So me and about 4 other people that I've heard of from varying servers and data centers are experiencing what I would think to classify as a "bug". Basically the game 90k's and boots you to the lobby server during the transition between Nael/Twin adds and Golden Bahamut, right before phoenix raises the party and gives you the double damage buff. Disconnecting at this spot in the fight makes it so you do not receive the double damage buff when you reconnect, and also removes the stored LB3 from the prior phase, which is needed to meet the enrage check. Due to this content being very niche (less than 0.1% of the player base will even reach this phase,) this issue is not very well known, and it makes getting support for this very difficult as well since you have to get 15 minutes into the hardest content in the game to test if any previous "fixes" worked. I have put in a support ticket and followed all the advice: full reinstall of the game, windows 7 compatibility mode, ran as Dx9, VPN + wired connection (0 packet loss, consistent ping), and opened all relevant ports (as well as completely turned off my firewall.) Nothing fixed it, and only through brute force did my group beat the fight on a run where by chance I didn't Disconnect.
Out of 16 pulls to Golden Bahamut, I DC'd around 9-10 times at the same part, and nowhere else. Out of all the people mentioned previously, I think I am the only person with this bug who has cleared this fight, as others with this issue have been kicked from their group (in the last phase of the fight mind you) due to not having as patient a static as I. Hopefully the devs or someone else checks up on this transition phase and finds what causes choice people to be booted out of the game. After all I did to try and fix it, I highly doubt it's a graphics or network related issue on my part.
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