Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
I doubt they intended Zurvan or A12S to be cleared by eight tanks yet it's been done. Likewise, Ridorana has been cleared by 21 SMNs, RDMs, BLMs and 24 tanks and healers. This is simply players coming up with different ways to clear the content. Shocking, I know, but people like to experiment in that sort of way.
The problem is Rathalos EX is way easier going in as a tank than any other role. The only part of the fight that's remotely hard is when you get hit by Rathalos' ridiculously high damaging attacks, which can be pretty common given how everything is run server side in this game. Being on my BIS DRG I was either one shot or nearly one shot by attacks, while on my decently geared PLD I could survive far more easily and would only die from really bad RNG if I was hit then stunned into a second hit in the final phase. The fight is far more forgiving if you stack tanks than if you bring DPS/healers.

By contrast every non-standard composition you mentioned hardly, if even ever, makes the content easier. It's pretty much done as a challenge.

As for them adding more content like this to the game? Sure, but I would instantly quit and I imagine many others would do the same. This sort of fight just doesn't work for this type of game let alone with their engine.