Quote Originally Posted by NanaWiloh View Post
I did it on ast which is my main, I was better geared then the op and still had the the gauge come close 100 when I beat the dps check. You are also ignoring that the op does not have a full tool kit, unlike people who did it pre class changes. My wife has the same problem she without a doubt puts more dps right now then I did back then and she still can't clear it even fully buffed. You can't use numbers when players 70 lack all the numbers.
This duty is in the last quest of Stormblood and is in a quest line literally called "Post-Stormblood". If you have reached this point, you have your full level 70 toolkit unlocked. If not, go unlock it. Also, I don't think ilvl 400 is an unreasonable expectation if the job is not played optimally.

Here is a video of a White Mage doing the swords in 5.0. No echo. Stones required: 3, 4, 3 and 83 gauge remaining with generous downtime, as I said. https://youtu.be/4lHkMkf25EY?t=798

You could argue that the DPS check is too tight and is blocking players from progressing, but that is a whole different story. All I said in my first post is this: the duty was successfully completed regularly during Stormblood with weaker abilities, therefore the job changes are not causing this issue.