Lol @ Melee vs Leviathan

[Nekodar]

I know you're being intentionally ignorant, but the entire Impulse Drive combo line simply will not work without a back to attack, meaning a straight 10% damage loss to the DRG (and any BRDs) and the loss of a 500 potency attack.

If you honestly think making two attacks 100 potency for an entire encounter is anywhere in the realm of "it's still usable guys!" then you must be trolling.

Demon Wall can't be attacked from behind either can it?
Even assuming that no rear attacks will be possible at Levi, you still have flank attacks.
Since we don't know yet if the head will over over the edge of the platform so you CAN get rear attacks in or if you'll be able to attack Levi's tail instead or basically anything, it's a little early to do more than be concerned... Complaints are for when you have more facts.

Edit:
If both tail and head is attackable and tail provides the rear/flank attack positions... wouldn't that be the sort of new mechanic in boss fight that people have been crying for?

[Mezolitik]

He looks amazeballs.

[Nash20]

Well, this is super secret news but Carpenters will be able to craft rafts so that melee can float around and attack from behind... only problem is they keep floating back to Limsa after 2 attacks. (bad joke...)

And Demon Wall and Caduceus are terrible examples. Any melee dps that has done that fight more than once can time tail whip and maneuver around it and get combos off. Demon Wall was just a DPS check.

[BunnyChain]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXt28Q9o2i4

Leviathan used Hydro Pump!
It was not very effective.
Warrior is soaked wet.

[Deifact]

I'm just dissapointed it's not a boat... Maybe the platform is where the Sahagin sacrifice people to Leviathan or something...

[Ryuko]

I wouldn't worry about this too much until we actually know what the fight entails. It seems like very few fight mechanics are finalized yet, and they are just showing the general arena and some special moves Leviathan 'might' have. All we see is him flop across the screen and attack the tank head-on from the edge. I'm sure there's much, much more. Also, I wouldn't be surprised if you end up fighting a LOT of adds on the ship. It's a super large arena.

[Shirai]

I wouldn't worry about this too much until we actually know what the fight entails.

This.
I'm not too worried just yet.

[snowybell]

Maybe it would be like the rune factory boss (Aquaticus),
he just circles around and does random attacks, and then comes back into the arena for a fight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR6Og_2nhZ0

Well sure looks similar.

[Ferr]

Also, Demon Wall says hi.

Demon Wall can't be attacked from behind either can it?

Demon Wall is just an easy mid-boss from a lvl 50 dungeon with low HP.
Ex Leviathan will probably be the hardest boss sans some new Coil bosses.

Its still to early to tell whats going to happen, but comparing DW with Leviathan is ridiculous.

[Itseotle]

Yet, after all that stuff, they're still able to do damage! Huzzah, Eorzea is saved!

To the bolded part:

You would have to halt your DPS to wait for his rear attack to go off if you planned on doing it every time. It's more beneficial to just spam from the side where it's safe.

If you do that, your bad. A good melee knows how to manage cad... its so easy.... its just like Anantaboga.