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    As long as you aren't second on the hate list then going as ARC should be fine. You stand in the same kind of spot as the mages. People want LNC because it's easier.

    I'm not even sure you could beat Ifrit in a pickup party, it requires too much organisation.
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    cuz alot people are newbs and scared to try something else, every job is good problem is the people who play them.

    like some the tanks that dont use any defence ablitys i mean none and expect to mob(s) to stay on them.
    its the cookie cut syndrome if they saw it online or someone says its "this way only" they make it the only possible way to do something or they wont do it without a power leveler >.>
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
    As long as you aren't second on the hate list then going as ARC should be fine. You stand in the same kind of spot as the mages. People want LNC because it's easier.
    We've tested this and confirmed it to be false. Cracks don't target 2nd person on hate list. They can even appear in the middle of nowhere.

    Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
    I'm not even sure you could beat Ifrit in a pickup party, it requires too much organisation.
    This is what intrigues me too. I really can't see pick up groups ever defeating Ifrit. Many LSs are still struggling with it, and they try time after time, usually with the same people.

    If you're the type of player interested in "endgame" events then you should have a dedicated linkshell for them. Don't rely on pick up groups.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jennestia View Post
    It's more like humans need to act like humans - adopt to the situation. If they start making bosses "flexible" soon enough they'll need to make them soloable as an option.

    Right now it is flexible, but as said people will take the easiest way out.

    It's bad design. WoW has one of the most elitist and competitive end game communities I've ever seen in an MMO. I've seen more math and charts done for optimal play in WoW than I saw in all of college. In WoW, some classes do better DPS on certain encounters than others, but I have never seen an encounter where if 100% of the DPS was class "X" it would make the encounter significantly easier and safer. Why? It's the developers job to make sure things like that don't happen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MeowyWowie View Post
    We've tested this and confirmed it to be false. Cracks don't target 2nd person on hate list. They can even appear in the middle of nowhere.
    That's interesting. It just seems that way because in most of the videos I've watched with the strategy of having the mages stand away from plumes the cracks almost always appear under the lancers. It doesn't seem totally random at least.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xenor View Post
    That's interesting. It just seems that way because in most of the videos I've watched with the strategy of having the mages stand away from plumes the cracks almost always appear under the lancers. It doesn't seem totally random at least.
    We've tested with all DDs and tank accomplicing mages, hoping to have them avoid cracks completely. Instead, they ate almost all the cracks (mages were all green hate, DDs and tanks were yellow/red). So this seems to suggest that it targets the lowest on the hate list, but even that isn't true. It's best to just be prepared for cracks, regardless of your enmity level.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MeowyWowie View Post
    We've tested with all DDs and tank accomplicing mages, hoping to have them avoid cracks completely. Instead, they ate almost all the cracks (mages were all green hate, DDs and tanks were yellow/red). So this seems to suggest that it targets the lowest on the hate list, but even that isn't true. It's best to just be prepared for cracks, regardless of your enmity level.
    Cracks are kinda stupid. I start running as soon as I see one under me, then about two seconds after I step off it I get pwned by it. It's an interesting game mechanic but with that kind of lag it just takes the fun out the fight. They should increase the time allowed to get off it when the lag is that bad and reduce it when they fix the issue.
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