Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
Sounds like it's not so much skill you need, just time to learn mechanics. That's not strictly something that "carries over" into MSQ or anything.

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Again, would say that there's little skill to gain from harder fights. It's less about skill, more about mechanics. If you're unprepared for a mechanic and get hit, you'll start to learn how to handle that mechanic. But it's not strictly something that translates to being better in anything else. It's the same game of "dodge the telegraph." You can learn how to do that in Sastasha as easily as you can in Coils.
That's fair... To a point.
But a lot of this game is building on player knowledge as later fights reuse a lot of mechanics, they just have players connect the dots differently.
Practicing up on the early stuff def helps one get an understanding and a feel for how this game plays, and learning how you need to learn mechanics.
Though you may never see Ifrit's nails or Garuda's feathers again, there's still value in learning those fights.