Pharos Sirius / Duty Roulette

[GerMagic]

Sirius is fun, really.

I'Ve went in 7 times now as a tank, results in order they came up:

1st boss, few wipes, abandoned by group.
1st boss, few wipes, abandoned by healer, then both DDs, then I left :P
heal left instantly, waited 10minutes, abandoned.
Took everything 1st try except Siren 2nd
Took everything 1st try
Took everything except 1st boss 1st try.


The funny thing is I've been laughed at by the healers of the last 2 runs, because, you know, I'm doing it differently.
From what I was told you're supposed to tank the 1st boss at the door and never move? Well, that didn't work for me so far, so yes, I'm actually running around the whole friggin room, kiting and tanking all them adds like a maniac, and it does work. Maybe it only works because I'm ilvl 75 (which I suppose is overgeared for PS technically), but it does, and it does severely lessen the strain on the DDs and even heal as long as I'm not failing horribly while kiting :P



That being said the reward being the same as WP basically is a joke :[

Though AK can be the same, went for my 2nd relic yesterday and had to try 5 groups until we finally beat the wall of doom (though that was mostly because we couldn't kill Bees fast enough, then tried nuking the boss, but the tank neglected to use his "imma go invincible" skill and died tanking the bees.)

[RyuDragnier]

The funny thing is I've been laughed at by the healers of the last 2 runs, because, you know, I'm doing it differently.
From what I was told you're supposed to tank the 1st boss at the door and never move? Well, that didn't work for me so far, so yes, I'm actually running around the whole friggin room, kiting and tanking all them adds like a maniac, and it does work. Maybe it only works because I'm ilvl 75 (which I suppose is overgeared for PS technically), but it does, and it does severely lessen the strain on the DDs and even heal as long as I'm not failing horribly while kiting :P

Ran as a SCH yesterday with a tank doing this, and I loved it. Everytime the mobs came, he would go for the closest one and if I had aggro I'd sprint over to him so he could pick up the other. DPS was undergeared, but we were able to 1-shot the fight thanks to it. My stoneskin lasted for 75% of the fight and I got only 1 stack on me.

[Classikal]

R.I.P. Pharos Sirius, I just tried a run post 2.2 patch. It was depressingly boring. First boss, Dogs pretty much fell over just from DoT's. Zu, adds were dieing so fast every time Zu went up in the air we had nothing to do but stand there and wait for him to come down. And Siren... nothing like before. She doesn't even use that AoE healing debuff any more. Thanks everyone who cried about this dungeon for ruining one of the coolest dungeons they had. :/

[RyuDragnier]

R.I.P. Pharos Sirius, I just tried a run post 2.2 patch. It was depressingly boring. First boss, Dogs pretty much fell over just from DoT's. Zu, adds were dieing so fast every time Zu went up in the air we had nothing to do but stand there and wait for him to come down. And Siren... nothing like before. She doesn't even use that AoE healing debuff any more. Thanks everyone who cried about this dungeon for ruining one of the coolest dungeons they had. :/

Don't worry, we got Halatali HM and Brayflox HM...both of which have some really cool boss fights. Bomberman, the mech, and the Hi-Ho Tank (it's practically an Expy and reference joke from Chrono Cross, from all the attacks down to how it explodes at the end) all exist in Brayflox HM.

[YuniYasha]

I just ran Pharos Sirius for the first time since 2.2 in a roullete as a tank and we spent 30 minutes wiping on the first boss. Too many dogs spawning and us getting overwhelmed. The mechanics are just not pug friendly, I guess?

[Taruranto]

Don't worry, we got Halatali HM and Brayflox HM...both of which have some really cool boss fights. Bomberman, the mech, and the Hi-Ho Tank (it's practically an Expy and reference joke from Chrono Cross, from all the attacks down to how it explodes at the end) all exist in Brayflox HM.

lol, halatali and especially Brayflox are complete jokes.

[RyuDragnier]

lol, halatali and especially Brayflox are complete jokes.

Yet I still see people wipe during the bosses...the mechanics are not that hard.