Thread: Another Platform primal in 3.5, is this how all of them will be in the future jc?

The only thing that bothers me with this is latency. Oddly enough, if I have any delays is of less than a second, as all my commands are very responsive. Yet, if I don't get out of Titan's ldandslide the exact moment he starts casting it, I'll fall off even if I'm not longer on the way. That's the sole reason why I fall. Being one second too late means I'm basically gambling as there's a 50% chance the attack will hit me regardless. I noticed that happening to most other AOEs as well, where getting out of the way a second or two after they're announced will still accuse damage. No idea if it could be bc I'm playing with FPS locked at 30, but that shouldn't be the case seeing as how FPS caps are built in the game engine.

Originally Posted by bswpayton

Not with those mention , for one nobody even runs the actual arr primals on my server

With the advent of Wondrous Tails, I seriously doubt that "nobody" is running the ARR primals, seeing as there are PFs for EX primals all the time for that. Unless your server is so backwater as to have no population, someone has to be running those at some point or another.

Originally Posted by Zigabar

I like platforms as well. Keeps you aware of your surroundings, instead of staring at the ground, waiting for the next AOE to avoid. Sophia is too forgiving, with being able to be raised after falling, IMO.

Agree, I wish Sophia "falling of" had been the same as Sephriot ex fall off.

I used to have bad latency too, but then I realized all the fights that make you fall off have a very fixed rotation or tell. Especially titan ex! Just prep yourself to move after every tumult and every weight of the lands, 90% of the time he uses one and follows up with landslide. I learned to move a half second before he even casts and haven't fallen off unless the group doesn't stack to bait:3 so there are ways around it^^ back when I was playing at 19fps titan was still my favourite fight because of the adrenaline rush you get from dodging those landslidesxD

I wouldn't mind something different for primal fights. I like platform fights, but some variety wouldn't be bad. Leviathan extreme is the most fun primal fight I think, though frustrating with randoms who keep falling all the time.
I would like an element of rng and improvisation to some primal fights for maximum fun and replayability. How to implement that exactly? I've only shallow ideas, I'm sure the devs can think of something smart.
Most primals can't be very creative or fun as the playerbase is to put it bluntly, stupid and lazy.

To be fair, primals are somewhat forgiving. I've had thordan runs where its just the 2 tanks left, or a tank and a dps, and with me as PLD, can clemancy our way to victory over the last 8-15%

Originally Posted by bswpayton

I'm just curious , I got the sense that people thought Thornmarch , or Ramuh , where fairly challenging judging from guides Ive seen and stuff like that.

Mog EX is anything but challenging, even when it was the last added lol

Originally Posted by Isala

With the advent of Wondrous Tails, I seriously doubt that "nobody" is running the ARR primals, seeing as there are PFs for EX primals all the time for that. Unless your server is so backwater as to have no population, someone has to be running those at some point or another.

running them unsync is not what i really consider running them, people farm them for ponies are wanders tails etc but nobody is doing them sync anymore the samething will happen to all of the hw primals when the next expansion comes out. And I think all this does is leave a gap for players late to the game they want see any challenging content until storm blood because everything before it will be irrelevant. But thats a totally different story tho