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Eh, I got a few minutes before leaving for work, so let me dissect this real quick.

And that is exactly it, "95% dont want to do it the legit way", why you think that is? You're missing something very big here =)

This is obvious. It's because they couldn't win using a legit strategy. Anyone that's been doing Garuda since it was released could tell you this. Countless shells in the zone, all of them exiting the battle dead time and time again. Once an easier strategy was shown to them they all flocked to it and suddenly shells are beating her left and right.

It just so happens that this new strategy exploits broken game mechanics by bypassing more than half of what the real fight contains. The sad part is most don't care whether they're cheating or not and will try to rationalize their opinion on the matter even though it's been confirmed by the head hancho himself that it is in fact an exploit.

Plus what you see exploitable is not what I see exploitable, this is no different than zerging Kirin in XI.

I'll agree with you here. This really is no different than a Kirin, KV, Vrtra, DL, Cirrate Christelle or any <insert random FFXI NM encounter> Kraken Club burn. However, using that strategy on those mobs was considered legit even though it was still cheesy and required no real skill, only deep pockets (Yes, I too had a KC DRK so don't try to argue KC burns were difficult).

The Garuda manaburn is more comparable to an Aboslute Virtue KC burn, in more ways than 1 but for the sake of argument I'll just list the obvious one. It was considered an exploit by the dev team and soon patched to where it could no longer be used. Sound familiar?

It is a Strategy, weather you like to see it like that or not, if a country wants to invade another do they do it in a fair legit way? No, they time everything right, exploit anything they can, and nothing is pretty pictures.

Please tell me I'm imagining things and that you didn't really compare a video game to war. Nothing is fair in war, you fight to win not play by the rules. This comment is so shortsighted I seriously /facepalmed when I read it.

Sure, it is an exploit, that does not mean it is not a strategy, even a "legit way" you will exploit something, will you exploit wind element and put wind resistance on, exploit its positioning and hide behind it, exploit plume aoe by standing far away, yada yada, everything to anti something is exploiting its weakness end of day.

That's true, but in game terms an exploit usually refers to taking advantage of a broken game mechanic (which is not OK). This is just another example of the rationalization I mentioned earlier.

As far harder fights, either you're listening to some loud people who dont speak for the majority or you're confusing this "tough fight" with something we asked for, the legit way is not really tough, its a matter of just surviving and standing in the right place in at the right time. Just like Ifrit and Chimera with "safe spots".

I'm confused by the first part of this paragraph. Are you saying that only the vocal minority has been asking for a harder game? Really don't know what you're getting at here.

If you'd actually won using a legit strategy you would know there's more to it than just standing in the right spot at the right time, although it is a very large aspect of the fight itself. You can say you have, but until i see a video of DoW doing it, like they have with every other encounter in this game, I wouldn't believe you anyways. Honestly, I was a bit surprised Mog never posted a strategy on this fight but it makes sense now I guess. Just the fact that you compared this fight to Chimera shows that you really know nothing about it.

In conclusion, I don't mean to attack you or your LS with this post. I just find it very disappointing to see people defending exploits like these. I would respect you and others like you more if you kept trying a legitimate strategy and kept failing and perhaps asking for help rather than abusing exploits then coming here on the forums and defending them after they've already been confirmed to be "not working as intended."

It's really quite sad and speaks volumes for the players in this game. Essentially "bots and RMT are the devil, but cheating is not cheating if I'm dong it."