With new Savage raid how much will party composition matter?

[Fuma]

I'll stepping foot into savage in the next few days and wanted to know from those that have done savage omega how important party composition will be, primarily pertaining to which dd jobs are taken. With abilities and ground effects will it still best to take 2 ranged dd and 2 melee dd or is this no longer a factor anymore? Is a 4 melee dd comp feasible for casual play? Is a 4 ranged dd comp feasible for casual play? Basically what I'm trying to ask is will using non-meta setups like this severely hamper progression?

[Maero]

Well i will try this week also but i imagine bringing a Bard and Machinist would not be ideal. Even 2 Bards over say a Red Mage or blm may not work. This is just speculation

[akaneakki]

4 melees is not something you would ever want.

[Fuma]

4 melees is not something you would ever want.

Why's that?

[Kai_Lee]

Ideal composition would need to include 1 blu mage, 1 geomancer, 1 swordmaster dual.sword and 1 dragoon for battle litany and eye of the dragon. Must need tanks are dual shielded legionair and berserkers and healers are time mage and ast for the balance, so unless u have this OP comp. Good luck in ever beats. Omega savage.

[akaneakki]

Why's that?

A fight where thwre will be aoe around melee 2 have to leave the boss, which is dps loss.

[Yeol]

If you care about group composition.

I'd take 2 ranged (1 physical and 1 caster) and 2 melees.

At the moment, bring jobs that can buff the party so that you can by pass the dps check and not see enrage.
It will only matter until people are well geared.

For example: DRG, NIN, RDM, and BRD. (You can replace DRG with MNK)

[JunseiKei]

Technically speaking, any non-repeating job party composition will work, but that does not make it ideal. Example: 4 melee is entirely possible, but do to having the requirement of absolutely needing to do mechanics in content like savage, it will ultimately not be ideal.Certain compositions will make some fights harder or easier, as well. Raids no longer have required jobs like Coil days did and maybe A6S.

My group has never once had a popular composition; even in omega savage, we run 1 melee, 2 casters and 1 physical ranged.

[Angry_Evil]

Cleared O1 and 2S with smn, blm, rdm, sam\nin, so at least for O1 and 2 party composition shouldn't matter much, as long as your raid dps somewhere around 19k with melee lb3 you'll be fine.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Well i will try this week also but i imagine bringing a Bard and Machinist would not be ideal. Even 2 Bards over say a Red Mage or blm may not work. This is just speculation

Bard is pulling higher numbers than Dragoon and Summoner. I don't understand why people keep bringing it up as weak when it does considerably high damage. Coupled with the support options available and it's fairly standard for groups at the moment. That all said, no one job is so bad it would be a complete hindrance to bring. Admittedly, Machinist, Summoner and Dragoon are noticeably inferior to their respective counterparts-- in that order-- but they all can handle Savage. A four team melee comp though would be awful since mechanics would force two of them to disengage.