For those who've cleared DR(Savage), what are your thoughts on it?

[Vaern]

My thoughts after clearing: Why the hell is this marked savage? Only thing hard about this quest is getting 47 other people

Everything below Ultimate difficulty should be labelled as (Casual) anyway. Right ?

[LyraleiManagem]

Like with BA, Discord servers are usually a good way to go. Each Data Center should have a few.

i joined one but it seems that people are mostly recruiting players with some level of experience.
back in SB there were frequent runs for fresh starters and it doesnt seem to be the case here... or maybe i was checking hard enough

[MPK]

Everything below Ultimate difficulty should be labelled as (Casual) anyway. Right ?

This is legit below e10s difficulty

Actually it's prob below e9s

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Everything below Ultimate difficulty should be labelled as (Casual) anyway. Right ?

The best thing is... They aren't even that good at ultimate....

[Vaern]

This is legit below e10s difficulty

Actually it's prob below e9s

I don't get what you're saying. Are you saying that casual content is on the same difficulty than other casual content ???

[MPK]

I don't get what you're saying. Are you saying that casual content is on the same difficulty than other casual content ???

Calling it savage content is a disgrace.

But hey if it brings in more savage raiders then I guess it's not too bad

[Vaern]

Calling it savage content is a disgrace.

But hey if it brings in more savage raiders then I guess it's not too bad

Is there even a difference between Sastasha normal and E12S ? I don't see any they're both so easy.

[MPK]

Is there even a difference between Sastasha normal and E12S ? I don't see any they're both so easy.

idk depends on how many weeks in we talking about

[MarniDawg]

Organizing 48 people is craptacular.

Progging the fights is fun. Once you learn them it's not all that hard.

Deaths are kinda punishing but there seem to be good ways around it. Healer lb3, reraise, sacrifice and arise. Honestly they kind of made deaths more of an annoyance to other players than a punishment.

I like the personal responsibility in the fights compared to BA. No following the group mindlessly on some things.

Gear being gated behind augmented bozja gear is stupid as heck in my opinion.

Overall I think it's good content that could still use improvements.

[DoH]

lol at the people saying that this is easier that Extreme fights. Extreme fights are almost braindead. With this you really need to be paying attention to stuff (e.g., the Mercies during Trinity Seeker must be prepositioned, and you have to pay attention to Seasons of Mercy, Iron Splitter, and other mechanics at the same time; the various debuffs that require you to do basic math during Katy Perry along with forced march and ladder game require some thought; chess and super chess during Queen are annoying, too; etc.) unless you're unable to do it yourself and solely relying on callouts, but even then there is a decent amount of personal responsibility. I think the main difference between this and 8-man content is that in a lot of the 8-man stuff, one person messing up a mechanic can wipe the party. That can also obviously happen in DRS (e.g., if someone messes up slimes / golems and the group isn't prepared to recover, it can snowball quickly; a tank messing something up and the Queens guard or minotaur adds get too close to each other can quickly turn into a wipe; if the dispellers are dead and they don't dispell raidwide AOEs during Queen, you can get killed pretty fast; reflect users not reflecting certain mechanics can also cause everyone to die), but it is less common if you're running with a competent group. Other Savage content seems to throw fewer mechanics at you at once but is also less forgiving if you mess up certain mechanics.

Overall, I enjoyed DRS, but I agree that it is annoying trying to get 48 *competent* people together to be able to run this thing. I've had many a run where you get down to your respective side, everyone pops their stuff, and then someone yells "oops I don't have any pure essences!" Everyone then has to reinstance and 47 people just wasted a reraiser and pure essence.