the way to the ogre drop the feet gear.

i'm sorry guys. i fell asleep before i could do a livestream last night and i didn't even get to go on the run lmao ><

tough being in all japanese LS when i'm in US right now ;_;

rest assured, i'll be doing a livestream ASAP

www.livestream.com/latereg

Yo Tirion!

How are your runs going man?

Good to see you out there last night.

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Originally Posted by DoctorMog

Yo Tirion!

How are your runs going man?

Good to see you out there last night.

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I'm pretty happy about the progress so far^^
We only did 2 runs on the patch day, due to DC issues >.< and another 5 runs yesterday. I think we got the way to the ogre and the ogre pretty much settled now, so its all about what's after that xD

I'm really happy about the dungeon though, didn't have that much fun in XIV for a while now :D
Next scheduled run is sunday, so we'll try to get some decent tries on Batraal :)

Downed the Ogre just now!!!! EPIC!!! it was so close too! Then we got owned in a few rooms past when a large group of skelletons caught our team off guard^^. This is such a fun battle!!! (So much so I was even inspired to take out my skillet and make food for the runs^^.)

This is the epicness that we deserved all along :)

i guess range is your best choice. dont get close.

game is still easy mode. downed batraal early this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9VLlmepm-o