The Difficulty Has Not Increased In Casual Content.

[Maeka]

This isn't really in regards to OP, but just about the recurring topic of Mist Dragon in terms of difficulty.

I've never seen a wipe to Mist Dragon. I've even seen it die more than once before it got to use the Deep Fog mechanic, so there wasn't even any need to dodge the cauterizes. And this is running it multiple times a day on multiple characters so far to cap tomes. I'm not sure what it is about it that is so challenging for people?

You must be getting absolutely godly geared groups then, because every single time I get it, the dragon lasts quite awhile after the dive bomb phase.

[YojimboM]

You must be getting absolutely godly geared groups then, because every single time I get it, the dragon lasts quite awhile after the dive bomb phase.

I wouldn't exactly call people like a BLM in Bonewicca pants using a 350 weapon and various other 360 pieces "godly geared". I go on SMN most of the time and even I only have two pieces of 370 gear on it, everything else is 360 and below.

[Maeka]

I wouldn't exactly call people like a BLM in Bonewicca pants using a 350 weapon and various other 360 pieces "godly geared". I go on SMN most of the time and even I only have two pieces of 370 gear on it, everything else is 360 and below.

I don't know, then. But I know the last 5-6 times I got the Dragon (all of my Experts have been The Burn save one), it always lasts past the dive-bomb phase, clear into the "chain-cast Rime Wreath" phase.

DPS' health ranges from 43k to 47k in most instances. I saw a 49k on a brd once.

Today was the first time that any group I've been in managed to beat it with no wipes, and while it went down slightly faster, it still lasted past the deep fog phase.