Quote Originally Posted by Novaura View Post
This year, it's do 1 FATE, which is impossible to do without mages or ranged attackers due to the opo opos staying within the AOE right next to the cyclops and the AOE puts stun and sleep on you and kills you in 2 hits. This FATE is incredibly short sighted in that unless you have a mage or ranged class, you can't do anything.
I did it solo on my dragoon just fine, and didn't die, so maybe it's not the FATE that's a problem, and just personal awareness?

the "boss" has 3 cast speeds that he cycles through. It only takes a moment to see which one he's doing, run in, interact with the drum, run out again before it goes off. It's far from impossible.

Taht being said, the events aren't exactly awe-inspiring in the least, but they're an interesting little distraction for a few minutes, so that's good enough for me, it's not like new year's (or the chinese new year, even) is a huge holiday, it's just something to pass the time with.