Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 78

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Player
    Reaperking386's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Limsa
    Posts
    655
    Character
    Ertai Spelldragon
    World
    Diabolos
    Main Class
    Dark Knight Lv 90

    So far the new 24 man..

    Has put a bad taste in my mouth. It has nothing to do with the dungeon mechanics, theme, or bosses. It is overall great. The problem is the players I have so far encountered. They are impatient, easily discourage, and less understanding to players comprehending the fights. This was not a thing for me until Stormblood for the new 24 man. Usually the majority has stuck around until the boss was dead or it was indeed hopeless, but so far I have been kicked (learning mechanics and comprehended them during fight two.) for just trying to learn the fight and bad luck during certain times of the fight. I said "okay, no sweat. I am a tank and I will find groups without issue." Second group falls apart before I even get to them and 3rd group wipes on the first boss once and falls apart again. What is with players easily giving up for this expac all of a sudden?


    Didn't even get my gauntlets on the first boss because my party kicked me before I could claim them. Idk... I am just going to stay away from the new 24 man for a couple of weeks until the chaos calms down.
    (3)
    Last edited by Reaperking386; 10-16-2017 at 01:14 PM.

  2. #2
    Player
    Lilseph's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Posts
    1,461
    Character
    Shadow Link
    World
    Mateus
    Main Class
    Red Mage Lv 90
    I think people don't remember how these raids were cleared with few minutes left during the first week after release. I believe this raid is on the same level of difficulty than Weeping City of Mhach. I wouldn't say it's hard, but I won't say it's easy either. Objectively speaking, if I see lots of people having issues with it, it's because it's not *that easy*. It requires to pay attention to your environment, something that the game doesn't show too frequently with so many facerolleable boss fights in dungeons.
    (19)

  3. #3
    Player
    Reaperking386's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Limsa
    Posts
    655
    Character
    Ertai Spelldragon
    World
    Diabolos
    Main Class
    Dark Knight Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Lilseph View Post
    I think people don't remember how these raids were cleared with few minutes left during the first week after release. I believe this raid is on the same level of difficulty than Weeping City of Mhach. I wouldn't say it's hard, but I won't say it's easy either. Objectively speaking, if I see lots of people having issues with it, it's because it's not *that easy*. It requires to pay attention to your environment, something that the game doesn't show too frequently with so many facerolleable boss fights in dungeons.
    Yeah, just breaking the first boss fight down you can easily understand what is going on. Kill the adds, off tank the adds away from the boss, stand in the safe spot for the AOE, get air from the bubbles. That is just doing it a second time.
    (0)

  4. #4
    Player
    Bixillarla's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2014
    Posts
    1,251
    Character
    Willow Rivers
    World
    Jenova
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 90
    I got lucky for my clear, my group stuck it out and worked on learning the mechanics. We cleared it with 45 seconds left on the time limit, was awesome and fun.
    (4)

  5. #5
    Player
    Alaric's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Posts
    20
    Character
    Raiyoko O'ren
    World
    Zalera
    Main Class
    Leatherworker Lv 80
    I feel this is very mechanic intensive and the flood of jump scrolls that can't teach awareness is showing. But I agree that in a few weeks it might calm down.
    (3)

  6. #6
    Player
    Silver-Strider's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2015
    Location
    Gridania
    Posts
    1,753
    Character
    Silver Strider
    World
    Famfrit
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    I honestly don't understand the appeal but that's probably cause I never played Tactics. Gear looks awful and music is so so for me.
    Fights are challenging but fair, EXCEPT that spinning cursor BS on the last boss. It's almost as bad as an RNG mechanic as you have very limited control on the direction it stops because of how fast it's spinning and really needs to either be toned down in speed or changed entirely because it's ridiculous.


    Quote Originally Posted by Reaperking386 View Post
    Didn't even get my gauntlets on the first boss because my party kicked me before I could claim them.
    I'm calling BS on this statement.
    It's impossible to kick someone when there's loot being rolled on. More likely situation is you rolled on the gloves and left on your own before everyone rolled on them, assuming you'd already gotten them.
    (22)

  7. #7
    Player
    NolLacnala's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2013
    Location
    Ul'dah
    Posts
    656
    Character
    Nol Lac'nala
    World
    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Pugilist Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Silver-Strider View Post
    I'm calling BS on this statement.
    It's impossible to kick someone when there's loot being rolled on. More likely situation is you rolled on the gloves and left on your own before everyone rolled on them, assuming you'd already gotten them.
    If you initiate a votekick on someone in the few seconds between the boss dying and the chest being opened, it doesn't cancel the vote to dismiss, which means someone had their party window open and the initiate votekick ready to go as the boss went down.

    Some of the people who open the chests the split second the boss dies know this and do so to try to dissuade those kinds of kicks
    (3)

  8. #8
    Player
    Pence's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Limsa Lominsa
    Posts
    1,455
    Character
    Bravo Whiskey
    World
    Ravana
    Main Class
    Arcanist Lv 90
    Quote Originally Posted by Reaperking386 View Post
    Didn't even get my gauntlets on the first boss because my party kicked me before I could claim them. Idk... I am just going to stay away from the new 24 man for a couple of weeks until the chaos calms down.
    Someone is being dramatic. You can't initiated a vote dismiss while loot is being rolled for.
    (23)

  9. #9
    Player
    Skivvy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Posts
    4,178
    Character
    Boo Box
    World
    Rafflesia
    Main Class
    Sage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Pence View Post
    Someone is being dramatic. You can't initiated a vote dismiss while loot is being rolled for.
    Yeah, was just about to mention this bit. :X

    I will say though, in the runs I've attempted, people do seem to be far more impatient for a new raid than they have been in the past. I didn't get to try until day 3, and there was already a ton of bickering between the alliances, and giving people grief for not knowing the fights. Normally that crap starts about a week later
    (1)

  10. #10
    Player
    Claire_Pendragon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Limsa Lominsa
    Posts
    1,619
    Character
    Claire Pendragon
    World
    Mateus
    Main Class
    Red Mage Lv 100
    Quote Originally Posted by Silver-Strider View Post
    EXCEPT that spinning cursor BS on the last boss. It's almost as bad as an RNG mechanic as you have very limited control on the direction it stops because of how fast it's spinning and really needs to either be toned down in speed or changed entirely because it's ridiculous.
    Slowing it down would actually make it harder and more RNG.
    just tap the button to slow it down.
    if it slows down too much, then it can take "too long" for it to make a full cycle, and in that period of time ur gonna get hit by AoEs.
    the current speed allows for u to lock it into place, and to an instant tap to move like 20 degrees, or let go for half a second to go the opposite direction.

    as is, i have no trouble picking the direction i need to go with this method, but if it moved any slower, i would be getting hit by the aoes i just barely make it out of.
    Quote Originally Posted by Pence View Post
    Someone is being dramatic. You can't initiated a vote dismiss while loot is being rolled for.
    The vote can happen right as a boss dies, as some ppl will have it open and rdy, while someone else goes and pops the chest.
    (1)
    CLAIRE PENDRAGON

Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 ... LastLast