Titan Ex Gaol Theory

[PArcher]

Edit: Thinking about it more, it would make sense because there has to be some way for the servers to pick one healer and one DD every time. I don't think they've ever done a fight where someone is targeted specifically because of the job they are, but rather because of the actions they have done in the encounter.

A bunch of fights do it now. Examples:

Garuda EX: Healers are always targeted by Garuda's Friction (the one with no AoE tell)
Titan EX: Gaols target one DPS and one Heal
Ifrit EX: Searing Howl only targets Heals; chain Eruptions only target 2 DPS (think the Eruptions during Nails can target anyone but #1, but not 100% on that; it may have another targeting parameter)
Levi EX: the whirlpool things target Healers only
Turn 7: Cursed Voice targets one Heal, Tank and DPS. Cursed Shriek targets a Heal or DPS. The Flame AoE prioritizes ranged DPS first, then melee DPS (if <2 rDPS), then Heals and Tanks (though at this point its a wipe, so whatever)


There are fights that have mechanics based on enmity (many fights have mechanics ignoring #1); some examples
Turn 5: #1 and #2 on Twin ignore Conflags, Fireballs and Dreads.
Levi EX: Top enmity on Tail gets Briny Mirror
Titan EX: Top enmity ignores Plumes and Landslides, unless there are too few targets (people dead)

[Deathgiver]

A bunch of fights do it now. Examples:

.... (think the Eruptions during Nails can target anyone but #1, but not 100% on that; it may have another targeting parameter)

Actually targets #2, which should usually be the person OTing at the time unless they died right before and haven't had to establish hate again yet.

[mythicrose]

Levi EX: the whirlpool things target Healers only

I'll disagree with this one. I've been farming the heck out of leviathan since he's been released. Many, many occasions I've been targeted by the whirlpool/bomb things as melee dps.

[kukurumei]

I'll disagree with this one. I've been farming the heck out of leviathan since he's been released. Many, many occasions I've been targeted by the whirlpool/bomb things as melee dps.

There are 2 different types. The type that comes when you fight levi targets both healers and range dps. They type that comes during dives (those drops) target dps only.

But this is about gaols. I believe healer is random, but the top burst dps always gets the gaol. "Pop all your cool downs" is a good way to get it.

[PArcher]

I'll disagree with this one. I've been farming the heck out of leviathan since he's been released. Many, many occasions I've been targeted by the whirlpool/bomb things as melee dps.

Never seen it, even with dead heals. One dead heal has always just had one go off on the living one for me.

EDIT: And this is the whirlpool thing while DPSing stuff, not the thing that causes Heavy during Dives (that can target anyone I think, even the tanks; I know I've had it target me when I MTed, haven't OTed and am not paying attention to who it targets when I heal)

[Ryans]

A bunch of fights do it now. Examples:

Garuda EX: Healers are always targeted by Garuda's Friction (the one with no AoE tell)
Titan EX: Gaols target one DPS and one Heal
Ifrit EX: Searing Howl only targets Heals; chain Eruptions only target 2 DPS (think the Eruptions during Nails can target anyone but #1, but not 100% on that; it may have another targeting parameter)
Levi EX: the whirlpool things target Healers only
Turn 7: Cursed Voice targets one Heal, Tank and DPS. Cursed Shriek targets a Heal or DPS. The Flame AoE prioritizes ranged DPS first, then melee DPS (if <2 rDPS), then Heals and Tanks (though at this point its a wipe, so whatever)

There are fights that have mechanics based on enmity (many fights have mechanics ignoring #1); some examples
Turn 5: #1 and #2 on Twin ignore Conflags, Fireballs and Dreads.
Levi EX: Top enmity on Tail gets Briny Mirror
Titan EX: Top enmity ignores Plumes and Landslides, unless there are too few targets (people dead)

Those are all new fights besides turn 5 which is enmity based, as you said. My point was that it is a new mechanic they introduced with EX primals. Have you ever had a healer only DD and still get picked as the healer targeted for a specific mechanic? I am highly skeptical that it is decided simply by which job you are playing.