Rage over Sophia

[Lunafreya]

To Hell with this.

You'll never get by her with that attitude.

[Titchy]

I'm throwing in the towel. Sophia wins, and I guess Square Enix wins. I'm completely and totally done

Good. Please quit. Maybe try Animal Crossing next time?

[Ash_]

I've seen Sophia at 8% multiple times.../snip

If your consistently seeing her below 10% and reaching the enrage timer... then the issue is probably not with you. Tell the dps to lift their game. You would probably do really well with even just a few static people to que with.

[Brill_]

I like that Sophia is more forgiving. I always hated how one person making a mistake would make the group wipe. Fights should be less about the entire group executing everything with 100% perfection. A good group should be able to overcome some adversity, while a bad group would still wipe.

[LunarEmerald]

Sooo....yeah. I just got finished my 16th group of this, and you know what? This is stupid. I've wasted so much time doing this, and really, what's the point if I'm not having fun? This isn't enjoyable, and I really don't care if people think it's easy as compared to whatever. If that was even 1% true, a clear would have been possible with even ONE group. And for what, really? A 7% chance of actually getting the weapon I want? "But you can buy it in 9 more clears!" oh...oh wow, just....no... I mean....NOOOOOOOOOO...

This will be my final update to this thread. I give up. I'm throwing in the towel. Sophia wins, and I guess Square Enix wins. I'm completely and totally done. This is a massive waste of time. I've seen Sophia at 8% multiple times, but she just raises both middle fingers and kills us all. Because that's what ALL difficult fights need. A time limit. Nah, I think I'm going to do...well, literally ANYTHING else.

To Hell with this.

The only instant kill mechanic is the enrage. If you're hitting the enrage then too many people are dying. Enrages are put in so that people can't die and get revived over and over again until you manage to kill it. The penalty for dying is low/no dps. If there was no enrage there would be no real penalty to deaths. It shows that people don't know the fight well enough and need to stop dying.

Since you've been to 8%, you're ready to join clear parties. With luck, you'll find people that actually know the fight and won't repeatedly die. And that's when you will get your clear. Once you have the fight mastered, you can join farm parties. Then it becomes super simple to get multiple clears to get weapon(s). It's always the first clear that's the hardest.

[LunarEmerald]

I like that Sophia is more forgiving. I always hated how one person making a mistake would make the group wipe. Fights should be less about the entire group executing everything with 100% perfection. A good group should be able to overcome some adversity, while a bad group would still wipe.

You can carry at least 1 person through every fight. As long as it's not a tank or healer. Outside of Savage, dps checks are not demanding enough to where 4 dps are mandatory. 3 competent dps can pull it off.

[FudoMyoo]

I supposed the OP is a tank, and as a tank myself, I was confused by getting the instagib during green aura. It's actually pretty simple. Don't get DEBUFFED during the fight. If you have 2 debuffs on and swop tank, u will die unless you pop HG.

[Aellae]

I like that Sophia is more forgiving. I always hated how one person making a mistake would make the group wipe. Fights should be less about the entire group executing everything with 100% perfection. A good group should be able to overcome some adversity, while a bad group would still wipe.

I was really surprised to see that even if you fall off the platform, you are still being able to be revived. Alone that makes it very, very forgiving. At least that mechanic I would have loved being a bit more strict. But to each their own and I am all for every kind of player being able to clear different content, especially ex primals - as long as there also is content that requires strategy, team work and high skill that caters to people fond of more depth.

[Mwynn]

I supposed the OP is a tank, and as a tank myself, I was confused by getting the instagib during green aura. It's actually pretty simple. Don't get DEBUFFED during the fight. If you have 2 debuffs on and swop tank, u will die unless you pop HG.

It's entirely possible to survive the Auto-Attack or two Auto-Attacks of her after the Tankbusters, though... this needs of course Preparation from the Healers (Stoneskin and Adlo/Noct Shield) + Instant Heals afterwards when her Tankbuster just hitted.

This is btw. the Strategy the four People used in the 4-Man Sophia Ex Clear.
After one or two Auto-Attacks, Sophia will do another Mechanic / Tilt and in that Time when she does so, the Debuff will be gone and allows the Tank to continue Tanking as if nothing has happened.

[SpookyGhost]

To Hell with this.

If you still want to win here's how to kill Sophia 100%:

1.) Open up Party Finder, set the ilvl to 240 (or higher if you want), and say "Clear Party -- 2 Strike Rule. Come with full knowledge of the fight." What this means, as you've probably guessed, is that if anyone does 2 major goofs then they're kicked and you have to be ruthless.

2.) Get a Discord server. Tell EVERYONE to go in there, even if they "don't have a mic".

3.) If you feel confident in your knowledge of the fight then you can call out mechanics. If not, see if someone else will. Calling out mechanics makes this fight even easier than it already is as now you don't even need to pay attention to soft/hard tilts, which side, etc etc you can just listen to the caller.

4.) Win!

An alternative strat is to just buy a run. If you feel like you're already past clear level but just can't find luck with parties, it's potentially worth it to just buy your clear and start joining farm parties. I personally recommend the above strat instead as I've never had to buy a run with it, but if you've got gil burning holes in your pockets then I don't entirely see the harm in it.