BIS EX makes no sense

[Plo8383]

Do you want an I win button? No! I want an event that makes sense. It will be easier to get 200 gear than to get this crap done...than anyone will have the dps to get it done. You all got it done with ilvl 130 gear when you had to walk 10 miles to school....we get it. My PUG DPS isn't cutting it then I guess. The event isn't hard. It's a dps check and as a healer, I can't do much more than keep people alive so they can do their job which I have been doing. But since it doesn't make any sense, I'm seeing people spend 1-7 million in shouts buying their wins or just simply waiting until they get the 200 gear. I don't want the weapon or the horn. I couldn't careless. I already have the barding and I find the weapon ugly... I just don't think that it's normal that DPS only makes such a small dent in the carapace. Obviously, they are not OP UBER FC players but come on!!

[Plo8383]

To those with actual constructive things to say: First of all, thank you for not being a whiny...to anyone who isn't in a FC of your level, got lucky, etc etc. It's always refreshing to see nice people. So I do humbly thank you for that. I am not giving up btw. I have had events take weeks before in other games or events where we didn't sleep for 24 hours when I was in top guilds. So I thank you for your responses and feedback. I will keep healing this until I'm ilvl 60000 if I have to, I will get a win. It's already not feeling amazing as I'm obviously a tad behind (I won't be very soon-yay for catching up in a new'ish game) and this won't be a win at a lower ilvl item but oh well...There's more time for those. And to the MCH who's doing awesome DPS, you go you! From what I heard it's a lot of RNG and they were underparsing but if you say it's an understanding problem, it possibly is. I don't play any DPS (yet). Maybe making a guide or tips for the rest of them?

[Plo8383]

Oh and as for bickering, I'm a licensed therapist (retired). I can calm and focus groups down if I want and have to. If a PUGGY really wants to bicker or have a bad attitude, they can go elsewhere. One fail doesn't mean that it wasn't a learning experience. If they do not get that, too bad. It will be explained to them. It will be reinforced. They will get the soothing that they need but if nothing works, nothing works. Miracles cannot be performed. You're not going to get The Donald to say something intelligent any time now.... So sometimes, asking them politely to leave or enforcing that is the only choice left. I don't think that anyone likes that but it remains a necessary options at times. However, I did not find that it was much of an issue TBH. People seem to be more determined than anything else. Determined not to pay for it that I can tell you!

[Chiramu]

If you are referring to me.
For the group I was in, we did groups of 4. Mch/Drg/Tank/Healer and Blm/Blm/Tank/Healer. We had some misunderstandings and people went up at wrong times the first couple of carapace phases, so the island was closer to being destroyed than desired.

Sounds more like you were not killing the adds fast enough. You NEED to kill the adds, the Nat Mai ALWAYS FIRST, he does the most damage to the island and then you need to make sure people are getting the little guys down.
If the island is dying it is because you are not killing adds fast enough.

[Ruri]

to the MCH who's doing awesome DPS, you go you! From what I heard it's a lot of RNG and they were underparsing but if you say it's an understanding problem, it possibly is. I don't play any DPS (yet). Maybe making a guide or tips for the rest of them?

I wasn't sure from your wording if you were saying all MCH's need an adjustment or just the ones you play with. It is a lot of RNG but the job is built on that, its a proc job. And if played right it can be done very well. So making a generalization about MCH being a bad dps job without playing it or knowing anything about it... I feel the need to defend.

[Aegrus]

Oh and as for bickering, I'm a licensed therapist (retired). I can calm and focus groups down if I want and have to.

Welcome to what any static raid leader, or fc coordinator has to go through. If you apply that toward making a static group, you can clear it reliably. However, making a challenge simpler cause apparently anyone better than you is elitist, and worse is a scrub, is a horrible attitude to have. Instead, seriously ask yourself, can you do better? What could you have done to improve this. If nothing there, make sure others are clearing mechanics and replace those that can't, or aren't willing to learn.

If you think bismark EX is hard, just wait till you do Ravana EX...

Please stop asking to dumb down content because it is "too hard". Ravana doesnt even require that much performance from dps. The new primal fights are all about doing mechanics.

[Plo8383]

I agree. People said X and Y but not having experienced it myself, I should not talk about it. People have said a ton of things about the WHM that were unfounded and I proved them wrong....but I was still wrong. When people do not want to change their minds, you cannot. And yes, I mean all MCH. From what I had been hearing over and over again, they had issues because they are RNG and it usually turns out to be bad. They were parsing less on dummies. Of course, we did have the ''dummies'' are not comparable to an event where you need to move, cannot injure the mob during certain phases, etc etc....Dummies are by no way reliable unless you have a purely stationary event where you will never get hit....which would suck.

[Plo8383]

You absolutely misunderstand. There are always going to be better players. I love ''better'' players because I learn from them. When the attitude is ''do you want a win button then'', I gain nothing but attitude. That's elitist and a waste of time. They just wanted to show that they cleared it. Therapist as I said. I will not fall for simple mind tricks. As for players will less skill, they are far from scrubs. They are learning. I've only ever quit one dungeons in my months in this game. Want to know who quits? That elitist tank who finds the DPS too slow. I see that OFTEN.

I don't recall asking for them to dumb down content...what I said is that the event doesn't make sense aka should have better rewards because this weapon is already old and outdated pretty much or will be in a week or so. The mechanics are not an issue here. As I stated, I dps, I heal, we get our groups to the last carapace phase. This is a pure DPS check, not about mechs.

[Plo8383]

ps: I was a raid leader, class leader in EQ1 Triality guild once upon a time before we all disbanded and lost respect. We were the number 1 guild in all of EQ1 for many years. So I can raid, I know that raiding I about trial and error and learning, patience, etc etc...What I do not get is content vs difficulty vs reward. It's poorly organized in my humble opinion. Had they not added this 200 weapon, I likely would not have made this post. Now this just seems to make no sense at all..

[Nadirah]

The biggest issue with Bismarck is healing it. DPS is easy unless you have people that either suck or can't hit the right snake.