I'm pretty sure that's the case. I have had bad experiences with the FC he is from in the past back in 2.0, and apparently a lot of my links hells and other friends have had similar experiences. I'm almost certain he was lying but it still just makes me curious if it is at all possible. He didn't even retry with echo buffs XD (which I know are not reliable, but just a small boost, and we were doing well enough not to need them).