Alexander findings: tips/mechanics/lulz

It's pretty easy and it was fun discovering stuff for ourselves, but I wanted to start the thread in order to give tips and discuss mechanics. Share what you like, what you don't like, and offer strategies. They might come into play for savage so let's discuss away!

Key aspects of floor 1: First boss is funny. You might turn your attention to adds but don't. Just burn the boss. Second boss requires three things to keep in mind. Kill the small adds on missiles in order to shrink the missiles. Kill both bosses simultaneously. Treat prey Mark just like prey!

Key aspects of floor 2: it's essentially a bajillion trash mobs. The dolls hit really hard and cleave. Have sturdy tanks that won't spin the mobs. And for the love of God, both tanks should tank. Our warrior demanded he ride the vehicle the whole time and it was wipe wipe wipe. Oh, that's right. There are vehicles. I'm not sure how they work as I didn't use it, but they push bombs away.

Key aspects of floor 3: I loved that this was a final fantasy 5 reference. Tank swap to avoid blunt resistance. When boss splits into two, tank them separately. Take tethers to a tank and have them pop a cooldown. Negative and positive not sure how to handle, but we threw the positive guy into the water and the Debuffs went away and nobody took damage. That might work. The hand does a knockback attack so be in the center. Kill adds quickly, stunning and heavy and bind and all that Jazz to prevent them from escaping.

Key aspects of floor 4: only Attack one leg first. For second legs, have DPS target an individual add, don't kill more than one until Debuff wears off. Fun launching mechanic where one DPS and tank team up to kill an add, do it quick because no healer to help. Once both legs are out, go HAM. But tanks absorb orns, and everyone stay away from tanks and each other pretty much.

Polar opposites stand on opposite ends and it will pull you together. Same polarity stack near center as it pushes you back so yo don't fall off. Note when passing yellow tether move away from tank to avoid aoe splash smh that will one shot you if not a tank

What the hell am I supposed to do on part 4 as a tank? Do I just soak up fire balls and tethers? Is there a point in keeping hate on the boss?

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Originally Posted by Tila

What the hell am I supposed to do on part 4 as a tank? Do I just soak up fire balls and tethers? Is there a point in keeping hate on the boss?

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Think there was some sort of correlation between threat and missile target. Wasn't really paying attention too much to that facet of the fight as a healer though to truly confirm it.

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Originally Posted by Tila

What the hell am I supposed to do on part 4 as a tank? Do I just soak up fire balls and tethers? Is there a point in keeping hate on the boss?

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Oh yea better keep that hate sky high because they shoot rocket and laser beam that hurts like a trunk from time to time ranging from 2-5k taking those orb along the way at the same time you will be dead if the healer stop for a Sec

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Originally Posted by Janhyua

Oh yea better keep that hate sky high because they shoot rocket and laser beam that hurts like a trunk from time to time ranging from 2-5k taking those orb along the way at the same time you will be dead if the healer stop for a Sec

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If you have a NIN on your party, make sure he Shadewalkers you for aggro when he can. Helps out a lot. :)

He can also smoke bomb a high-threat dps if you have issues keeping aggro while pulling mechanics.

OT at beginning needs to get agro on opposite leg, then provoke and reestablish every time they come out of tube as it drops your agro and he starts shooting people.

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Originally Posted by Altijacek

Key aspects of floor 3: Negative and positive not sure how to handle, but we threw the positive guy into the water and the Debuffs went away and nobody took damage. That might work. The hand does a knockback attack so be in the center.

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Basically, the two people that are tethered by the polarization need to watch the other person they are tethered to. If they both have the same mark, (ie: + and + or - and -) they need to stack on each other, and if they are opposite signs they have to stay away from each other.

A trick that helps simplify this mechanic in Duty Finder, is to mark the two side of the middle circle of the arena with Waymarks A and B. That circle is big enough that the two people will be far enough away form each other if they are opposite polarizations. When the mark appears on your head. If you have +, you run to the "A" waymark, and if you have -, you run to the B waymark. Quicker to explain to new people and everyone only has to watch threir own head instead of the whole PT's.