Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
If baeslar's came out now, and someone here complained the first pull was too tough, they'd be told the same thing they'd be told with virtually every other piece of content; it's faceroll. Shinryu was harder than it, and I did heal both at launch. And yet heaven help you if you said shinryu was a bit much for a story trial at its launch. At this point it's a broken record, and the only way people will be convinced is if they have to deal with abandoned duties or a ton of wipes. I expect them to ratchet up the difficulty to a point where this happens.
Having done both from a tank and healer perspective, I disagree. The super pull is Baeslar's is much worse in terms of raw damage. Not to mention, the archer dots can be brutal. We haven't had anything remotely close to that pull in all of Stormblood, though the Hell's Lid seahorses hit pretty hard. Regardless, I would rather take wipes and occasional vote abandons than he bored senseless. People disagree so vehemently about Shinryu being too much because he literally uses mechanics you've seen before. Everything he does comes from either an ARR or HW trial excluding Tidal Wave, which you see in the first five seconds. You can't skip those trials, so it boils down to some people simply aren't paying attention, or just want permanent easy mode.