Would you like an in-game parser?

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Honestly, I keep seeing people say Gordias was tough because of DPS checks, but that isn't what made A3 the wall that it was, and that wasn't what made A4 take so long to down.


A4 took a while because it was an HP check. Yes, the DPS check existed, but my understanding is it wasn't killed sooner because people couldn't survive that last Mortal Revolution without some gear.
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You're mostly talking about top groups
I agree with most of your points, however, I disagree with A4S. Yes it was definitely a HP check but I can tell you the DPS check for that fight is friggin insane, seriously, even in full ilevel 210 its super tight. Like you will have times where the ability to clear the 3rd leg before 2nd set of adds or not is dependent on the crits of the group, pot usage was pretty much mandatory at lower ilevels, especially if you don't have a class composition advantage (aka DRK).

A3S definitely got easier with gear but I tell you the enrage was still no joke, with full ilevel 210 your typical group would typically clear him about 20 seconds before the enrage cascade (barring exceptional group speedrunners), this means a couple of deaths or a missed end-phase Digititus will quickly snowball in to an enrage even if they were successfully recovered. Also HOP was brutal, exceptionally brutal at early gear levels to the point where it was unclearable unless you had a composition advantage (e.g. NIN, BLM, BRD)