Alexander 12N Tuning

[Deceptus]

While the ones before (A9-11) seem challenging while doable the amount of raid damage that goes out along with tank busters and vulnerability stacks make A12N a severe pain for healers.

Anyone else find it is a bit over tuned for a story mode raid?

Edit: For clarity, my point is it's a normal, mode story duty. It's not hardcore content, and shouldn't have hardcore damage numbers and mechanics. SE should want players to complete it and be able to see the story, not bang their heads against a boss. I'm not saying severe nerfs, I'm simply saying in the scheme of A9,10,11, and 12, A12N seems quite a step up from the others. Even A11N IMO had less consistent raidwide damage that had to be healed.

[Phireblast]

No god dammit, it's perfectly fine. People said the same about A8 upon release. This community is always worried about non savage content tuning when it's usually the player's fault.

[Sparktacus]

While the ones before (A9-11) seem challenging while doable the amount of raid damage that goes out along with tank busters and vulnerability stacks make A12N a severe pain for healers.

Anyone else find it is a bit over tuned for a story mode raid?

It is fine as it is. Use it as an opportunity to challenge and better yourself if you are struggling.

I had a queue with 2SCH and they were struggling harder than they should have through it.

2 SCH can heal if things are not getting too hectic. By that I mean the run is relatively clean.

[Deceptus]

It is fine as it is. Use it as an opportunity to challenge and better yourself if you are struggling.

As a healer my issues usually isn't my ability, but the lack of everyone else getting his by said mechanics that they shouldn't be.

/healerlife

[Sparktacus]

As a healer my issues usually isn't my ability, but the lack of everyone else getting his by said mechanics that they shouldn't be.

/healerlife

I didn't say you weren't capable but everyone can get better. Also I haven't had a run yet that drastic so I think you had bad luck.

But then you backtrack and say

And that was my intent. Shocked was a good way to put it, even watching the guide video, I was not prepared for the damage numbers going out.

which is not everyone else but you.

[Deceptus]

I didn't say you weren't capable but everyone can get better. Also I haven't had a run yet that drastic so I think you had bad luck.

But then you backtrack and say



which is not everyone else but you.

By the second part I meant if someone made a mistake and got hit by say Sacrament, they were down quite a considerable about of HP. Or when Blazing Scourge hit the two players, it took them down 1/2 to 3/4 of their HP (not grouped together). That's tank buster territory on DPS. Meanwhile the tank is getting smacked and a raid AoE damage is coming out. Many are right in the sense that this is going to separate the Good Healers from the Decent Ones, basically Vault 2.0, but again that should be the place of Savage mode, NOT story.

Savage raiders need to get out of this thread because it doesn't apply to them. This mode is for the casuals, the majority of players.

[Dyvid]

As a healer my issues usually isn't my ability, but the lack of everyone else getting his by said mechanics that they shouldn't be.

/healerlife

That's the problem though, people don't want to follow the mechanics for whatever reason. In several groups last night, there was maybe two people on the stack up while the rest were just running around like mad men. Then I got the golden group who did the mechanics and we won with no wipes. It's not a hard fight if people do what they are suppose to do.

[Leigaon]

No god dammit, it's perfectly fine. People said the same about A8 upon release. This community is always worried about non savage content tuning when it's usually the player's fault.

Exactly, it's perfectly fine as it is. I just cleared it last night and before that we were getting to the rage timer. It's more about peoples iLV and actually using debuffs on the boss. A properly placed Virus, Rend Mind, Mantra all make things possible here. It's not that hard of a fight, it does put a big strain on healers but now we have to time out our skills more. If anything, this shows how helpful party enhancements such as Mantra can be, or how things like SuperVirus are useful.

As we get up there in iLV from this week and next Alexander will go down much faster, HP will be a bit higher and heals will do more. Making it easier. Usually when I'm healing something that is harder due to iLV restrictions (whether it's because gear is new, sync or whatever situation you'd like to put out there) I realize I use my regens more and differently, I also encourage more Cure III's and you better get your butt back for it. Stoneskins, using Ethers. Then as things die down I'm back to my medica's doing enough.

[CosmicKirby]

I sort of agree.

A12 demands competence in both of your healers, preferably at least one of them being a Diurnal AST or WHM, as there's a lot of constant raidwide damage that has to be healed through. I had a queue with 2SCH and they were struggling harder than they should have through it.

I say the Preys should hit 30% less hard or so, as right now on my MCH getting hit by a prey means I'll die to the next Mega Holy if I don't get healed, which has happened a LOT.

No god dammit, it's perfectly fine. People said the same about A8 upon release. This community is always worried about non savage content tuning when it's usually the player's fault.

Woah, re-lax.

[Rawrz]

I sort of agree.

A12 demands competence in both of your healers, preferably at least one of them being a Diurnal AST or WHM, as there's a lot of constant raidwide damage that has to be healed through. I had a queue with 2SCH and they were struggling harder than they should have through it.

I say the Preys should hit 30% less hard or so, as right now on my MCH getting hit by a prey means I'll die to the next Mega Holy if I don't get healed, which has happened a LOT.



Woah, re-lax.

The fight is fine. The only dangerous prey in the new alex is a11. Sch especially shouldn't have issues between lustrate for prey and Indom for raid AOE, since no mega holy is within 30 seconds for each other. If they are doing poorly aoe healing, assign one to be the emergency tactics succor only scholar, instead of raw succor during AOE