That weird feeling after a nerf

[bass9020]

It doesn't? Are you sure someone didn't preemptively jump out in order to save everyone else? If I know the imps don't have enough stacks, or one of them simply cannot follow instructions, I'll just jump out before the sneeze. The stun wears off as the sneeze comes out so I jump back in as everyone else flies out.

Sadly it was changed. I was just in the fight a couple days ago and I saw that only ONE person was gett hit by the bubbles and all I thought was WELP this is over. The sneeze happens and 2 people fell from being too close to the edge and there was no wipe.

[Fynlar]

It's.. like "yay" i don't have to lose 30min on this now, but.. newer players will never know the joy of the fight the way it originally was.

That's okay, because the pre-nerf fight was terrible.

[bass9020]

That's okay, because the pre-nerf fight was terrible.

How was it terrible other than no way to reset the fight? It was a pretty cool fight that REQUIRED people to actually take a second to discuss a game plan to succeed. But again that's too much for people to do in gaming theses days.

[zar]

newer players will never know the joy of the fight the way it originally was.

Wow, polymorphed for 30 seconds and all I do is stand in front of the boss or we wipe. What joy.

[Fynlar]

How was it terrible other than no way to reset the fight? It was a pretty cool fight that REQUIRED people to actually take a second to discuss a game plan to succeed. But again that's too much for people to do in gaming theses days.

And that's exactly why it was terrible. Stuff that's difficult enough to the point where the DF usually can't do it is not something that should gatekeep an entire expansion. It would be as asinine to me as making a fight like Titan EX the requirement to getting into Ishgard instead, and that's basically what pre-nerf SoF was like for me in terms of how often you'd get a win on it on the DF.

When pre-nerf SoF was put on the trials roulette, I stopped doing that roulette for a while because the roulette landed on it the vast majority of the time, and the vast majority of the time it would be a group that could not clear the content, so why waste my time?

The initial fight left such a sour taste in many players' mouths, to this day I still very often get people who immediately leave the group when they land in SoF as their roulette, even though nowadays the fight is pretty much pathetically easy to clear. I don't think many even realize that it was nerfed.

[FoxyAreku]

Wow, polymorphed for 30 seconds and all I do is stand in front of the boss or we wipe. What joy.

You see though, this is why the dragon's neck nerf is so hilarious and/or saddening, because 90% of the playerbase can't even manage to follow the simple instructions of "stand in front of the boss then hit one button".

I've literally never had a pug group able to do this fight without cheesing the mechanic, and it makes me laugh every single time. I don't understand why so many DPS players are so oblivious even when you specifically tell them what to do.

[birdy_reene]

You see though, this is why the dragon's neck nerf is so hilarious and/or saddening, because 90% of the playerbase can't even manage to follow the simple instructions of "stand in front of the boss then hit one button".

I've literally never had a pug group able to do this fight without cheesing the mechanic, and it makes me laugh every single time. I don't understand why so many DPS players are so oblivious even when you specifically tell them what to do.

I feel this way in Thornmarch EX. It amazes me how simple that trial is, but people are to dumb to listen to mechanics and do what they are told for a megar 15 minutes to get their clear, even on unsythed.

[Yuni_Queen]

I feel this way in Thornmarch EX. It amazes me how simple that trial is, but people are to dumb to listen to mechanics and do what they are told for a megar 15 minutes to get their clear, even on unsythed.

Pfffff! Ruda HM.
"Pull Chirada south-east please."
Wipe all day, ask why you.

Ifrit HM.
"just dps the spikes."
Wipe all day, ask why you.

Titan HM.
Look at PLD with ilvl 30 stick in hand. 2nd in Felt Robe.
"Do you guys how to free from Gaol?"
"What's that lol"
Leave. 30 min penalty is a blessing.

[Canadane]

Sadly it was changed. I was just in the fight a couple days ago and I saw that only ONE person was gett hit by the bubbles and all I thought was WELP this is over. The sneeze happens and 2 people fell from being too close to the edge and there was no wipe.

Wow I guess I missed the patch notes on this one.
That's really sad. The fight was fun. Challenges are fun to overcome. Wish they could just leave things as they were.

[FoxyAreku]

Wow I guess I missed the patch notes on this one.
That's really sad. The fight was fun. Challenges are fun to overcome. Wish they could just leave things as they were.

They did a lot of stealth nerfs a few patches ago that they didn't really go into detail about. There was a reddit thread about it at some point.

They even nerfed health and damage in a lot of leveling dungeons, including Sastasha normal...apparently baby's first dungeon was too hard? idk lol