FIX GARUDA!!!

[Req]

lol is 30 ifrit really a good example?

The mechanic is the same regardless of the difficulty. It is there to basically one shot you if you decide to skip the 2 hour.

What baffles me is why they are patching this over patching other things. This will be the second patch that they are fixing something they consider an exploit in a primal fight. What about misers mistress? Why aren't they patching that so it can't be killed before it moves? I am pretty sure the developers didn't intend for people to output so much dps that it was possible for that to happen.

[Alym]

Yep, BLM's only miss a combo if their spell isn't accurate enough. We miss a combo if we don't position correctly or miss in our WS. Doesn't sound too fair on the melee's end.

Not that I disagree with you by any means (I have both DRG and BLM leveled and HATE positional combo requirements) but all weaponskills after the first in a combo are free. BLM pays for each spell in the combo. I think that was the tradeoff.

[Lux_Rayna]

Yep, BLM's only miss a combo if their spell isn't accurate enough. We miss a combo if we don't position correctly or miss in our WS. Doesn't sound too fair on the melee's end.

Its not, though I applaud the effort to increase the importance of positioning. My only real complaint are combos that require you to deal damage from the side. Depending on how a mob is positioned, there is a very fine fine line between "side" and "back". There are many times where I thought I hit it from the side, but the game registered it as a back hit. Imo the "side" mechanic should just be thrown out, as its very impractical and not entirely accurate anyway. Plus when a tank's combos involve side hits, it really screws up the combos of dps who start from the back. All in all it gets really really really messy. A general rule of thumb should be the following:

Most enmity combos should be executed from the front.
DPS/crit combos should be either front or rear. Side is good in theory but awful in practice. Its just sloppy. If you catch a mob from behind why would run out to where it can see you to hit it again? Makes no sense mechanically.
Arc combos are >8 yalms
BLM combos just need to hit

Honestly if they just got rid of the silly "side" mechanic I think there wouldn't really be any complaints regarding combos.

[Velhart]

Not that I disagree with you by any means (I have both DRG and BLM leveled and HATE positional combo requirements) but all weaponskills after the first in a combo are free. BLM pays for each spell in the combo. I think that was the tradeoff.

That is true, but the consequences are more severe on the melee's end, unless the BLM can't land most of his spells, which isn't the case a lot of times.

[viion]

Am I missing something here?

He said they stacked up on Materia Gear, they all in AF????

[Rydin]

Am I missing something here?

He said they stacked up on Materia Gear, they all in AF????

Aha.... touche'

[Zumi]

BLM Garuda zerg reminds me of the Bahamut V2 zerg from FFXI. Only SE didn't do anything to ever fix that.

[Kumaeru]

Am I missing something here?

He said they stacked up on Materia Gear, they all in AF????

Just AF body since it's pretty sweet for what it is, and a piety body would have no use.
Triple Meld Hat. Double/Triple meld Brand+1, HP Belt, Attack potency/Lightning Potency Boots, and some with double/triple meld legs or Sorcerer pants. Brd in Double/Triple meld gear for Pie and Dex. War had double meld str gloves and heavy darklight body and legs. Whm in double meld Pie gear (darklight boots etc) and magic accuracy gear.

[Neurosis]

Ok.. While I do agree with some of the things they want to fix. I see a possible problem with them making this fight a little more difficult. BLM burn aside. I do not have an issue with them fixing the lack of 2hour phase and such.
BUT that being said. I have plenty of friends who are new to the game. And I have never encountered this myself. But they have been in parties where someone will pull out a parser and boot them for not doing enough damage. It happens to them constantly. Now they are able to get the best gear they can afford being new. They use full af and replace things as best they can.
But if I'm understanding the fix correctly even having one war. And having them aoe one side of the plumes and having any other class aoe others. If the weapon skills are not going through the pillars this is going to cause a few issues.
Bring out the elitist people who will complain that if you do not have triple melded gear you are fail. Blah blah blah blah
I'm beyond tired of hearing this. But I am more than willing to bet that's exactly what is going to happen.

[VoltaAsura]

Am i the only one that is really pissed about the upcoming nerf to garuda? What are se thinking?? Seriosly, atm there really is no easy way to kill garuda and finally someone found a way to kill it, and fast....it has to be nerfed? Gtfo se. Truly.

I absolutly refuse to spend another two months of my rl time camping this fight for these weapons, like i did for ifrit. F**k that. I got a life.

Btw if this does get nerfed i may just close my account, been playing since beta and i must say this is the first real issue i have ever had w the game. And its not really the game, its the devs making dumb decisions.