Current State of End-Game Contents - A Blog Post from A Japanese Player

[Exstal]

I went back to read it. However, the claims of 1 death=instant wipe and no chance of recovery is hugely exaggerated. I've cleared titan ex with only me (dps), 1 tank and 1 healer alive.

I agree..for the most part. Sometimes a death or a screwed up mechanic means everyone dies. For example, if the divebomb marker for Second Coil: Turn 4 is placed improperly, you're all going to be blasted into the wall. Or in Turn 2, a person who doesn't get behind the cyclops with Shriek freezes everyone. Turn 3 has Allagan Field and, and far as I can remember, Turn 1 has nothing like that.

[Colt47]

I agree..for the most part. Sometimes a death or a screwed up mechanic means everyone dies. For example, if the divebomb marker for Second Coil: Turn 4 is placed improperly, you're all going to be blasted into the wall. Or in Turn 2, a person who doesn't get behind the cyclops with Shriek freezes everyone. Turn 3 has Allagan Field and, and far as I can remember, Turn 1 has nothing like that.

Best not to bring up turn 5. That thing is a tragedy of combat design and naming conventions the likes of which haven't been seen since the original Final Fantasy Tactics. Yes Square Enix: I will forever remember the fact Ultima was called Altima, and the plethora of weird move flavor text that didn't get fixed until years later in the War of the Lions remake... also I miss cloud.

[Exstal]

Best not to bring up turn 5. That thing is a tragedy of combat design and naming conventions the likes of which haven't been seen since the original Final Fantasy Tactics. Yes Square Enix: I will forever remember the fact Ultima was called Altima, and the plethora of weird move flavor text that didn't get fixed until years later in the War of the Lions remake... also I miss cloud.

Well, Binding Coil: Turn 5 has some as well. Twister, if tanks stand on each other, you're pretty much boned. Divebombs, if done the way players do it, screw everyone as well.