Ramuh Rant

[Svalitz]

OK.
So we have a problem...well ok, so I have a problem, obviously not that many others consider this a "problem".

WHY DOES NO ONE DO RAMUH GDI!?

I get it, he's not as easy as hunts, the rewards aren't as great as hunts, but FFS SAKES PEOPLE... I have been trying to get his damn Thunderbolt Lance drop for my Dragoon since patch 2.3 and I. can't. get it.

Not because I suck at life and can't beat him (I've managed to clear him like 20+ times and seen every weapon drop EXCEPT DRG and MNK), but because it literally takes about 3-4 HOURS to organize people to get him done! And even then it's not a guaranteed win!

Seriously. They upped the rings to 110, great...no idea why weapons are still 100 >.>

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PRY YOU PEOPLE AWAY FROM YOUR PRECIOUS HUNTS?

This is ridiculous.

/endrant.

[Brine_Gildchaff]

Because Ramuh EX is a -really- hard fight? I legit have endgame raiding friends over on Excal who rank him as harder than Twintania.

[LunarEmerald]

I personally would rank Ramuh Ex same level as T7.

I'd agree.

[Fendred]

Because Ramuh EX is a -really- hard fight? I legit have endgame raiding friends over on Excal who rank him as harder than Twintania.

I totally agree with your friends on this one, Brine. It practically demands a static team because of the coordination and communication requirements. It's not that a PUG couldn't do it, but they'd end up wiping a bunch of times before they start to coordinate well enough to get passed the grey arbiters (assuming they know the fight and aren't new to it).

Raiding kind of sucks in 2.3 for PUGs.

[saeedaisspecial]

Ramoo too hard for majority of the playerbase, it's sad but true.

It's probably (definitely) easier to just make Liberator through CT, it's better in every way, too.

Because Ramuh EX is a -really- hard fight? I legit have endgame raiding friends over on Excal who rank him as harder than Twintania.

Mechanically Ramuh is an incredibly simple fight, there's only really 3 mechanics in play, the orbs, Chaotic Strike, and Rolling Thunder. The problem is that it requires the party to be co-ordinated together, which is where most groups fail. Tanks need to communicate, DPS/Healers need to communicate with Orb Clearance, breaking terror, and cleansing rolling thunder. It's just not the sort of fight where 8 people can get together and go for due to the teamwork requirement.
Also Twintania isn't exactly a difficult fight, so "harder than Twin" isn't really a good scale for rating.

[Svalitz]

See... I'm not in it for the stats. Everyone is too stat obsessed in this game >.>

I actually just want the lance because I think (so far) it's the coolest looking DRG weapon available. I also barely ever see anyone on my server with any of his weapons.

[Colt47]

Ramoo too hard for majority of the playerbase, it's sad but true.

It's probably (definitely) easier to just make Liberator through CT, it's better in every way, too.



Mechanically Ramuh is an incredibly simple fight, there's only really 3 mechanics in play, the orbs, Chaotic Strike, and Rolling Thunder. The problem is that it requires the party to be co-ordinated together, which is where most groups fail. Tanks need to communicate, DPS/Healers need to communicate with Orb Clearance, breaking terror, and cleansing rolling thunder. It's just not the sort of fight where 8 people can get together and go for due to the teamwork requirement.
Also Twintania isn't exactly a difficult fight, so "harder than Twin" isn't really a good scale for rating.

And we still have special people forming groups saying they don't need TS or Mumble... In PF... With people you may or may not have experience playing with.

[reality_check]

I was actually really disappointed when I got a thunderbolt and saw what it looked like. There's like literally no glow on it. The upgraded leviathan weapon is 50x cooler.

[Jeykama]

I was actually really disappointed when I got a thunderbolt and saw what it looked like. There's like literally no glow on it. The upgraded leviathan weapon is 50x cooler.

Different strokes for different folks. I for one am over crazy glow effects, so the Ramuh weapons are quite cool to me. Sleek organic look if that's up your alley, has a subtle bzzt when you unsheathe them, and the animated purple flicker that's also on the quiver looks cool in dark areas.

Mostly though, people don't do Ramuh because people can't handle coordination checks. I'm with you though, ended up joining a linkshell made specifically for matchmaking Ramuh Ex and it's been pretty active.