Alphascape is AMAZING! (Spoilers!)

[KaivaC]

Agreed. Definitely had a lot of fun when going through the blind runs, because everybody is on the same level more or less. Aside from the whole thing with starboard and larboard (seriously, why is this a thing again?), I enjoyed this tier a lot. On a side note, did anybody else experience some iffy FPS during V12N? It wasn't a major issue, but I definitely noticed a little bit of choppiness in only this fight.

Have you gone into Savage yet? How is it?

[Lambdafish]

I will say one thing about alphascape. It is certainly pretty. O11S and O12S had me in awe of my surroundings more than any raid tier before. I think the last time I felt like that was the ultimate for Thordan.

I do wonder though, is there a savage exclusive part 2 for O12S? Exdeath and Kefka has them, but this is completely different.

Having a boss with a beautiful final form is also once again a stark reminder that this is still a JRPG.

Balmung fanart, please look forward to it

[ElHeggunte]

I enjoyed it. Seeing people freak out about "Larboard" was amusing.

Having a boss with a beautiful final form is also once again a stark reminder that this is still a JRPG.

[Marxam]

last fight was fun, and quite literally the "final destination" for our battle. Just wish the omega gear looked like what omega m/f was wearing. Really tired of all these tailcoats. Also disappointed in the omega axe since its a re-skin of the ala mighan 310 one. DRK sword is nice though.

[Dualblade]

The final boss was somewhat dissapointing to me, it was the only one I did that had 0 wipes on. I actually did like the fight but DA11 felt much more like a final raid boss in comparison. Though I do look forward to what Savage version looks like given that unlike ExDeath and Kefka we don't know exactly what to expect in a new version of it. Presuming it does have that second half type of thing.

Of the "normal" raids still like Alexander the best as an ender.

[CorbinDallas]

Agreed. Definitely had a lot of fun when going through the blind runs, because everybody is on the same level more or less. Aside from the whole thing with starboard and larboard (seriously, why is this a thing again?), I enjoyed this tier a lot. On a side note, did anybody else experience some iffy FPS during V12N? It wasn't a major issue, but I definitely noticed a little bit of choppiness in only this fight.

Have you gone into Savage yet? How is it?

Reports are saying it's mainly a PS4 thing and to lower your draw distance settings. I don't have a Pro and it ran fine for me, the instanced area beforehand was a bit choppy though.

[Ameela]

I love how the music in O12 is a mix of Maker's Ruin and Torn From the Heavens, I'm always a sucker for that trope of incorporating the main theme(s) into the final boss music, although it does make me think that it's a bit unsuited for Omega... maybe it's because he's using your own tactics against you but still, I think Omega-M and Omega-F were meant to be something more but I guess they couldn't work it into the story in a good way so they settled on making them another form of Omega.

[Hestzhyen]

I liked this send-off for the normal raids in Stormblood. The fights were satisfying and it finally felt like we weren't getting out-of-place fanservice just because. I was not a huge fan of the story line overall but it served it's purpose. As usual Nero was the best part about it.

Maybe I just got lucky with my groups but we only wiped three times in all four fights- once to O10 and twice to O11 (who thought Starborad and Larboard were appropriate terms? I hope everyone involved in approving that to go into Production gets indegestion!)

LOL at wrecking Chaos in the first fight like it's NBD because we're so dead-set on getting to Omega.

[Chevronone]

I was underwhelmed with the first boss...a juiced up reskinned version of Sephirot. Same animations and some attacks. Just felt really lazy.

[Voidedge_Ragna]

StaRRRRRRboard = R is bad
LLLLLarboard = L is bad

... i lost enough blood on that skill.

Love the raid tier very well build.