Any idea what is in patch 2.57?

[SevarrienBladeson]

In regards to Step of Faith,

It emphasizes the need for communication and cooperation among party members. It is set up to where not one player can "be the hero" and save the day so to speak, and I like that. Unity is key in that mission, and if you don't have it, you lose. From start to finish everyone has to work together. My party cleared it and we had at least 2 of 8 members at no more than ilevel 96.
1 tank having aggro on adds (DPS with aggro pulling to tank so tank can grab), 1 healer healing the DPS that needed it (we had a phenomenal solo healer), and 4 DPS attacking the boss at all times unless the mechanic needed done . We got victory with a split second to spare before failing and having to restart, but we won.
Everyone must do their part, or it is "Duty Failed." Good move, Square Enix (even though it was as tough as I can describe, and had to do the whole trial 9 times to get it done), I like it and hope to see more of these mechanic oriented fights on the trials

[Adire]

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Completely agree. I got up to Steps of Faith finally tonight and had time for one try. It failed, and now I'm going to have to do the nerfed version instead of experiencing it in its original form if it gets nerfed tonight. I can see why the thing is a pain, why it wipes DF groups. The adds are insane if not dealt with efficiently even if people know the actual mechanics. Small messups with the adds can cause major problems and is what happened in my attempt.

But the fight has been cleared plenty up to this point and is not at all impossible, just a bit difficult. Why everything that is mildly difficult, even in the main storyline, has to be nerfed I do not understand. Allowing a forced reset is fine and would clear up many problems people have with the fight without nerfing it. Increased rewards would encourage people to stay. Those should be what happens, not nerfs.

[LunaHoshino]

In regards to Step of Faith,

It emphasizes the need for communication and cooperation among party members. It is set up to where not one player can "be the hero" and save the day so to speak, and I like that. Unity is key in that mission, and if you don't have it, you lose. From start to finish everyone has to work together.

This. I just did my first-ever run of it via DF, and we one-shot it. Why? Because the group communicated with each other on what needed to be done and when. A few things went wrong, but we were able to deal with them thanks to communication.

That's it. That's all that trial needs: people working together.

[SevarrienBladeson]

This. I just did my first-ever run of it via DF, and we one-shot it. Why? Because the group communicated with each other on what needed to be done and when. A few things went wrong, but we were able to deal with them thanks to communication.

That's it. That's all that trial needs: people working together.

The 8 times my groups abandoned were in DF. That 9th time though, I had done every gimmick I could think of to get a party organized lol (ranging from "Free dragon rides" to "Join for an opportunity to be like Shiva and get ravaged by dragons" and many things in between), but I got in a party with 2 PLD (me being the weakest PLD, 1 WM, 2 DRG, 1 BRD, and 1 BLM. I cried when we won lol.

[Dualblade]

The 8 times my groups abandoned were in DF. That 9th time though, I had done every gimmick I could think of to get a party organized lol (ranging from "Free dragon rides" to "Join for an opportunity to be like Shiva and get ravaged by dragons" and many things in between), but I got in a party with 2 PLD (me being the weakest PLD, 1 WM, 2 DRG, 1 BRD, and 1 BLM. I cried when we won lol.

Did you try yelling in ALL CAPS? Smoothest run I was ever in had someone doing that (joined in for the fun of it myself). Maybe on the next difficult thing that can be tried?

[SevarrienBladeson]

Did you try yelling in ALL CAPS? Smoothest run I was ever in had someone doing that (joined in for the fun of it myself). Maybe on the next difficult thing that can be tried?

Nope, I did all caps because that was the way I had seen it done. Sorry if you don't like it. But yeah, I hope the next ones go smoother.