Any reason to launch A4 Savage as an impossible raid?

[Kosmos992k]

we are on the 5th week. Based on the clear dates of the top teams(teams that cleared a3s week 2), the following is the absolute most upgrades they can obtain at the moment:
esoterics to date: 2250. pretty much all top teams got their weapon 1st, so 1260 left to spend on gear upgrades so from 1-3 extra i200 pieces that will be upgraded to 210.
a1s accessories including week 4: 18 (10+8 "free" ones)
a2s: 10 gear drops, 5 gobcoats, extra 8 combination of gobcoats or waist
a3s: 8 gear drops, 4 gobtwines, plus and extra 8 gobtwines

some may be saving their gordian manifestos for next week a2s and the following week for a3s gear upgrades instead of opting for eso upgrades considering, RNG is RNG. they could have got multiple healing drops instead of dps gear.

But most people believe a4s will be cleared sometime between now and 2 weeks.

How long did it take T5 to fall originally? Wouldn't that be an appropriate comparison?

[DreameR7g]

How long did it take T5 to fall originally? Wouldn't that be an appropriate comparison?

I don't think so. T5 didn't fall originally because of glitches, not because of lack of skill or gear.

[Ghishlain]

How long did it take T5 to fall originally? Wouldn't that be an appropriate comparison?

October 26, 2013 @ 4:10PM PST was when BG first downed T5.

Game was released on August 27th, 2013 so about two months later, though there are a couple of factors that slowed many groups down. I believe the biggest culprits were maintenances that brought T5 offline and the fact Twisters felt more like a crapshoot then actual skillful dodging, from what I understand (I didn't really start to pay attention to raids until Second Coil was released).

[Blood-Aki]

October 26, 2013 @ 4:10PM PST was when BG first downed T5.

Game was released on August 27th, 2013 so about two months later, though there are a couple of factors that slowed many groups down. I believe the biggest culprits were maintenances that brought T5 offline and the fact Twisters felt more like a crapshoot then actual skillful dodging, from what I understand (I didn't really start to pay attention to raids until Second Coil was released).

This was also around the time the game was still new, so you mainly had people still leveling/grasping how the game worked. getting used to it, etc. Broken jobs, like how WAR was pretty much a borderline useless paper tank. (my, how times have changed) and other badly needed job adjustments. so factor in all those and was harder to get T5 down quickly. after more Coils came out people were ready for them, with abusing melded gear.