So this entire week I have been trying to get Kirin and have successfully obtained all of the ponies except Ramuh's.
I had some really good and some really bad farm parties, Ifrit, Titan and Shiva EX was done almost immediately. Garuda I got a bad party that was trying to burn her down but with awful DPS. Upon this point I tried duty finder and managed to get Garuda and Leviathan's through duty finder!
Then Ramuh.. I have joined maybe 5 different farm parties over the week and 4/5 have FAILED to even beat him once the other remaining party was successful for a short time and I didn't win the pony. I join Ramuh EX in Duty finder and get a party with atleast 4 people without clear (when we eventually win, 4-6 people get the achievement) These people who haven't even beat REX before manage to stick together to get the win, I've had parties that have beaten him after 1 wipe on duty finder where a "qualified" farm party can't even clear him after the 3rd attempt and disbands.
Can anyone explain to me what is going wrong when these "farm" parties just seem to fall apart at the rolling thunder stage?? Is this something to do with a lot of people who beat Ramuh using SMN's titan as a tank and never fully learned the fight, and now returning to farm the pony expecting an easy ride?
Whenever I did Ramuh back when it was new it was always normal for healers to ALWAYS break the tethers for rolling thunder simply because surge protection meant they wouldn't get targeted again until it wore off and that they wouldn't get tethered to the other healer, now in all these parties the healer NEVER moves to collect orbs and always expects the other to collect it. Tanks don't seem to ever want to overcharge, even though it is not necessary, it can alleviate an issue with people picking up too many orbs and leaving the tanks dry during rolling thunder to make it easier to break the chains and continue. These are the only less obvious observations I have come across but it seems these parties are far less disciplined when compared to a party trying to get the clear.