Titan Extreme is NOT Fun

[Noahlimits]

Noah, can you do a healer guide for Titan Ex, pretty please.

I can't tell if this comment is rich with sarcasm, but I'll humor you on what our farm always does for 1-shots: Have a QB.

The QB will do the following on a VOIP:

-Say what the next attack in the rotation will be. Example: "Double plumes are next"
-Where and when to stack. Example: "Everyone stack on me at 6'oclock" or "Stay at 6 to bait the landslide" or "Super bomb, stack at 1'oclock and prepare to move left for plumes".

They should also call people out "___ you need to stack tighter".

If everyone is dodging everything the fight is really really easy on healers. I only know it from a white mage POV, but cure III when we're stacked during stomps (followed by a medica II if needed) and a medica II after gaol's are broken keeps the party safe the entire time. Otherwise, it's just focusing on the main tank.

This please. I've been with pretty decent pugs in Party Finder, but most healers + tanks have difficulty due to the damage spike during the adds phase. Titan gets a damage buff thanks to the adds right? Does your tank use any CDs at all?

The tank will usually do a sentinel if PLD. Warriors usually don't even need to pop anything. Pre emptive cure I's and II's (since you KNOW when mb is coming that phase) makes keeping the tank up really easy if he isn't being one shot due to how many debuffs he has. Try to time tank swapping so you'll have as little debuffs from the boss on the tank as possible.

[gadenp]

I can't tell if this comment is rich with sarcasm ...

Err no sarcasm involved. I just really want all and any advise. If I cannot control how 7 other people in my party play. I will definitely want to ensure that I play Titan at the highest level of gameplay I can possibly do.

If a QB is not possible due to playing with pugs. What else is involved. From what I read, I know now to stand at 6' oclock bomb at add area. So where does the rest of dps stand? Where are the adds pulled too? During super bomb, which is the best bomb that healer stand and dps kill? Also during this super bomb dps period, how to not get weight of land spawn where dps is still killing bomb? Or will it definitely spawn there and dps have to work around it? So many questions ...

[Vulpix]

I can't tell if this comment is rich with sarcasm, but I'll humor you on what our farm always does for 1-shots: Have a QB.

Err no sarcasm involved. I just really want all and any advise. If I cannot control how 7 other people in my party play. I will definately want to ensure that I play Titan at the highest level of gameplay I can possibly do.

I think Noah has been poisoned by the negativity in this forum already. Jokes aside, I've managed to know some party finder people who know how to dodge but have no idea how to heal through the adds phase. That's very helpful, I can probably make a macro or something to alert MBs.

[Goodberry]

<snip>Even worst then Titan HM. Titan Ex has become a gated wall between the hardcore with good static groups and the rest of us. Casual Hardcore and real casuals included.
Between the younger twitch friendly crowd and the older lesser reflect crowd. Between people with good internet and no connection issues, and with people that have latency, lag, dc-ing issues.

Well said. Why companies make such design choices in a MMO game will always beat me. There's a game which went to 12 million subscriptions just because everyone could play and have fun in it, from kids to fighter pilots to middle-aged hardcore raiders to grannies with hand arthritis (true). I have been in raid groups where ALL these types were represented...

[Vulpix]

Well said. Why companies make such design choices in a MMO game will always beat me. There's a game which went to 12 million subscriptions just because everyone could play and have fun in it, from kids to fighter pilots to middle-aged hardcore raiders to grannies with hand arthritis (true). I have been in raid groups where ALL these types were represented...

To be honest turn 1 to 4 of Coil does not require the amount of dodging Titan EX requires. One can have an awesome group that downs T1-4 without even batting an eyelid, but I'm not surprised if said group can't down Titan EM.

[Rekujen]

Back in my day, when you fell in lava.. YOU DIED.

None of this "10 dmg.. 10 dmg.. 10 dmg.." nonsense.

Stop complaining about dungeon difficulty.

[Noahlimits]

Err no sarcasm involved. I just really want all and any advise. If I cannot control how 7 other people in my party play. I will definately want to ensure that I play Titan at the highest level of gameplay I can possibly do.

With SoS I've never even gotten close to stealing hate from the main tank when healing. This includes preemptively casting cures in anticipation of MB. You should never have a problem with MP in this fight as long as people aren't dying. And even then, with two healers you should be okay. Just try not to medica II before or immediately after the adds spawn if you don't have SoS as you can cause a wipe on the raid if the OT can't re-establish hate.

Another tip: When the platform is still pretty large, never go past the yellow inner circle when you're being gaol'd. If the DPS gets titan to his next phase while this is happening, you have a chance of just falling off the cliff if you went beyond the yellow! Always aim for the bottom of the yellow center.

Oh, and divine sealing for the cure III's is amazing during stomp and after jump (preemptively cast it, of course).

[gadenp]

Back in my day, when you fell in lava.. YOU DIED.

None of this "10 dmg.. 10 dmg.. 10 dmg.." nonsense.

Stop complaining about dungeon difficulty.

Please go back and play those "in your day" games. Thanks.

And oh, thanks for posting this useful comment. Know that it has brighten my day and illuminated my life.

Now I just know I can take on Titan with a new PUG and just no die. Playing 100x time better then ever before! Really +1.

[KazerD]

I play an i88 dragoon, and I know this fight by heart. I have managed to get to the second set of adds, however, I can not seem to be with a group that can clear this fight. I have tried playing with my friends and my free company to clear the fight, however, I spare them when I die from the plumes. I know when every plume will spawn so I specifically stop attacking and prepare to move, but even when I begin moving the second I see the plumes I will still die from them; furthermore, it is most annoying to find my character dead way outside of the plume's area of effect. This makes me upset that I can't complete the content and progress because SE still has not fixed whatever problems should have been fixed a long time ago.

[Vulpix]

I play an i88 dragoon, and I know this fight by heart. I have managed to get to the second set of adds, however, I can not seem to be with a group that can clear this fight. I have tried playing with my friends and my free company to clear the fight, however, I spare them when I die from the plumes. I know when every plume will spawn so I specifically stop attacking and prepare to move, but even when I begin moving the second I see the plumes I will still die from them; furthermore, it is most annoying to find my character dead way outside of the plume's area of effect. This makes me upset that I can't complete the content and progress because SE still has not fixed whatever problems should have been fixed a long time ago.

Seems like the biggest boss fight for you is latency, not Titan itself.