From Mog to you: Darkhold full clear, 4 chests, 20 minutes remaining.

[Deceptistar]

Use the same set up they did and do it all in the same time. Then come back and tell us how easy it was. Ever think that maybe they are just good players?

For something that is "easy mode" I sure see alot of parties with the exact same setup attempt the dungeon and eat sh*t consistently.

This is what i meant by both parties not wanting to admit the other.
Anything that is not an agreement or a praise just ends up with the other party jumping at the others throats.
I have yet to have seen any posts that question the other party, and is NOT replied with either a belittling or sarcastic undertone.

[BloodLotus]

What's the advice for melee?

I'm still trying to figure out what triggers his inferno drop... that always one shots me.

[Cursive]

the thing is when you watch a video it looks easy, but that is because they are good players, not because the content is easy. you could try the same set up and repeatedly fail and that is what many groups are doing. my point is everyone calling 3 arc easy mode is full of shit and most likely hasn't even tried it.

after watching these videos, what i found most interesting is that we run the dungeon pretty much exactly as the op's linkshell has and we've had zero contact with them. all it is practice and figuring out what works best...experimenting. linkshell's that just copy get nowhere and will always remain behind.

[Deceptistar]

Try pugging and see how well it goes. It may be made to look easy, but you need a tight-knit group of people who can react and understand each other under certain pressure points.

Personally, if your aiming for pure speed its another story cause your aiming for the specific classes that can do the dungeon with less heals and most dmg.
But the dungeon itself is not that difficult. I did mine couple of times, each time hosting my own run on the recruit, a JP pick up group. (cause im JP) Most cons i ever had was 2, most archers i ever had was 2. Rest were mixed class. The dungeon is a breeze when everybody paid attention and knew it. We always had ample time for the last boss.(Mr.B) Sometimes we ignore it, sometimes we pick at it. We get it to about half way, but since the set up is not made with intention to kill the boss, you time out. =) We basically spam run these to get chest drops.

[Belial]

This is what i meant by both parties not wanting to admit the other.
Anything that is not an agreement or a praise just ends up with the other party jumping at the others throats.
I have yet to have seen any posts that question the other party, and is NOT replied with either a belittling or sarcastic undertone.

What do you expect? You're saying stuff like this:

since its well aware from both NA and JP sides that the setup is easy mode.

Says who? The only people claiming it to be "easy mode" are those failing to provide any evidence of completion. Meanwhile, all of the decent linkshells are respectful enough to post information they have in regards to the instance. So if you're gonna run into someone's helpful topic to condescend to them about how "this is easy mode" and "youre using this set-up" etc, etc, then yea... you're gonna met with equal aggression. /shrug.

[Raze]

Wow that was impressive, congrats on the run. Thanks for cutting past the final boss kill cutscene for all the people who haven't cleared it yet lol ^^

[Belial]

The dungeon is a breeze when everybody paid attention and knew it.

^ That's a very important piece to your response. With topics like these, people can go in having an understanding. Coming into someone's topic just to bust their chops about a set-up, when they're providing information for people, makes you a troll...

[BloodLotus]

If the setup was easy mode more than 280 linkshells across all servers would have beaten it.

[Belial]

If the setup was easy mode more than 280 linkshells across all servers would have beaten it.

That was 280 people, not linkshells. Sorry, not gripin' at ya, just making your point more valid.

[Krausus]

That was 280 people, not linkshells. Sorry, not gripin' at ya, just making your point more valid.

would be 35 groups total. with probably a lot of said groups in the same LS