The Stormblood Capstone fight pretty much killed my enthusiasm with the game.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I remember doing Shinryu my very first time back when Stormblood was the current expansion. It was by far the hardest fight I ever experienced up to that point, and I was so overwhelmed I dreaded ever having to do it again. The big diagonal swoop attack that covers almost the whole arena felt basically undodgeable.

Of course, that was a long time ago and I was newer at the game. But a huge factor is also the gear people had on at the time. Playing that trial now, everything feels like a breeze and Shinryu dies way too fast.

I completely agree with you OP, the ridiculous way this game syncs down players (or doesn't) is just sad.

Also, sorry about that jerk in your party. Most people in this game seem to be pretty cool, but there are always going to be jerks in this world wherever you go. Some are very impatient and don't like slower runs, and those are the people who will be more vocal and act out.



I mean, it sounds like you're enjoying the game, despite some of the fights being disappointingly brief. If you've stuck with it this far and had fun, I don't think you'll regret going all the way. The story alone is more than worth it.

Funny thing is, Shinryu was basically just a refresher course on past trials mechanics. People cleared it easily the first couple weeks, Then the part of the player base I mentioned earlier got walled by it because ppl moved on to the 2 initial EX trials and they started crying on here flooding the forum with threads claiming it was too hard and they were supposedly being unfairly gated out of doing SB endgame. So SE nerfed the fight just like they did with the bridge battle at the start of HW that the same part of the player base got walled by because it too was about doing mechanics to clear it.

[TaleraRistain]

Funny thing is, Shinryu was basically just a refresher course on past trials mechanics. People cleared it easily the first couple weeks, Then the part of the player base I mentioned earlier got walled by it because ppl moved on to the 2 initial EX trials and they started crying on here flooding the forum with threads claiming it was too hard and they were supposedly being unfairly gated out of doing SB endgame. So SE nerfed the fight just like they did with the bridge battle at the start of HW that the same part of the player base got walled by because it too was about doing mechanics to clear it.

Shinryu was never changed.