Was anyone else disappointed by this raid tier?

[Tsumdere]

E5 : I dislike this fight. I like the music and the boss design, I just find the mechanics boring. Progging in pugs was also rough considering it was the first fight in the tier and people were smashing their face against Furies 14 which is pretty early in the fight in almost every party.

E6 : Definitely my second favorite fight. The music is nothing to write home about, but it was fun to prog. I do think it's a little on the easy side with nothing unique that stands out. Also Ifrit hot.

E7 : Boring. Reused music, "interesting" boss design (I cannot even say uninspired because I guess a ball of birds is cool), and super easy mechanics once you understand the galaxy brain colors. Not a huge fan of the teleport mechanic because depending on which direction you get, can completely stop your rotation while you make sure you don't yeet yourself off the edge.

E8 : Love the boss design, love the music, love the arena. Outside of Light's Rampant, the fight is fun. You're always progging something new and she never repeats the same mechanic twice. Light's Rampant sucks though. It's a mechanic that needs more clarity upon wipes because it's difficult to determine what the hell happened if you wipe - everything looks and sounds the same. Was it chains or orbs? Which orb? Which 3 didn't stand in the middle? We will never know. As for the story... mmmmm mixed feelings. I understand that ultimately this tier was about Ryne growing up and becoming an independent woman, but I feel like the stakes were a *little* too high considering if we failed... well... The outfits did not bother me either as I viewed them as angelic rather than tantalizing because Ryne is a child, but it was definitely a choice since some people go ungabunga if they see female skin regardless of age.

E8: I'm a simple man, I see naked girl, I'm good with everything else even after wiped from LR hundreds of times...

Like this. She's a kid dude.

[Vahlnir]

Like this. She's a kid dude.

Yeah. The entity she is currently channeling might be ageless (or just very old period) but that's still Ryne underneath it all. So to me, thinking of her in that way like some apparently do is just plain wrong on so many levels.