Quote Originally Posted by Fated View Post
I was under the impression that the King can use Pom Flare from the start, does killing the BLM give him that ability? If that's true, it makes no sense to kill the BLM first, because as you said, the King is far more dangerous with it.

Anyway, I also don't see any way to do this without at least 2 competent Archers. Having more competent Archers just makes it easier. Thus most groups just bandwagon the same setup. This is the same issue that has been going on since 1.18... it's getting tiring.
The fight is accessible by any class at the moment. It's not a matter of DPS - all of the damage dealers are balanced now more than they ever were when it comes to their damage ceilings.

It's simply that due to the freedom of movement an ARC has, and no positioning requirements on their combos, they are easier to use for this fight. LNC, MRD and PGL can put out at least the same amount of damage but they require lots of positioning, which is tough for a lot of players to get the hang of right away and the Moogles calling each other for help back and forth make them difficult to maneuver around.

This is not like Batraal, or Ifrit, which had very clear disadvantages to any class besides ARC and LNC respectively. A lot of the reason for stacking was also due to ARC being clearly over powered in terms of DPS during 1.18, and LNC being over powered as such during 1.19. Balance has been found as far as DPS goes.

The community, however, will always look for the path of least resistance to effectively clear content and farm rewards.