Quote Originally Posted by Fernosaur View Post
But do say, why do you feel overwhelmed?
Just a guess from my side. Back when HW launched and then Gordias Savage happened, I saw that many statics just stopped. The DPS requirements were quite high back then and even A1S was quite scary back in the days with minimal gear(which was the only thing we had at the time). And A1S was one of the easier turns. If you struggled on A1S then A3S would have completely destroyed you. I think that's also where SCH really got pushed into the DPS/Heal situation it is in now. It started mostly on Turn 9 back in the days, that's where the SCH DPS meta started to take over but since Gordias, SCH DPS was actually even required and SCH has even more so become a DPS/Support job than a healer job.
I can very well imagine that OP was just too stressed out about Gordias Savage and it's craziness back then. I was so scared joining a new static as a DPS because I was afraid of not hitting the DPS requirement since I used to play SCH prior in Savage. (I actually wanted to keep healing, actually wanted to WHM originally even but I joined a friends static as BLM)

The fights are a complete joke now with all the nerfs and gear but it always drove me CRAZY when people called Gordias "easy" but never beat it themselves.