I love the game, but... Titan

[Lstkaws]

As a healer safe your myths for chest piece, it is more useful than +1 relic (melee gain the most from +1 relic). Hopefully you get Titan soon, then the coil.

[Aerostein]

As a healer safe your myths for chest piece, it is more useful than +1 relic (melee gain the most from +1 relic). Hopefully you get Titan soon, then the coil.

I respectfully disagree. I think myth chest would be somewhat of a lower priority, considering.

[Oblit]

I love fighting Titan HM, I have been joining PUGs daily and beat him at least once every day since September. I'm currently working on the 10th relic on a different character becuase I already have all 9 relics on my main character. 6 of my 9 relics were purely PUG'd and the rest were from running it with my FC.

My advice is don't spend more than 20 minutes per group unless they are willing to replace the inexperienced players (providing you have joined a experienced and geared group). I help out random PUGs and Duty Finder Titan's everyday and I always tell the PUGs that I only have 20 minutes before joining. If the group is capable on beating Titan, it will more than likely to happen on the 2nd and 3rd try.

I would also observe every player to determine what can be improved and will make them aware before starting the next attempt. We will usually get the win right after depending on the execution, if the group seem to be improving I will stay longer than 20 minutes.

[Oblit]

Cont:

You only need 4 people post-heart (maybe 5 pre-heart depending on Gaol) who knows what they are doing to beat Titan HM, the rest can be carried.

The tank of course, one healer and two DPS (3 DPS pre-heart). I have outlasted Titan with only 4 people alive right after the heart phase, it's gonna to be tough with 3 people unless the tank and the healer is able to break out the DPS out of gaol quick enough.

[Lstkaws]

I respectfully disagree. I think myth chest would be somewhat of a lower priority, considering.

Considering what? not being rude just honestly asking. The ideas I have seen thrown around is that other than melee using myths on gear is more beneficial than +1 the relic. Granted, that's just what I have seen thrown around. Now if you have coil group and a good shot at coil allagan gear than certainly +1 relic would be optimal. Unless your a min/max person then you go BIS.

So honest question, what is the best way to go and why?

[Johnist]

Sadly, some servers aren't as far along as others, and I've seen many groups that were fully geared die in T-HM due to either Sheer Incompetence of some of the players, or Severe Lag... Sometimes both in the same instance!

Paying Mercenaries to help you while I am loathe to agree with is a skilled and standard process in Game and Life. Just make sure whomever you hire has an excellent track record. I paid for mercenaries and survived my entire run (some of them even died!) when I first did Titan. Then I did a pug group later (with my +1) and got my 'legit' (although I still count the Mercenary kill as Legit since I LBed Titan's Heart AND Titan himself for Victory).

[Yurikitty]

/puts on flame suit

Ok this is where my problems with the LS and the FC system come in. OP is in a FC, FC is obviously not helping him out. They are social. Thats a linkshell! Linkshells are for social!! Not FC's! Why, why does no one seem to understand this? If you need to go through Titan and CT and Coil you need a FC. Your social group obviously aint cutting it. That was never the intention of the Devs for FC use. But no, everyone and there brother has to have there own FC, and this right here is what happens. My advice to you is get a real FC. Linkshells = social FC = Titan. Simple.

Also, you might want to get your Thurm up to 26 for swift cast. As a whm you should have this, it is helpful in fights like Titan for multiple reasons besides raise. Your tanks taking mountain buster to the face will thank you for it.

[NyneAlexander]

Keep at it. Eventually, you'll join a titan party with 7 other members who all get it. Also, if someone drops during the final phase, don't bother raising them. 9/10 times they will not have enough HP to survive tumult in their weakened state. Your time/mp is better served healing the remaining members and dps'ing titan.

Hang in there. The first titan kill is like getting laid for the first time: sloppy, messy, and there's probably dead bodies everywhere.

[Oblit]

Also, you might want to get your Thurm up to 26 for swift cast. As a whm you should have this, it is helpful in fights like Titan for multiple reasons besides raise. Your tanks taking mountain buster to the face will thank you for it.

This^ It also helps a lot when you have heal someone that have 25% HP from getting hit by avoidables just before AOE pre-heals and heals from needed Tumult (Stomps). How many times have you seen people dying from the first few stomps of Tumults becuase they couldn't dodge the attack right before?

[Maqaqa]

/puts on flame suit

Ok this is where my problems with the LS and the FC system come in. OP is in a FC, FC is obviously not helping him out. They are social. Thats a linkshell! Linkshells are for social!! Not FC's! Why, why does no one seem to understand this? If you need to go through Titan and CT and Coil you need a FC. Your social group obviously aint cutting it. That was never the intention of the Devs for FC use. But no, everyone and there brother has to have there own FC, and this right here is what happens. My advice to you is get a real FC. Linkshells = social FC = Titan. Simple.

I dont even have an FC and im on turn 5 every week, and couldnt care less about the intention of the Devs.

In my experience its quite the opposite: FCs are great for the social aspect of the game, but they are often "too big" to be organized; if you want to get things done a small/medium LS is better and does not force you to leave your current FC.

edit. this is especially true on EU servers where a lot of players are members of a spanish/italian/french/german/whatever FC and not everyone is willing to leave their "national/social" FC to join an "endgame" FC.
Endgame Linkshells are the solution.