Put back Extreme trial on raid finder again...please

[Ririta]

As to the person who complained about the raid mechanics in primal battles...I'm not sure what the issue here is. It has always been that way.

Not really. Extreme primals had one or two gimmicks that followed you through the whole fight, usually making it harder to do as you go but never changing the main concept (for example, Leviathan can dash in the middle section in the last phase; Ifrit gets countless Nails; you deal with Ramuh's infatuation together with Rolling Thunder; etc). You learned the gimmick and you went in to clear, not to "practice" (honestly the whole concept of "practicing" in MMORPGs sounds ridiculous to me)

Now in Heavensward extreme primals started having several phases with countless raid mechanics that you had to grind. By "raid mechanics" I mean "stuff that you must know and practice if you want to clear", while said "stuff" changes every phase. So things like adaptation and individual skill are thrown aside for memorization and practice. Sure it's cute to see it work, but I honestly have to wonder how people think that being part of a choreography is fun. It's the same thing that made raiding kind of a chore, but people disliked Melusine so... I guess the majority wins.

I've commented about it on another thread and how this kind of design encourages the behaviour seen in this thread. It doesn't helps that ARR primals were also more rewarding. But I don't expect it to change in Stormblood. Just glad I had my fill in ARR.

Edit: forgot to add, while Titan was also a "choreography", outside of Gaols and tableflips his mechanics were just AoEs so you could react (though if you had high ping you'd have to memorize when Landslides and Weight of Land were used to move out of the way just as he casted them)