Quote Originally Posted by MiniTyra View Post
If you're getting sent into the Alarum Towers, as long as your GCDs are consistent, you should always be able to finish off your CT/FT combos and land your 4th on either Quickthinx or one of the Dolls. You don't have the bomb, so you can consistently keep attacking.

Also, as long as you're using your BOTD on CD, it should always be up for the Alarum Cages, regardless if it's on the first or second set.
^ This is what I was saying, more or less. I also always have SSD to use after (during if I'm outside) Jails, and DFD is up for the second Jail in the first set. I usually burn it on my Alarum if I'm in the jail, since I won't need it elsewhere. I also have B4B back there and tend to use it so the Alarum dies in one combo and finish it with ID > SSD > Dis>CT>4th on Quickthinx. If the Alarum spawns anywhere other than the far-facing corner, I can do that with 0 dropped GCD time.

My group progressed to 48% tonight, and I learned that the second cage set is the NIN's job unless the NIN gets that bomb (I haven't seen it drop on a melee yet. Can it even do so?) so I'm in the clear. Things go well when I remember to pull off to drop my bombs. I have both timings down pretty well - first at the end of the spark cast bar (right after CT) and the second right after the beam bar (haven't seen it enough to have a static rotation there yet).

A7 doesn't seem too hard to optimize on DRG, really. The hardest part is heart phase, definitely. Jails aren't an issue.