How long did it take you to clear Thordan EX?

[CrimsonThunder]

With 3.2 around the corner I know a lot of players are scrambling to get Thordan done before he gets the pity buff. I'm helping my missus get hers but as usual PF is producing mixed results. New players sneaking in, people ragequitting after 1/2 wipes or players just generally being derp.


So how long did it take you to get your Thordan clear?

[Lunaxia]

Thordan's getting nerfed?!

I just started trying it a few days ago, I'm at the meteor phase now (though I did only start HW before Christmas.)

Would like to clear it before the buff but I suspect that won't happen...

[Alahra]

Thordan's getting nerfed?!

Yes, it's standard practice for EX fights/Minstrel's Ballad trials to get an Echo buff in the major patch following their initial release. Starting in 3.2, Thordan will bestow 5% Echo after each wipe (up to a maximum of 25%), so long as the party lasted a predetermined amount of time (I believe the cutoff is 3 minutes) before the wipe.

More directly on topic, I haven't attempted the fight yet. I don't like fights with really disparate phases (like T9 or Thordan), and I only really worry about the weapon for my main job (which always gets relic). I'll probably get a clear for it sometime during 3.2 for kicks.

[Taika]

With FC group we beat it during our 3rd event (each 2,5 hours). Before that we used 30 min of one event to do a blind run. So up to 8 hours total.

Our biggest trouble were towers and then the horrible phase with ground AoEs and tethers and puddles and everything.

[CaedemSanguis]

Hum, its really hard to down thordan ex with the pf, i remember how many pf try i do with ravana, and finally clear it in a farm group lol.....

My static down thordan with more or less 15h of try, with i200 weapon and some savage stuff (a1/a2)

[Cherie]

I guess lately people don't really care about it anymore? The first month or so after it came out you could go learn it in party finder in one group, then later join a farm party like it was no big deal. I got a clear with like 2 friends and 5 strangers in party finder like the first or second week it was out...then later, I'd just party finder a farm group and get a few tokens that way. That's how I got the barding and the weapons I wanted... Granted, at the time, it was 50/50 if you'd find a farm party that worked well together... but if were persistent, you'd find a nice jolly group and beat a few times after maybe 2 hours or so effort.

Despite joining a "farm" party now with no "Law message" recently I haven't seen a clear by that method recently when I've tried for fun. It's like people don't remember or care lately on how to do it. Maybe it's easier to do it with your friends but harder to go do it with strangers? I assume many got a clear or something with a couple friends but then just get thrown to heck in confusion when a stranger does mechanics different. Probably when the fight was newer, people had to do it in a similar more strict fashion since we had a lot less gear... Maybe now people want to play it fast and loose with mechanics or something and lose? iono That would definitely make it harder to do with strangers if that was the case.

But now there will be a silver pigeon mount in there on tuesday? Maybe it will be easier to find a group then... hopefully... I want me a flying pigeon!

[RyuSaarva]

I tried it for 20 minutes and then gave up because those phase 1 fire aoes are too hard to see and they are laggy anyway so I would have to learn the entire skill rotation and evade before they appear like in titan.

[Warlyx]

with static , 2 or 3 days i think it was (2h each day) ,we wiped to mistakes on 1 trys then we got to last last phase when everything is going on at the same time , ground aoe , ice and tethers...wiped and wiped on that :P , once u pass that ...easy kill , is a fun boss i enjoyed it a lot when learning , thats how bosses should be

[Silica-chan]

Never got past meteors so I just quit.

I won't even try the new ex trial in 3.2 either.

[Pence]

With 3.2 around the corner I know a lot of players are scrambling to get Thordan done before he gets the pity buff. I'm helping my missus get hers but as usual PF is producing mixed results. New players sneaking in, people ragequitting after 1/2 wipes or players just generally being derp.


So how long did it take you to get your Thordan clear?

So your wife is already in the DF crowd. I don't understand your issue.

Honestly it sounds like the nerf crowd is a blessing for her. No disrespect to Matt Affleck.