The constant disbanding of Steps of Faith

[LineageRazor]

As I recall anyway, SE never nerfed that fight.

Well, the main difference here is timing. By the time Titan Hard Mode became necessary to complete, folks were already overgeared for it and spamming Trial Roulette, so a newbie could expect a quick and easy Duty Finder win.

In the case of Steps of Faith, though, it honestly comes down to money, money, money. SE WANTS people to be able to access Heavensward when it comes out. If a player is stuck on SoF, what incentive do they have to buy the expansion, let alone to pre-order it? Early access doesn't do much for you if you can't actually access anything.

From what I've read, a MUCH higher than expected percentage of the playerbase was unable to progress past Steps of Faith. While only speculating, I suspect this may have put a scary dent in the projected estimate of Heavensward sales, and SE cracked down hard to address the issue.

It's a shame, as it's a pretty epic fight. Before the nerf, Vishap comes across as pretty much unstoppable, with the tiny chip damage your weapons do to him - cannons, explosive barrels, Dragonkillers, all these were necessary to stop the unstoppable. It was a great concluding battle to the storyline. With the nerf, a lot of that majesty is lost, but it makes sense from an economic perspective. Money from bad players (or players unlucky enough to always be matched with bad players) is as green as money from anyone else!

[NeoBlueFalcon]

I cleared this trial on my first attempt, the day 2.55 went up. Steps of Faith was easy, even before SE took the nerf bat to it. And yet somehow, people still abandon the trial in droves before the duty commences. I'm at the point where I want to beg SE to create a much more severe withdrawal penalty specifically for Steps of Faith, that can't be cheesed out of by joining full parties. Seriously people, this trial isn't that hard, and it's a gate for anyone who hasn't cleared it and has to put up with the mass disbanding.

[seida]

Haha, I just got Steps in trial roulette earlier.

It loaded, someone immediately typed "no thank u", and left.

A new dps joined, the rest of us carried on. We did actually fail the first time (at 1%, he died after the failure cutscene, haha). But the DPS improved the second time and we did it. Faster than the penalty that the random DPS got for leaving...

[SDaemon]

I cleared this trial on my first attempt, the day 2.55 went up. Steps of Faith was easy, even before SE took the nerf bat to it. And yet somehow, people still abandon the trial in droves before the duty commences. I'm at the point where I want to beg SE to create a much more severe withdrawal penalty specifically for Steps of Faith, that can't be cheesed out of by joining full parties. Seriously people, this trial isn't that hard, and it's a gate for anyone who hasn't cleared it and has to put up with the mass disbanding.

[Adventica6]

It's the worst fight in the entire game by a longshot, I was stuck there myself for a while, people don't like to work together in DF that's why its DF, and this quest/whatever this thing is, needs to be a story only npc battle, nobody coordinates in pugs because they don't have to.

The worst part is the 10 mins at the beginning when all these noobs have their heads cut off not knowing who or what is doing who or what, it's honestly a sad fight.

[Luvbunny]

The Limitless Blue hard would love to say a word and will take over the "always have newbies who causes vote abandon after a few wipes".... North America duty finder is so so so so terrible, they can't even clear this simple trial. I am not surprised Steps of Faith is abandoned ASAP, since the 30 minutes or longer you will spend trying to clear it - not worth the aggravation. Read Wiki/Reddit/Forum on instruction, or watch youtube video, it is not that hard to prepare.

[Ryaz]

I've gotten this a couple times in the roulette... Both times we downed him by around the second gate. I volunteered for DK duty. Not sure why people have so many issues with this fight. Just takes some minor coordination.

[elemental10]

I hereby bury you back into the depths of the dead threads! BEGONE FOUL ONE!

/thread

[LunarEmerald]

I think the biggest deterrent for repeat clears is the fight is on rails and doesn't reset until it's run its course even if it's a clear failure. "Missed a Dragonkiller shot for any reason? Whoops. Too bad for you. Now sit there and watch the fight slowly progress towards failure for another 10 minutes before you're allowed to try again."

Maybe if dps is awful. A decent group could dps it down without using a single dragonkiller.

[Catwho]

I turn into a little drill sergeant whenever I roll into this on my tank in trials. You can clear in 10 minutes as long as someone barks orders and makes sure everyone is on the same page.

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