SCH T13 questions

[Cynfael]

Quick notes:

- As players have noted in similar threads, Gigaflare casts calculate their damage at the beginning of the cast bar rather than near the end. What this means is that, unless you have pre-shielded and pre-Virused, Gigaflare will not be mitigated by those skills. E.g. If you want to mitigate the Gigaflare that occurs around 51.5% and Bahamut is at 52% while preparing a Flatten, you need to throw everything up before Flatten is finished casting, because he'll go right into Gigaflare.

- Get your WHM comfortable with taking on the bulk of the healing load during the P3 add phase so that you can contribute more DPS. The events of that phase are on a timer and will proceed regardless of whether or not you've cleared the field, so more DPS = safer transitions.

- A general note here, but ensure that your party members DO NOT PANIC during Megaflares, especially during Divebombs. They need to stake out a safe spot away from other players, wait for Megaflare markers and AoE telegraphs to go up, and then move accordingly. They shouldn't keep running around or automatically making for the middle when they have no marker.

- In P4, mostly be concerned about healing and shielding until you are comfortable with the new damage spikes. The MT can take ridiculous damage with little-to-no telegraph, so pre-shielding and having stacks available to weave Lustrate or pop a Soil can be important. You will find time to DPS safely when you have the pattern memorized again, but otherwise I would err on the side of slopping shields around to provide cushion and mitigate party member mistakes.