Quote Originally Posted by Pondera View Post
So, as compared with Sophia extreme, how do the Savage raids stack up? Should I just be happy with getting her to farming status? I've been doing SOMEWHAT better in my attempts. My last group got her down to 8% before she enraged and instantly murdered us all.

I mean, there's been hintings in this thread about how much harder Savages are than extreme trials. Do I really wanna know or just go and level my arcanist or something?
As someone else said, Sophia's difficulty is somewhat similar to A9S.


But the movement and mechanics are so different, it is necessary to memorize and get used to A9S mechanics too. It might take a while. The movement is not too difficult.

Just a guess, but it feels like A9S requires much higher DPS. Sophia's DPS check is not so hard. (Only seen out of time maybe twice?)
A9S requires important tank positioning. Go to the wrong area and you will kill everyone.

A10S is more challenging, because there are many mechanics. Timing and positioning are very important.
However, with practicing with the same group for a few hours, I cleared it quickly. We started as all first-timers and just kept going at it. And eventually we cleared it together.

A11S is an entirely different level (IL requirement increases from 250 to 255).
The DPS check is severe. Tank positioning is important at only a few moments. Healers need to begin casting their heals before the boss uses room-wide AoE. Anticipating all attacks is essential.

As a comparison, I cleared A9S and A10S in just a few days. A11S took me about 3 weeks of going every day. I finally cleared it last night.