Rage over Sophia

[mosaicex]

Sophia IS one of the easiest EX Primal fight, maybe beaten only by Bismarck.

By comparison :
Ravana - expect a wipe people don't know how to deal with Swift liberation and Final liberation
Thordan - expect a wipe if people don't know how to deal with tether , don't know how to deal with Wildcharge etc.
Sephirot - expect to die to purple, green if people don't know how to position. On second phase if at least one orange guy dies then at least ONE green guy will die too, and god forbid if earthshaker target don't know where to run to, and if someone fell off then that's final.
Nidhogg - multiple dps check during the fight (adds, fang and claw), with some deadly mechanics during them too.

Sophia? Sophia has almost no mechanics that required co-operation except for the Sin&Punishment positions, and NO insta party wipe AT ALL. If someone died you can just revive them, over and over. DPS check is also very lenient (group with decent DPS can clear her in 8-9 minutes, enrage timer is 11 WHOLE MINUTES). Cintamani can be dealt with just Medica 2 + Medica (Or any 2 aoe heals, for that matter). Tank buster that can be survived in DPS stance (Holmgang, at least 2 times, Sentinel + Sheltron etc.)

[basketofseals]

I dunno why people are saying Bismark is easier than Sophia. I guess it was easier to outgear the fight compared to Sophia, but if you did it at the "appropriate" ilevel, it was pretty hard. Especially pugging it. People got blasted off the edge all the time, and finding pubs who did the required DPS was a struggle.

With Sophia at least you just kinda run with the group. Bismark you had to know the fight and especially the weather.

[thorkellthetall]

Sophex has been done 4man already. That's how easy it is.

[cougarel]

As others have said, the green aura is the visual cue that she is about to use the tank buster . How to survive it? Well tanks do have cds which take some amount of damage and for even more damage nerf from it, the healer or summoner can cast virus which takes 15% .
My 2 cents on the matter.
If you think this is hard, try Thordan ex and then yes you can rant, but for Sophia Ex, well try to speak with the other party members to use the information gained from this tread.

[Elim]

The zero healing check/solo healable part bothers me the most. Almost everything in this game is solo healable. Now that I switched to AST and became the "main healer" in my group, this bothers me less. But as a SCH I was basically a DPS that shielded the group/tanks sometimes. Even when AS3 was the "big stop gap" for groups, I cleared it DPSing 90% of the time(because it was basically just a massive DPS check). I wonder if the devs will ever tune a EX for two healers, or if they'll keep nerfing the healing and DPS requirements.

/rantover

[Worldofwarcraft]

sophia ex is really easy :O

[KikodeYusaku]

As people have said, this fight is generally considered quite simple. I can see why you find it difficult since it's your first extreme primal, but you seriously only need time to get more used to mechanic heavy fights and I'm sure you'll be more comfortable and enthusiastic.

[gastovski]

Hey, new player here. Why people play extreme primals, what to gain and how affects endgame play?.

[ServerCollaps]

jeez, its called "extreme" for some reasons >_>

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

Hey, new player here. Why people play extreme primals, what to gain and how affects endgame play?.

Extreme Primal fights typically drop weapons, which when the fight first comes out, are the best until you can get Tome/Savage weaponry (even then, they are great for gearing up alt classes or using them for glamour) there are also low chance drops such as mounts, crafting mats and orchestrion rolls.

OT: I myself didn't find the fight that hard, its much easier with friends you have on voice chat (had a friend who called out where to move for Execution and the tilts) Healing is relatively easy due to her hard hitting attacks being very telegraphed. If you are having trouble with the tank buster, remember that it needs to be swapped. I messed up a few times too until we got a patient group who persisted for a clear (thank you Raid Finder) and I look forward to farming it soon, yeah I am pretty late to the party, but I like to take things slow.