so... how the hell do u beat captain madison in satasha hard?

[Ignnis]

We burned him down, killing the adds removed bind I think.

I was a WHM there and I died because he decided to musket spam me to death first (joy) then the SMN forgot that he could ress (>>) and the only one left standing was the WAR.

Out of the new dungeons I enjoyed Qarn the best, final boss is ridiculously funny especially when everyone is new.

[Remus]

We burned him down, killing the adds removed bind I think.

I was a WHM there and I died because he decided to musket spam me to death first (joy) then the SMN forgot that he could ress (>>) and the only one left standing was the WAR.

Out of the new dungeons I enjoyed Qarn the best, final boss is ridiculously funny especially when everyone is new.

I know right? Out of all the new dungeons i thought i wouldn't enjoy Qarn just like before but this time it came out on top. Satasha was just said i mean they re-used a boss...but change the mechanic a bit.

[Ignnis]

I know right? Out of all the new dungeons i thought i wouldn't enjoy Qarn just like before but this time it came out on top. Satasha was just said i mean they re-used a boss...but change the mechanic a bit.

I like and hate the sastasha last boss. Its so anti caster is insane, I had a BLM, SMN, WAR and WHM (me) in the group and we could barely get any skills off before the clear out spam started. I also said to my group "the tentacles will come out those pools and we gotta kill them" before we started and I basically predicted the future of the fight. Predictable mechanics are boring, only thing that caught us off guard is if you don't down his tentacles he does worlds end which basically ohko's casters (GREAT).

[Shneibel]

I like and hate the sastasha last boss. Its so anti caster is insane, I had a BLM, SMN, WAR and WHM (me) in the group and we could barely get any skills off before the clear out spam started. I also said to my group "the tentacles will come out those pools and we gotta kill them" before we started and I basically predicted the future of the fight. Predictable mechanics are boring, only thing that caught us off guard is if you don't down his tentacles he does worlds end which basically ohko's casters (GREAT).

you only need to kill 2 tentacle near the entrance and stay at that side then caster like BLM can hit the boss, no need to kill all tentacle. About world end, IF the hp of caster (assume ilvl 100) is full or at 3k hp, you will not die, world end deal around 2k+ dmg

[Remus]

you only need to kill 2 tentacle near the entrance and stay at that side then caster like BLM can hit the boss, no need to kill all tentacle. About world end, IF the hp of caster (assume ilvl 100) is full or at 3k hp, you will not die, world end deal around 2k+ dmg

Wasn't the skill Stranger's Tides?

[Sylve]

you only need to kill 2 tentacle near the entrance and stay at that side then caster like BLM can hit the boss, no need to kill all tentacle. About world end, IF the hp of caster (assume ilvl 100) is full or at 3k hp, you will not die, world end deal around 2k+ dmg

An easier way to deal with the fight (albeit, takes a bit longer) is to focus down the {Krakens Arms} and ignore the Tentacles. Kill enough Arms and he wont do the KO shot.
It take slonger because you're spending less time on boss, but it makes the fight pretty easy.
Krakens Arms -> Kraken Main Body - ignore Tentacles.

[Shneibel]

Wasn't the skill Stranger's Tides?

World End is the spinning whirlwind ? I see the word : World End pop but all I do is loss a few K hp (2k+) and not even down to 1k

An easier way to deal with the fight (albeit, takes a bit longer) is to focus down the {Krakens Arms} and ignore the Tentacles. Kill enough Arms and he wont do the KO shot.
It take slonger because you're spending less time on boss, but it makes the fight pretty easy.
Krakens Arms -> Kraken Main Body - ignore Tentacles.

I ran the dungeon 2 times yesterday with 2 different group, 1 DF and 1 pre-make

the first group we only kill 2 (arm or tentacle doesn't matter, just 2) and we sometime got the spinning whirlwind that does some k dmg (2k+)
the second group we kill everything and we don't get any of the whirlwind

So I gues it was luck that my first group advoide the one shot mechanic ?

[saber_alter]

that was a tough fight. my first blind run through one-shot it, but both dps died during madison's trigger-happy phase and i only survived by popping HG.

[Sylve]

World End is the spinning whirlwind ? I see the word : World End pop but all I do is loss a few K hp (2k+) and not even down to 1k



I ran the dungeon 2 times yesterday with 2 different group, 1 DF and 1 pre-make

the first group we only kill 2 (arm or tentacle doesn't matter, just 2) and we sometime got the spinning whirlwind that does some k dmg (2k+)
the second group we kill everything and we don't get any of the whirlwind

So I gues it was luck that my first group advoide the one shot mechanic ?

Its based on the number of Arms he has when the spell is ready. As long as you're killing some of them, it wont be a one shot. Kill enough and he wont do it at all. Makes it easier on your healer and lets them do DPS on the main body.

[Sadana]

My group wiped a bunch on this one. We tried the fight over and over while testing single theories. We were not really overgeared for this dungeon. At least two of us were < ilvl 100 (just so you know).

A couple things we learned:

DON'T ever stop attacking when he starts shooting. >< I think we got up to 20 someodd stacks on that. (Had to check.).
We tried spinning him as he shot. This isn't it either, but we think we glitched him once cause he stopped moving for quite some time and just stood there complaining. :/ (We didn't get through the dungeon this way.)
When he rushes someone, the others attack his back. This seemed successful.

No matter what, going day one into new dungeons with a group of friends is one of the most fun things about the game (imo of course ). Hope yall have fun trying the fights!