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[Sphinxy]

Titan HM and all of the other fights in this game are simplistic. Unfortunately, they require more reaction than actual strategy. If you are trying to do titan in duty finder it will fail as there are under geared, under aged, and terrible players who are just trying to get the quest done. The fight is over tuned and has way too high fail rate for a duty finder. My suggestion is to find a fc, one that hasn't had most its members quit the game already and has properly geared players for the fight. There was a time in final fantasy where killing a primal meant having the proper resist gear and strategy. Now I guess its all reflexes and putting up with idiots.

[rabbitzero]

The fight is over tuned and has way too high fail rate for a duty finder.

This is my main complaint with it. I've been trying to set a goal for myself to only beat it with Duty Finder to prove it can be done. Never even got close. Ifrit, no problem, nails being the main issue, especially with the LB changes, though now with a lot of people being better geared, it's possible to do it without LB3. Garuda, only issues have been groups with not enough dps, but cleared it in less tries than ifrit. Titan? Too many one shot mechanics too close together in my view, especially compared to the others, and being in DF. Not even going on about latency and display of effects, but getting a landslide during bombs that only leaves you the option of running into active bombs, just feels cheap. It just feels so out of balance compared to even King Behemoth or other bosses of CT, and you need Titan to continue in the game even.

[Allyrion]

Not even going on about latency and display of effects, but getting a landslide during bombs that only leaves you the option of running into active bombs, just feels cheap.

Though I agree one shot dodge mechanics are cheap and not that interesting design, it's never like they force you to get hit (except if your teammates surround you with plumes).
That example would only happen during the cross bombs. In that scenario, you can run to another opening once you stay on the outside. The bombs explode from the center so there's enough time even with bad latency (weight of the land is much less forgiving with lag).

Multiple types of one shots is the only saving grace of the Titan fight. It's boring to just react to one shot attacks but when there's interaction like the landslide and bombs, then it's much more interesting. Especially since those scenarios usually are a lot more forgiving that the very simple Weight of the Land attack.
Stack, move out, you lag you die. That's cheap. Landslide + Bombs isn't, in my opinion.

Titan EM has a lot more interaction like that, so it's a lot more interesting too. One shot mechanics aren't interesting.
But if you're going to do them, at least do them with style.

[ReiszRie]

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I have DF-ed Titan HM for kicks or to farm Myths and have a pretty high rate of success these days, Titan HM isn't the monster as it used to be, most players are now familiar with his mechanics and pattern.

FF14 is like past FF games where pre-empting boss moves are an essential part of the strategy to defeat the mechanics, the strategy doesn't build itself on twitch response.

[Shenandoah]

This is my main complaint with it. I've been trying to set a goal for myself to only beat it with Duty Finder to prove it can be done. Never even got close.

You probably have really bad luck?

I'm on my 5th relic, and all of them were done purely through duty finder. With that said though, it did take me 27 runs to beat titan for my first relic, but after that, I one shot my 2nd-4th relic every single time through duty finder lol.