Quote Originally Posted by Kurando View Post
Curious about this, it's it really a DPS loss for the party? I mean the ghosts you fight in the cabins are not linked to the boss's HP so any damage you do to them isn't going to make a big difference. Yes I suppose you could say well it's easier to keep buffs that come through using rotations etc, but you would also be saving MP/TP for not wasting it on the ghosts to begin with, not to mention you don't have to spend seconds interacting with the point, reappearing on the train and then traveling within damage range to attack the boss.
I'm more talking about people parsing. Technically your dps goes down, but it does make things easier since you have more uptime on the boss.

Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
Quick aside:

Why is it called V5s?

Omega 1-4 was O1s-O4s, where is the V coming from?
People called it V1-V4 as well back then. It's less common, but it's always been around.