Unreal Shiva is a failure.

[ForteNightshade]

So Squeenix never retuned this fight and Unreal Titan looks to be even worse. I still have no clear because no PF can beat it.

Thanks Squeenix, thanks a lot. >_<

As someone who has cleared on every role, nearly every week since it released. Yes, PF can clear. Are some parties an absolute mess? Oh, yeah. But join any EX fight at level and they're equally a mess. I won't deny Unreal was poorly advertised as it's not an extension of Wondrous Tails. But at the same time, people need to "git gud" if we're being honest.

[Kuroka]

Its not that bad, but most the time we rather hit enrage if there are 2 tanks... and the positions... ugh... every other run you get thos 1-2 "i stand wherever i want!" guys lol

Imo it still sucks it wasnt tuned for 480-490 so we can overgear it slightly, ppl who just need some gear as their skill just isnt enough are pretty much screwed lol

[Absurdity]

Its not that bad, but most the time we rather hit enrage if there are 2 tanks... and the positions... ugh... every other run you get thos 1-2 "i stand wherever i want!" guys lol

Imo it still sucks it wasnt tuned for 480-490 so we can overgear it slightly, ppl who just need some gear as their skill just isnt enough are pretty much screwed lol

Which is why I'm not entirely sure what the low ilvl sync is for in the first place, it certainly isn't for new players who just capped.

[Duskane]

level sync is so they can easily recycle it later on

[Frizze]

Its not that bad, but most the time we rather hit enrage if there are 2 tanks... and the positions... ugh... every other run you get thos 1-2 "i stand wherever i want!" guys lol

Imo it still sucks it wasnt tuned for 480-490 so we can overgear it slightly, ppl who just need some gear as their skill just isnt enough are pretty much screwed lol

The idea seems to be that the unreal series of fights are going to be over-gearing proof. Sorta like the ultimates, but on fights that are exponentially easier. So even if they were tuned to 480, the sync would then be at 480 and all we accomplished is inflating the stats a little and forcing players to get one upgrade set beyond 80 before being able to try(in the mean time, nothing is stopping you from setting your party to lvl 490+ if you want to eliminate people who havent been at 80 for as long). And like Jekyll pointed out, Shiva only has like 3 mechanics that matter. Forgive me if this sounds elitist, but anyone unable to learn 3 mechanics really shouldnt be trying increased difficulty content. So all that leaves is learning how to play your class properly, and executing under pressure. These are things that can be learned and practiced, if someone cares enough. If not, they can look at the lackluster rewards from this content(so far anyway) and decide it isnt worth the effort/decide to buy them from the market instead.

[Karshan]

And like Jekyll pointed out, Shiva only has like 3 mechanics that matter. Forgive me if this sounds elitist, but anyone unable to learn 3 mechanics really shouldnt be trying increased difficulty content. So all that leaves is learning how to play your class properly

THIS. So much this. Shiva is near empty in mechs with a lot, lot of uptime. It's not a dummy but it's quite close. Anyone knowing his class shouldn't meet enrage timer, and it is a good indicator that enrage timers on extreme primals nowadays are a joke.

[Payadopa]

People are no longer used to having to play correctly. Even in Savage you see 6th percentile grey dps and 0 damage healers getting kills on e5-7 once others are geared enough to carry them, before Echo is even a thing. You can get surprisingly far without having to play your class correctly at all.

I'm not saying I disagree with you bit it's comments like that where I'm glad i only raid with chill friends.

[Masked-dingus]

People are no longer used to having to play correctly. Even in Savage you see 6th percentile grey dps and 0 damage healers getting kills on e5-7 once others are geared enough to carry them, before Echo is even a thing. You can get surprisingly far without having to play your class correctly at all.

This is indeed a thing, and it seems that the game is more and more made to accomodate these types of player, so we have to do with that, i don't think anybody should expect ffxiv to become any harder as it will keep going the opposite way, in my opinion

[RicaRuin]

Blog Update dealing with UI changes tells us that it will now be possible to set Duty Complete in the PF. Most likely resulting in a little better groups (people that are new can no longer sneak in) while those that still need the clear will be rather frustrated. After all, the competent people won't have much incidence to join the practice groups.

[Duskane]

Blog Update dealing with UI changes tells us that it will now be possible to set Duty Complete in the PF.

you can do that anyway...