Dawntrail's 8-man raid discussion

[justausername]

It sucks ASS as a melee. First time I've ever considered swapping to ranged. It's not even about the hitbox size. They just move WAY too much. Screw positionals. Even True North can't save you.
I'll do it once a week to get my shit, but if I get it in roulettes otherwise I'll be leaving.

[hydralus]

It sucks ASS as a melee. First time I've ever considered swapping to ranged. It's not even about the hitbox size. They just move WAY too much. Screw positionals. Even True North can't save you.
I'll do it once a week to get my shit, but if I get it in roulettes otherwise I'll be leaving.

I admit, I was just doing some sad meditation over in the safe-zone on the final boss as she destroys the floor and stands off in Can't-hit-me land for 10 seconds.

[mallleable]

Really impressed with these raids! I look forward to what kind of nonsense they do in savage. The story is also a ton of fun!

[Isala]

Storywise, I also find it stupid that my WoL suddenly lowers herself to arena fighting.

The Blue Mage that is my WoL not only lowers herself, but wishes she'd get more opportunities to knock some heads.

[Toutatis]

The Blue Mage that is my WoL not only lowers herself, but wishes she'd get more opportunities to knock some heads.

Blue mage is a complete side game. Raids are expected in every expansion and normally bring a complement to the main experience but this brings absolutely nothing to the story. I guess it's in line with MSQ where you do a lot of quests that don't advance the plot. The Blue Mage arena is also not vulgar WWE style.

[Zaniel]

It sucks ASS as a melee. First time I've ever considered swapping to ranged. It's not even about the hitbox size. They just move WAY too much. Screw positionals. Even True North can't save you.
I'll do it once a week to get my shit, but if I get it in roulettes otherwise I'll be leaving.

Opposite to me, better than sitting still in one spot versus a target marker the size of the arena and mechanics that take a week to resolve. The fights are designed to be chaotic and non-maximum uptime, the better you are at playing the higher your DPS will be. Isn't that what people have been asking for?

[EusisLandale]

A disease is supposed to make me interested in what's next? We are in the middle of a technological paradise where no one can even die.

The fact that the disease, or rather how they go about hiding it, involves actually letting these people die for real is part of the hook. They're specifically detached from the Endless system, not that it actually works anymore, in order to keep people in the dark about how these people are dying because everyone remembers them so clearly they're just living it up in retirement somewhere.

[Voidmage]

For me till now probably the best 8 man raid in the game.

The story is separate from the MSQ and it’s actually funny how interesting it can be. Wonder who wrote it?

Our character is actually acknowledged, we aren’t forced to just agree with the soul using stuff but have an actual goal with ending it and the fights are omg great.

Like… the first fight is just fun with the tile and sucker punch mechanic.
The second fight is so hectic it’s nuts while being fun.
The third for me was the weakest but still great.
The last one has an actual enrage! Like a real enrage and healer check. Awesome!

I actually want to know how the story unfolds compared to Pandemonium.
The stakes are actually pretty high for ourselves with our soul on the line and I wonder how it will be further down the line.

Also Eutrope is my new waifu. 10/10 can have my soul anytime.

It sucks ASS as a melee. First time I've ever considered swapping to ranged. It's not even about the hitbox size. They just move WAY too much. Screw positionals. Even True North can't save you.
I'll do it once a week to get my shit, but if I get it in roulettes otherwise I'll be leaving.

You see. As a magical ranged main since forever I like that for once melee are not in a blatant favored position for most of the fight. In EW it was starting to annoy me that I sometimes had to play blm perfectly only for a melee to just get automatic high numbers almost.
An entire expansion was in your favor fightwise AND damagewise.

Don’t worry, savage will have strategies again for everyone else to adjust. It’s already happening with the first EX and that one has a dps check the last raid here laughs on.

[RyuuZero]

I really had a really Bad Experience with the 2nd Fight yesterday.. That Queen Bee Fight made me so angry that I twisted my neck and now everykind of movement or rather my neck hurts still.. pugs man.. which makes me wonder why they don't add trusts to normal mode +getting my 92 drop rolled by 98 also isn't fun.
Overall:
1st Fight is okay, though I recommend to put Otherworld from FFX as BGM on loop.
2nd Fight is from hell
3rd Fight is kinda funny
4th Fight is gimmicky but good

[EusisLandale]

It's a disease caused by using souls that destroys your own soul. I'm not hooked.

You're not curious at all about how there's someone out there with the ability and/or authority to circumvent the system in place?