Crystal tower raid fights could use a rework

[Atelier-Bagur]

I feel ever since Aglaia has been added into raid roulette, I've been getting less CT raids lately.

[Supersnow845]

Honestly even with a better ilvl sync it might be a bit too easy considering just how much has actually changed since then.
It's not just bloated gear stats, direct hit replacing accuracy gave you a huge damage boost in old content, and potencies have been increased tremendously over time too.
Take Ninja's basic 3-hit combo for example:
When it first released its potency was 150 > 200 > 320
Now it's 220 > 320 > 440
There's just been power creep all around that's left old content in the dust.

I agree with that but if you drop the ilvl to 60 then you will see daybreak and you will see glasya labolas change the floor black and you won’t be able to skip mechanics so fast on Amon he may as well not have any

The raids will still skew easier but they will become challenging enough they actually do something, much easier than a full on rework which had to be done for something like prae or castrum because those fights just legit didn’t work in 2022

[Wissp]

#bringbackthebouncycastle

The best fight in Syrcus is a shadow of its former self, I would have infinitely more fun if I actually saw mechanics in there as opposed to... maybe seeing some in WoD and WoD only. It would also destroy the "but it's so faaaast" argument that people have and I'd probably see other things more often instead of just monikaCrystal Tower, just Crystal Tower, ONLY CRYSTAL TOWER if they all had mechanics back. ...also that first week of mechanics back I'd want to be in those parties just to watch people go "?!?!?! WHAT DO I DO" while the old players who have been here for 84 years do them with no issues lmao.

Though before that happens, I'd prefer them to fix Atomos' aggro range in Labyrinth so just looking at Atomos funny or sneezing in its direction with your toe barely over the line doesn't aggro. If they can't (or won't), then fixing where everyone who isn't at their team's lane on pull actually gets shuffled correctly instead of just piling into A's lane would be great.

Still gonna hold out for a proper Glasya fight though, that fight was the most fun in Syrcus.

Yes, I did Sycrus MINE a while back and got to actually SEE the mechanics for the fights. The Glasya fight was wild! Soooo much bouncing around! We had discord chat and people were laughing and having a ball with all that craziness.

Too bad newbies will never see that, well unless they are lucky enough to get into a MINE run of ST.

[rainichan]

Yes, I did Sycrus MINE a while back and got to actually SEE the mechanics for the fights. The Glasya fight was wild! Soooo much bouncing around! We had discord chat and people were laughing and having a ball with all that craziness.

Too bad newbies will never see that, well unless they are lucky enough to get into a MINE run of ST.

THEY MASSACRED MY BOY, Glasya was truly the most fun raid boss in the CT raids, Scylla and Amon were the ones that could wipe everyone (though with the stat squish her Flare hits a lot harder if you're not in a puddle which I appreciate) and the panic on Xande's meteor phases was real. I always get a tinge of panic when I see people hitting the middle one and not the smaller ones lol. I do enjoy Syrcus over the other two, but the fun is really diminished with no real threat or bite to the fights anymore.

[Avidria]

It would be neat if any of the mechanics in there actually mattered at all. As it is there's only a handful of things that'll wipe you, and most wipes I do see are people not paying attention or just plain not bothering to do that handful of mechanics. Most fun I've had in any of them recently was when like 2/3 of the raid got disconnected a while back and we had to actually figure out the fight to get anywhere before people started reconnecting.

Otherwise it's a snoozefest unless somebody sprints fast enough to close the atomos doors before 4 people from alliance C can get to the room or people fail to notice final boss dude casting his insta wipe

[Saraide]

I like getting syrcus tower because of how short it is. Feels like hitting the checkpot in terms of spinning the roulette. Realistically the length of alliance raids should be more standarized. Getting paradigm's breach feels especially bad because the person taking the 30minute penalty at the start gets to use DF again before I will when I stay. Paradigm's breach just takes that long.

[Supersnow845]

I like getting syrcus tower because of how short it is. Feels like hitting the checkpot in terms of spinning the roulette. Realistically the length of alliance raids should be more standarized. Getting paradigm's breach feels especially bad because the person taking the 30minute penalty at the start gets to use DF again before I will when I stay. Paradigm's breach just takes that long.

The length of raids is roughly standard, CT is the outlier because of ilvl bloat (void ark as well), weeping city dun scaith, return to ivalice, yohra dark apocalypse and aglaia are all roughly 30-40 minutes, CT is too short

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

I’ll take any kind of rework so long it means I don’t have to suffer through the CT raid series (or any same raids in a row tbh) because ilv cheesing shenaningans 6 times in a week via roulette.

Pretty sure at least Trial & Leveling roulette ignores your iLv (CMIIW, I remember getting paired with a rando that admits doing this & groans when they got Zodiark normal), why can’t that apply to AR as well?

[flowerfairy]

The only boss I think could use a rework is the Dullahan, everything else is fine if the item level is properly adjusted.

What REALLY needs a rework in ARR is Hall of the Novice and Guildhests, these are still teaching players how to tank incorrectly.

[Awarewolf]

I love crystal tower being faceroll easy. It’s a once per day thing. Some content should be faceroll with good rewards. That’s why we have these dailies.

The hard content exists too. They can coexist.