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  1. #31
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    Mightion's Avatar
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    Merissa Defensor
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    Jenova
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    Paladin Lv 100
    Worst part about the Y'shtola fight was actually GETTING to that point; as a 70 PLD in appropriate gear against Sadu; it took me ten stacks of the Echo to get past that. I would have loved the difficulty option then.

    Thancred vs Ran'jit was... quite frankly, a pain. It didn't make me think Thancred was a badass, quite the opposite.

    I almost changed the difficulty for the 5.1 fight, but I finally figured out "Spam 1 as much as possible" and "Kill all the bits around the edges" and beat it on Normal.

    That being said, if there are no more roleplay fights in the future I won't miss them, but if they keep them, I'd rather they were closer to the Estinien event difficulty than the Ran'jit event.
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  2. #32
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    SamSmoot's Avatar
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    Fugu Barr
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    Exodus
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    Ninja Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Mhaeric View Post
    Button 1: Your main combo. Spam this on the boss.
    Button 2: Your DoT. Use it once every 15s on the boss.
    Button 3+4: Your AoEs. They are on a 6s GCD so just alternate them as a combo. These have a huge range of 40y and 80y, so keep the boss targeted and just use them whenever the boss summons adds. No need to target anything but the boss.
    Button 5: Limit Break. Use it immediately upon becoming available. It doesn't do damage, but it will instantly put you into a cutscene that finishes the fight..
    Thanks, I'll try that. I was spamming button 1 the whole time on the last two attempts, still died well before the LB phase. Are there any unmarked AOE's? I've been avoiding all the yellow ones. Also, I did use 3 & 4, and they took care of the adds nicely.

    I was hoping "very easy" mode would be just walk up, hit the boss once, and he falls over dead..
    Even if I do manage to run it to the end, it's taking far too long.
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  3. #33
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    ed3891's Avatar
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    Zuzeh Diqna
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    Exodus
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    Warrior Lv 90
    The only thing these sequences could use are a few more actions - though I appreciate the opportunity to perform battle duties as other characters to play out important events. Definitely want to see more of this in the future. Cinematic scenes are fine and all, but variety is welcome.
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  4. #34
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    Sigrid Blackthorne
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    Phoenix
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    Warrior Lv 53
    :O That you referred to our beloved friend, comrade, and savior, as story character #238 makes this a bin-worthy opinion, DISREGARDED!
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  5. #35
    Player Mhaeric's Avatar
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    Mhaeric Llystrom
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    Balmung
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    Red Mage Lv 97
    Quote Originally Posted by SamSmoot View Post
    Thanks, I'll try that. I was spamming button 1 the whole time on the last two attempts, still died well before the LB phase. Are there any unmarked AOE's? I've been avoiding all the yellow ones. Also, I did use 3 & 4, and they took care of the adds nicely.

    I was hoping "very easy" mode would be just walk up, hit the boss once, and he falls over dead..
    Even if I do manage to run it to the end, it's taking far too long.
    There's a few attacks that aren't just simple AoE markers that might be tripping you up:

    1. He does a couple of column attacks in a sequential pattern. It's random which order he does it in, but these will be at roughly to his 10oclock, 12oclock and 2oclock from his point of view. They're marked on the ground as a column with faint yellow lines on each edge and down the middle, but these lines are very faint so might be missed if not paying attention.

    2. One of the circle AoEs has some arrows pointing in 3 directions out of it before it goes off. When that AoE lands it also damages in a line in the direction of the 3 arrows even though it's not marked on the ground, so make sure not to stand in the projected path of one of those arrows.

    3. You can avoid a lot of extra ground AoE by noting when there are enemies on the walkway behind the boss. These are responsible for a lot of the circular ground AoEs that appear and you can kill them with your slot 3 AoE attack to avoid all of that extra dodging.

    4. When he runs to the middle and summons a bunch of mech adds in a circle around the room, just use your slot 3 attack to take them all out with a single hit. They lay down blue column AoEs around the room which are possible to dodge while the boss is doing its own starburst column AoE, but it is far simpler to just kill them all with one ability before their AoE attacks go off and avoid that hassle.
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  6. #36
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    Fugu Barr
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    Exodus
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    Ninja Lv 100
    I recorded the fight the last time to analyze it. After the big radial AOE, I get my health back up, and then he casts a fire explosion called Terminus Est, and I'm dead. It looks like it may come from the little adds around the outer edge of the arena. I guess I'll have to try killing them before this.

    Edit: Finally got it. Tried to kill one of the little adds, but I couldn't target it. but this time, the Terminus Est didn't cause the fire explosion or kill me, so I finally managed to complete it after maybe 30 attempts. This encounter was NOT fun.

    Thanks for all the help though folks. It helped greatly, but I still don't know how I avoided the explosion on the last run.
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    Last edited by SamSmoot; 10-31-2019 at 05:48 AM.

  7. #37
    Player Mhaeric's Avatar
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    Mhaeric Llystrom
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    Balmung
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    Red Mage Lv 97
    Quote Originally Posted by SamSmoot View Post
    I recorded the fight the last time to analyze it. After the big radial AOE, I get my health back up, and then he casts a big explosion called Terminus Est, and I'm dead. It looks like it may come from the little adds around the outer edge of the arena. I guess I'll have to try killing them before this.
    Terminus Est is his ultimate move. That's when you use your limit break. If you don't use it, you die. He becomes invulnerable and your limit break becomes available immediately upon him starting to cast that ability, and you have until the end of its cast bar to use it.
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    Last edited by Mhaeric; 10-31-2019 at 05:40 AM.

  8. #38
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    Jyn Willowsong
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    Faerie
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    Scholar Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by SamSmoot View Post
    Hmm, I didn't see a limit break. The scale bar is present, but no button for it. I'll make my 15th run and check again.

    Edit: Several more attempts, Keep dying before I get to the phase where LB (button 5?) is usable. I think I'll wait until someone does an instruction video, or they nerf it. Totally impossible for me right now.
    Its already been nerfed. Youre playing it in very easy mode. Thats the nerf.
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  9. #39
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    Ifalna Sha'yoko
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    Cerberus
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    White Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Raltar View Post
    It depends on the character I am playing and how long the sequence is. The one in patch 5.1 was perfect, but Thancred vs. Ranjit was seriously the worst part of Shadowbringers.
    Agreed. The concept of the fight was cool but the low DPS just draaaaaagged it out way too much.
    Also it highly depends on how interesting the abilities are.
    Loved the 5.1 one though. [censored]-Bro is so OP, it's hilarious.

    Quote Originally Posted by SamSmoot View Post
    I recorded the fight the last time to analyze it. After the big radial AOE, I get my health back up, and then he casts a fire explosion called Terminus Est, and I'm dead. It looks like it may come from the little adds around the outer edge of the arena. I guess I'll have to try killing them before this.
    Not sure if serious but use the blue skill (Horrid Roar, me thinks) whenever adds are there. Encompasses the entire Arena and they'll die instantly.
    Only knack is realizing you need to LB when he gets to invuln, rest is ... well honestly I didn't get to see many abilities of the boss because I just hopped around having fun, dodging crap automatically.
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    Last edited by Granyala; 10-31-2019 at 05:50 AM.

  10. #40
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    Fawkes Macleod
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    Excalibur
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lacan View Post
    they're few and far between
    They've been doing it non-stop since 4.3
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