Quote Originally Posted by gingerSMASH View Post
I'm a level 50 BLM, and I've already completed the original quest for the World of Darkness, but every time I play this raid, I have a lot of trouble with the first boss, Angra Maiyu.
This boss is easy provided you don't keep getting Alliances full of idiots.

Take note of which direction the boss is facing. Stand either slightly ahead or slightly behind it. When the floor divides, note which side you are on (red or white) and stay near the line. The next time the floor splits, immediately stop what you're doing and go to the other side. That is all there is to it.

For avoiding the other mechanics, Mortal Gaze, just face away from the boss. There's nothing else to it. It's BEST if you have the boss target marked for this, especially healers.

The Level X Flare and Level X Death, be paying attention to the floor. Usually ONE person gets stunlocked into it, and can't avoid it regardless. If everyone else avoids it, then it doesn't fire. You can tell when your run is awful when people die to this, because it's the most avoidable thing ever.

The Hourglasses are also fairly easy to avoid the instant death, just make sure that you're not inside it when the floor pattern lights up. If you have a hard time with this mechanic, play MCH/BRD/BLM/SMN and not MNK/NIN/DRG