IFRIT HM

[Grunwald]

I just dont know where to begin.....
First the wait ... from 1hr to longer based on the time of day. Am a bard [dps] so i know am screwed.
Then the groups you get. Tanks dying to fast, tanks not interupting, dps dying because of not knowing the fight etc... but thats part of the whole idea of doing HM is to become better at it.

THE DROP RATE. I have run that blasted HM instance more than enough times to at least see my blasted bow at least drop. But in all the runs i've done i have yet to even see it. I have seen cnj/whm staff drop when one wasn't even in the group... or blm staff or monk weapon.. or the paladin sword when we had 2 warrior tanking Ifrit.

At this point am just about ready to say 'F' this game and move on. Because i cant do anything else really since from Ifrit HM on its a constant gear check.
I mean WTH.... so i have to run this instance 60/70 times to see my weapon drop.

What else can you do right. But my patients is wearing thin...

[darkm0d]

GC weapon is fine for ifrit, garuda and titan.

[Steeled]

Ifrit isn't a gear check. Your dps need good weapons (darklight, GC weapons) and having a mage to LB the nails is nice but not necessary.

If you should end up in a group without a blm or smn, set a dragoon or monk to lb a specific nail, let everyone know which nail that is, and then have everyone else start on a different nail, move to a third nail, and lb will be ready again for fourth nail.

"We'll call the tail nail 12. Polly Arm, LB 12, everyone else go to 3, and then 6, and then LB 9 as soon as you're on it"

It also helps to have the off-tank switch targets too, every bit of dps matters during nail phase if you don't have mage LB.

[Kaesara]

We did Ifrit HM 5 times tonite 3 drops were summoner books, we didnt have a summoner in the group hehe.

[Chiramu]

Ifrit HM is the first primal you do when you hit 50, all you need is people who know how to play their role and also for those people to be honest and tell everyone that they don't know something.

You don't need gear check for Ifrit HM.

[Sephirah]

You don't need GC weapons for Ifrit HM, any fresh 50 can beat this fight... Ifrit is incredibly easy, even with 1 tank and no blm/smn, the strategy just changes.

With a PLD tank, you really don't need an offtank for stuns, I've held aggro the entire fight and interrupted every Eruption, just learn his rotation and anticipate them so you don't get caught by your GCD.

With a BLM/SMN, it's super easy because you can use lb3 on the nails, without one, just use lb3 to immidiately kill one, then have dps focus 2, 3, and 4, and have dps use LB2 on the last one.

[NeoZehel]

You by no means need the ifrit bow...

[reality_check]

Try finding a healer of a tank friend to queue with. It makes the wait time a LOT more bearable.

[Evangela]

Just buy a crafted weapon from the market, it's better than Ifrit weapon.

[Grunwald]

GC weapon is fine for ifrit, garuda and titan.

And as soon as i do the next Ifrit HM the bow drops.