1. Dive Bombs icon:
I can barely hear it and sometimes don't see it. I'm talking about the 2nd set of Dive Bombs while you still fight the snakes. What sounds can you turn up/down to hear it better? I've tried System Sounds but that doesn't seem to affect it. What I'm doing is zooming in a little and place the camera down behind me, focus and try to spot/hear them which is pretty difficult sometimes. Any tips?
2. Twisters:
Well, they are not really a problem but again, I think everyone would like some sort of "notice" for that as well.
(yes, I know about that thing you can use, which shall not be named) :P
Twintania, special attack notices
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02-11-2014, 06:10 PMBunnyChainTwintania, special attack notices
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02-11-2014, 06:58 PMItseotle
You can set party effects to limited and changing displayed names to either off or initials. Both options are under your character settings and will remove some of the "clutter" around your group so you can see the visual better.
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02-11-2014, 07:01 PMStarkbeaumont
use only initials or no names displayed during twin at all. if you still can't see the divebomb symbol you might have other issues.
for twister just set a focus target on twin or if you use mumble, ts, and so on have the tank announce it. enough time to react to it. -
02-11-2014, 10:08 PMBunnyChain
Setting names to initials is what I am doing.
I'll try to set party effects to limited.
My focus target is really close to the center of my screen.
Does she actually do anything before Twisters? I know it's during every 2nd Dreadknight but is there any visual clue? Like the Death Sentence follows after every 2nd Plummet. -
02-12-2014, 06:57 AMiNizmo
Someoene should be focus targeting Twintania after she does her big move when snakes fall. Having someone call out twisters helps alot. But if you dont have someone taking on that responsibility just focus target her yourself that way you know its coming.
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02-12-2014, 07:21 AMTazo
1. turn all volume to '0' except sound effects and master volume....turn these 2 up
2. remove names or put everyone on initials
3. remove special effect for yourself and party
4. set HP bars to never show up
5. can set an alarm on your phone to 40 sec so when it goes off you know that divebombs are coming -
02-12-2014, 05:36 PMGrotesque
FFXIVAPP with Twintania plugin can be your friend as well
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02-12-2014, 05:42 PMRyuko
A lot of her mechanics can be pretty buggy. There was one Twintania run I did where *no one* saw who had conflag (not a single person saw the icon or heard the noise)... We all sat there baffled/confused until it triggered on one of us (the big aoe) and everyone was stuck in it. Normally, with those glitches, only one person *doesn't see it* and the rest of the party can say "Hey, you have conflag!" Nope. Not a single person could see it or hear it... Very frustrating.
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02-12-2014, 08:26 PMAleoQuote:
Originally Posted by BunnyChain
When you kill the snakes they make an explosion + explosion sound. When this explosion sound plays it overwrites and/or drowns out other sound effects (including ones played through chat input). This can cause the divebomb sound cue to either not be audible or be very quiet depending on when the snake is killed. I assume this is a bug.
Best way to avoid this is to kill off the snake between divebombs. -
02-12-2014, 10:08 PMThorauku
The only thing we did was to limit the effects and use initials during the fight. Twister's mechanics are pretty dumb, it's way too easy. While for divebombs, yeah, I agree it's somewhat hard to notice, all you can really do is to focus on the screen and don't bother too much with the snakes, as they won't hit you because they don't have cleave attack. But seeing you're a healer, that might be a problem since you need to focus on the tank's HP as well.
What? Do people actually kill the snakes during divebombs? That was............... sorry for the word, stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aleo
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02-12-2014, 11:01 PMGrotesqueIf u have no Caster LB around, that is a viable alternative. Single killing snakes one by one to always reset the debuff timer on the big snake. It is also easier for the tank and healer because not so much dmg is incoming, just a matter of timing. Then when all snakes are dead, enjoy DRG LB3 on 4stacked big snake, really hits like a truck :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Thorauku
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02-12-2014, 11:07 PMThoraukuSaw anyone who attempted to do this successfully? Because I find it lame not to bring atleast one caster in your lineup, and what class would you pick to replace the caster?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grotesque
Not bringing a caster to slowdown dreads might pose problem as well, 2 PLD will work out, but that would mean there's atleast 4 players with 2 similar class will be in the party which will slow down the LB gauge. -
02-12-2014, 11:17 PMGrotesqueI saw a video where they killed off snakes one by one, I try to find it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorauku
As we were progressing at twin we also tried this sort of strategy, although we had casters around we were curious how hard a Melee LB3 hits on big snake, it was nice about ~25%. It is just another viable strat, but not the easiest one though. We stick to 1/2/5 and standard caster LB2 (LB3 is never full on our runs).
Thats the nice thing about Turn 4 and Turn 5, there are many viable (more or less difficult) strategies for different class setups, you have just to figure it out and practice. -
02-14-2014, 07:42 AMEstelliosSCH can apply Disease which lowers movement speed, and WHM has Stone and you are guaranteed to have one of the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorauku
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02-14-2014, 11:56 AMThoraukuI'm not sure if both of the skill has sure hit on dreads, but I wouldn't risk it. Plus, it'll be too crowded within Twintania's area if you have 5 melee there, assuming 2 tanks + 3 melee DPS (since you're not having a caster) + Bard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Estellios
I'm not saying it's impossible, it's just that it's not optimal IMHO. -
02-14-2014, 04:30 PMDecrith
For the sound, I turn off
BGM, Voice and Ambient Sound
Sound Effects and System Effects are at Max. Player Effects Volume is maxed too.
I put HIDE on my UI for names too because I don't need to see the name on screen, have the party list for that. Visuals are limited if not completely turned off, it also helps to turn off flying text. -
02-14-2014, 07:01 PMTears-of-Death
[QUOTE=Thorauku;1867295
What? Do people actually kill the snakes during divebombs? That was............... sorry for the word, stupid.[/QUOTE]
Its pretty easy and lets your sch save lustrates for after dive bombs so they can dps assist asciep and spot Lustrate. Kill one before 2nd set of dive bombs and the other during it in between the 2nd and 3rd dive bombs. Its much easier. -
02-14-2014, 07:52 PMThorauku
How is that much easier when the first 2 small snakes are always pretty much dead already when LB'd? The only difference I see is when pulling the other 2 far snakes also, giving more time for healers to top up the tanks.
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02-16-2014, 09:52 AMYennYes, we were one of the first groups to kill Twintania (i.e. we weren't stacked with i90 gear), and we would kill one snake asap, then hold the second snake and kill it during dive bombs to extend the debuff, and LB3 the second set of snakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorauku
Now we (and most groups) have too much gear and don't reach LB3, so we have to hold two snakes through dive bombs.
In other news, focus target is a thing. -
02-16-2014, 08:00 PMThorauku
I see. We probably overgeared the content I guess (due to holidays, so we can't run properly) and when we did, it's literally became a walk in the park.
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02-17-2014, 05:28 AMAlkimiHealer accuracy is pretty terrible on those dreadknights though. I usually throw a stone on them since it's heavy effect is stronger than Miasma or Lethargy, but it misses a lot and I can't spam it when I have a tank to heal. Best to have at minimum a BLM or SMN there to guarantee it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Estellios