As promised: PICS

[Scape]

nice job. Seems like a lot of people are starting to get the hang of these new mechanics we have, slowly but surely more linkshells are taking down the Ogre.

I don't even think the fight is too difficult. Just need all 8 members to perform well and together in unison. It can be unforgiving if just one person slips up. Its understandably tough for some people when considering the game has basically trained us over the last 7 months or so in 'easy mode'. Things are a lot different now

And as lots here have said, I think everyone knows it can be done just fine without multiple ranged attackers. Chances are though, its a bit easier with them. Definitely doesn't mean its impossible without them though. I have done it on ARC, PUG, and LNC so far. Trying to get my MRD up so I can give it a go on that as well.

[MyKotoShi]

fyi

GLA = Gladiator!

[Raim]

Ogre is known to have a frontal and reverse cone attack. Stand to its side. Ogre has an AoE that takes 5 whole seconds to charge. Walk away.

I feel like im taking crazy pills each time I see an idiotic melee die in this fight.

[Dakin]

We generally do the Ogre fight with zero Conjurers. Last two runs were:

THM THM THM THM GLA MAR ARC ARC

THM THM THM GLA GLA MAR LNC ARC

[badabing]

We use an archer tank beat that.

[MeowyWowie]

fyi

GLA = Gladiator!

Yea I know, but I still refuse to edit it lol.

I still prefer GLD = Gladiator and GSM = Goldsmith.

And FYI, that's just SE's terminology. Did you know that Pugilist is actually PGL and not PUG? But of course no one ever brings that up

[Haziel]

Why 2 gladiators!? <.< it's easier with one... Idem Batraal, it's easier with 1 GLA (and not Goldsmith xD)

[MeowyWowie]

Why 2 gladiators!? <.< it's easier with one... Idem Batraal, it's easier with 1 GLA (and not Goldsmith xD)

Just happened to be our party setup at the time. We don't always use 2.

[Preypacer]

Same exact thing happened to me, early in TOAU I was drg main doing colibri and doing awesome dmg (if properly equipped etc) People who didn't like drg from before quickly changed their mind and drg became something to look for in those pts.

Yeah, though even after SE implemented the 2H weapon changes, people's attitudes about DRG started to change as well. It became the new FoTM job for a lot of people.

It was both humorous, and rather irritating, to see people who had only weeks earlier been ragging on me, lecturing me about "wrong job" and refusing to invite me to xp groups suddenly jumping on the DRG bandwagon and leveling it. Bunch of lemmings with no mind of their own... they just do whatever is popular and follow the crowd, like good, obedient little clones.

Even better, how did they play the job? Exactly the way the wiki guides told them to. I was being lectured on "how I was playing the job incorrectly" by some of the same people who'd been telling me not to "waste my time" with the job at all previously. I shut a couple of them up DPS-wise when I ended up in a xp party with them, both of us as DRG, and consistently out-DPS'd them, fight after fight after fight. Meanwhile, the whole time they keep inspecting my gear and telling me what I "should be using". Idiots.

Harsh, I know... but it really stuck in my craw to see how quickly they changed from following one trend, to swiftly hopping on the bandwagon and following another. Further, people who don't think for them self annoy me anyway.

[PeaceWalker]

As a Tank, I've been having a bit of trouble keeping my healers from getting hate.
Could you guys offer any tips on how I could improve my tanking?