Dawntrail's 8-man raid discussion

[Zaytex]

Extremely fun first raid tier with my only criticism of it being how SE keeps relying on half-room cleaves for filler mechanics. M3 for the first half was just half-room cleaves, to the point of me sat there going ''can he do something else?''. M4 is ironically the worst out of the four fights given how 90% of the mechanics are just half-room cleaves or generic party stacks.

M2 is by far the best fight of this tier and was a blast to play as healer when everyone is just messing up and bringing chaos.

[Kreyd]

Third Fight:

"And in this corner, with a weight of 1200 pounds and a temperature of 2000°F, he is mean, he makes a scene, he is an rumbling bumbling exploding machine! The Brute Bomber!
Ladies and Gentlehyurs. From the Archadion here in Solution 9...LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEEEEE!"

[Loggos]

Does anybody else get the impression that the caller/lalafell is voiced by Yoshi P in Japanese? He sounds so much like when Yoshi shouts on event stages to me but perhaps my ears are just wholly confused...

Also, I really like Yaana. I care more about her after 4 quests than about most DT MSQ characters.

[1313]

It was definitely a fun bunch of raids with and some fresh looking mechanics, but in the first three at least there wasn't really anything new or challenging. One-shotted with random JP players on DF. The last one caught us by surprise when she rocketed the arena, though that was only a wipe because both healers died. I'm looking forward to savage though!

The music on the 4th was pretty forgettable though. Ran it 5 times due to bad luck with rolls and yeah, it didn't stick.

that song became grating to my ears as soon as the chorus hit and i hate it lol /bgm 0 on entry every time from now on

[hydralus]

Can't wait for the community to start begging for the announcer to stop pointing out when they die.

[Kayokane]

Can't wait for the community to start begging for the announcer to stop pointing out when they die.

And the other half of the community going "Just don't die, then."

[OdinelStarrei]

Can't wait for the community to start begging for the announcer to stop pointing out when they die.

Huge missed opportunity for custom announcers on reclears/savage. Where's the Zenos voice pack SE? I don't care if it's non-canon.

The lines write themselves, come onnnnnnnnnnnnn.

"If I wasn't dead, I'd be in there myself."
Or or, when someone gets knocked off for the fifth time.
"You're beginning to bore me."
Or or or, when you get charmed, he could be like.
"Are you influenced by such banal desires?"

Man, this expansion was a solid 4/10 for me before raids, but it seems there's a small spark remaining for me somewhere deep inside, I suppose. Encounter team, keep carrying, please.

[ClayyLmao]

I love Honey B Lovely. She alone makes up for Wuk Lamat.

[Turtledeluxe]

I feel like this raid tier is being overhyped. The combat is great but come on. This is no Eden raid or even Pandaemonium. At least not in terms of a complete package.

[Chasingstars]

Honestly was grinning ear to ear with it just being one big wrestling scene. I hope one of the weapons is literally just a steel chair.