Garuda and the Duty Finder: Mini-Rant

[Kenjinmaru]

Honestly. Garuda is such a piss take. People were making so much noise about it i was looking forward to a rough ride; first time i did it I went in using the duty finder and ended with a group with zero relic or AF+1 gear, and we downed it on the second try once the off tank understood that tanking red in the group of healers wasnt the best move.

edit: typo

[irvm89]

There are zero challenging mechanics in Garuda HM. Zero. Niet. Kaput.

So last Saturday I finally beat Garuda's story mode

OP has nothing to do with HM. The entire post elaborates on the Story Mode difficulty, the extremely high DF queues when solo due to lack of FC/LS/etc, as well as the lack of incentive to ever run it again after the first time.

[Maku]

I to am someone who randomly ques up for these and other story mode fights as a SCH to help out others but I totally agree that there needs to be some sort of incentive to help. Give this game a year on the market and new players are going to have one hell of a time getting anything done.

[The_Last_Dragoon]

i lol'd.

There are zero challenging mechanics in Garuda HM. Zero. Niet. Kaput.

I agree that after a few tries, Garuda is a cakewalk, but every mistake you make gets magnified. Also keep in mind that I'm talking about Story Mode Garuda and not HM, and most of the time you might get a single person who knows the fight. Small mistakes in the party can easily lead to the death of either dps or the healer. Things such as the last add summon, the first friction on someone too close to a pillar or the first aerial blast once the tornado has started up. All of these can easily wipe a group due to inexperience regardless of the player's knowledge of the fight.

This coupled with the fact that the Duty Finder has you wait for over 2 hours makes the fight hard to even queue up for since you have to have a good and solid block of time to readily be able to accept the queue. Not to mention connection issues...

[Shuon]

i agree it should have some incentives pretty much just like most of the lower level dungeons.

but nah garuda sm is not hard. there are quite a few mechanics, sure, and you will wipe unless you are familiar with all of them, but at least it isnt like titan which is based on luck with landslide.

more impt things to note for her:
1. avoid slip steam
2. do not camp near pillars unless during slip stream
3. do not stand tgt
4. tank limit break during aerial blast
5. watch out for final slipstream during storm.

the finer mechanics will get picked up when e party is tgt. it's a fine and fun fight.

[Kenjinmaru]

OP has nothing to do with HM. The entire post elaborates on the Story Mode difficulty, the extremely high DF queues when solo due to lack of FC/LS/etc, as well as the lack of incentive to ever run it again after the first time.

The queue time is one thing i didnt comment on, yes, but are you saying that Garuda story mode is harder than HM? Because if you're not my post is even more valid.

[Kenjinmaru]

This coupled with the fact that the Duty Finder has you wait for over 2 hours

Yeah this i have sympathy with, as a tank back then i waited a good half an hour i remember, mind you it might have been because off odd playing time late at night, who knows.