How do i get Bahamut gear when no one ever runs its raid anymore?

[whodis]

Am i screwed forever because i got into FFXIV too late?

Is there no way to get bahamut outside the raid?

[RicaRuin]

A lot of people are doing it unsynced, go check the Party Finder rather than the Duty Finder. Also, there are craftable Replicas of the Gear that are also dyable (the drops from Bahamut itself are not.)

For example, I'll run Bahamut on Chaos unsync the next days to get some mats.

[whodis]

I tried to use Party Finder but to no avail. Still couldn't find any groups doing Bahamut. Been checking for 3 days now :/

[NosamKin]

The first 4 can be solo or with 2 people. If all you want is gear you need a high level friend to take you through it.
It is amusing that 1 - 4 are no problem, and then 5. Well the difficulty suddenly spikes up.

[Raldo]

The first 4 can be solo or with 2 people. If all you want is gear you need a high level friend to take you through it.
It is amusing that 1 - 4 are no problem, and then 5. Well the difficulty suddenly spikes up.

You can also solo 5, you just need to know what you're doing.

I think turn 8 was where I was no longer able to solo them, but it's been a while so maybe the gear upgrades have made even that one doable.

[Arrhin]

Ooooh, I have not tried T5 solo yet! Great, thanks...now I know what I'ma doin later *Cackles in SCH* *Flexes Faerie*

[MistakeNot]

It is amusing that 1 - 4 are no problem, and then 5. Well the difficulty suddenly spikes up.

The last turns in each of the Coils (T5, T9, and T13) are the hard ones - not because of gear requirements, but because of mechanics..
Turns 5 and 9 are also the ones you need to clear in order to unlock the next Coil.

[Rufalus]

There's an undersize party DF option which allows you to do duties with fewer party members and no level sync. I managed to solo Final Coil T3 and T4 as a warrior yesterday so certain ones can be done without any help and it will only get easier when level cap goes up to 80 this year. I think there are still some Coil fights with mechanics that need a party, but when gear gets high enough you might be able to skip phases like that entirely with enough dps.

[RicaRuin]

Make your own PF, say Bahamut 1-12 Clear with Bonus (people will join for the bonus tomestones) and make use of the undersized option to enter the Raid with higher levels. Always works.

If you still need help monday evening, send me a tell in-game.

[whodis]

Well that's another problem. I don't know how to start a party in Party Finder, and even if i did and it filled up, i still don't know how to queue up for Bahamut raid.