Lol @ Melee vs Leviathan

[SarcasmMisser]

People are so eager to complain they will anticipate melee issues from a 20 second teaser video.

Forums... Forums never change.

[Figgleleaf]

Fighting a water boss from the edge of a boat/shore/whatever isn't anything new in Final Fantasy.

[Felis]

Fighting a water boss from the edge of a boat/shore/whatever isn't anything new in Final Fantasy.

i think the moment Leviathan jump over the boad a DRG jump over Leviathan, land on his back, attack and jump back to the boad before Leviathan dive into the water again.

[DubstepNinja]

3D manoeuvre gear?

[Awake]

I am with the OP here.Can't wait for 2.2 and then go "Told you so!".really

[Kaoru_Nagisa]

Funny, I seem to do just fine at my job even if I'm not always behind something. Yes, my damage suffers a bit when I can't get my boosts from flanking, but it does not at all impair my ability to do damage, which is what my entire job is about.

It's always better for melee to be behind something, but we do not NEED to be in order to perform our basic job. We don't just suddenly become unable to use any skills when we aren't behind something.

And again, we can't infer a whole lot about Leviathan's fight mechanics based on such a short video that doesn't even show fighting, just shows Leviathan being his regal self and throwing water everywhere. Why don't we all try to lower the amount of doomsday-for-melee talk until we actually see more of how the fight itself works.

[Vanidin]

Why couldn't we have some kind of magitek surf boards created by Cid to fight him on instead of a huge inexplicable platform? Maybe have to dps down his fin or something before he tidal waved us all.


Like titan on the seas.

[axemtitanium]

lol @ thread assuming melees are useless in a fight that hasn't even been released yet.

Or hell, who says that Leviathan's back needs to be in the same place his front is?
Have you seen how long he is? Could well be head and tail are different targets and the tail always has the back facing towards the party from a different direction. It'd have some eventual tail swipe attacks while the head does most of the heavy damage.

He moves them around the ship, the tank tries to keep the head on him so he doesn't obliterates the party while the DPS focus on the tail.

I'm with this guy. Leviathan's tail will probably be a separate target that ALWAYS gives the rear attack bonus (dragoon OP much?).

[Zaels]

Are you guys seriously complaining a fight that we know ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT?

[Lafiele]

I think it's pretty obvious that is one of those phase preset animation....Just like every other primal. i.e. OMG HOW ARE WE GOING TO ATTACK TITAN IF HE JUMPS OFF THE SCREEN.