Positive discussion on EX 1

As title suggest, recently just cleared EX 1 due to my hectic work schedule and i have to say im very impressed with the fight. Some context i guess? I'm a SHB raider puppy and have done most of the end game raids except DSR, i think this is one of them rare fights that i went, god damn that was a fun fight. Managed to clear with a pug party on the first lockout i probably got lucky w some clearers but yeah.

First things first, Mountain Fire, seriously one of the best tank busters ever to have graced this game. A tank buster that engages the entire party, perhaps able to teach newbie tanks to time and learn their mits well to minimally learn to plan it out and its kind of a tank swap without the voke and shirk, overall a really cool buster. IMO only other buster i can recall being cool was E6S edens furor, ifrits super kick. :cool:

I also really enjoy the subtle things like keeping a look out for which volcano was erupting, taking note of if u have to levitate or be on the ground for ice or lightning and even the icicles were an interesting twist of difficulty for newer raiders, learning positioning and timing. Can't wait to try the Everkeep EX soon hopefully when i find the time to game for a solid hour :)

I've also done the normal raids and found them to be pretty interesting and fun. IMO it was an ok level of difficulty although i do empathise with M2's heart vomit during the heart phase? haha. Let me know how you guys fared and share how you enjoyed this EX! :D

So goooooood! For the first time tanking for this game, I finally feel like tanking an attack to protect my team.

100% agreed on Mountain Fire. It feels up there with like, the Tank LB3 in A12 in terms of "cool stuff" for tanks to do. The pacing of the fight is really great, I think my only complaint is trying to figure out PCT uptime during the sequential party stacks at ~4 min, the movement feels just slightly too tight to fit in any of my casts and the puddles are too big to stay inside of my circle, so I have to delay until after that :(

95% of my raiding has been in WoW. Mountain Fire is my favorite tankbuster in either game.

I love the safe spots in ice phase's movement mechanics being as tiny as they are. Mountain Fire definitely steals the show but the fight is just overall great throughout. I'm especially happy that this and the third trial play with float as a concept.