The Problem With Speed Running Castrum Meridianum (and it's not what you think)

[Gunspec]

A: It's not about positioning, it's about interrupting the giant slash attack that destroys cannons. And as a warrior, you can only stun one of them once every 20 seconds, so if the dps aren't all firing the cannon quickly to destroy the targets, it gets out of hand.

B: The only reason to run castrum at all is to farm poetics, right? Once you hit 3.0 content, running Castrum is just a waste of time. So the people running castrum tend to be new, and there tends to be a lot of people that don't know what they are doing. Dps, tank, healer, it's all the same. Most people don't know what they are doing, even when they are running it for the 4th or 5th time.

Long story short, as I tell everyone I've been in fc with, stop farming 2.X stuff and just focus on finishing the 2.X story. Get to 3.0, and you won't have to run Garuda HM and Castrum Meridium a hundred times to get 10 measly item levels.

I don't know the number of level 54 players I've seen who have yet to run snowcloak for 2.4 story, because they are too busy grinding themselves numb on 2.X content. Get to Ishgard, then worry about that other stuff later.