FF15 Event -- "Monolith Warp" Mechanic is still broken

[Kyonika]

Even after a fix to this morning's Garuda server 90002 error issues, there is still a serious issue regarding the Monolith Warp Mechanic 1/2 way into the Garuda fight

No matter what I do ... even if my character is literally at or even behind the rock ... Garuda still one-shots me and the "Duty Failed" message appears every time.

I've done this now half-a-dozen times on 2 different toons on 2 different servers / data-centers.

Can anyone recommend a fix for this? ... Or can a GM please escalate this to Technical for a solution?

Thanks

[DarkMasamune]

I noticed that you have to pick the monolith on the other side— NOT the one Noctis is using.

I got killed twice before I noticed.

[KageTokage]

I was only taking 2K damage from facetanking the AoE so mistakes scarcely seemed to matter.

Maybe the stat scaling for BLU is broken or something (Figured I might as well make the most out of the class if they were presenting a combat duty).

[ElianaGoldstein]

Failing wouldn't be so bad if not for that fact that Garuda has WAAAAAAAY too much HP... I near fell asleep chipping away at her with a teaspoon until she does the AoE. Will try again later I guess, going to do something that isn't irritating for now.

[AnPo]

I thought you cant hide behind the rock, you just need to warp in right time.

[KarstenS]

Can't take a look while at work.

If it works the same as regular Garuda battles, it doesn't matter where you are. It only matters how many rocks are left.

[KageTokage]

If Warp Strike is like any other movement action, the game only updates your position after the action resolves and you're able to start moving again, so you need to time it so you exit the AoE a fair bit of time before the cast resolves.

When the AoEs start being combined with the vacuum, don't spam it and just wait until the cast is maybe 4/5ths done to warp out.

Can't take a look while at work.

If it works the same as regular Garuda battles, it doesn't matter where you are. It only matters how many rocks are left.

The rocks in this fight are indestructible and serve only as targets for the duty action.

[BillyKaplan]

If it works the same as regular Garuda battles

It doesn't.

I think you're dealing with bad latency. I hid behind the same rock as Noctis and while it almost killed me, I survived.

[Kalise]

Took me 2 attempts to beat it.

First attempt I couldn't move at all, because she kept giving me the succ every time I tried to warp.

Second attempt I just stood still doing nothing until the last ~10% of her cast bar and then warped to the stone that Noctis was playing with and it was fine.

Ended up almost failing because Notcis nearly died by the end of it though... #BluSoOP

[Kyonika]

Hmmmm ... so, then ... clearing FF15 Event Garuda is purely based on luck and RNG? ... Great job SE!
My only question is: "does SE employ beta testers at all for these things? Or do they spend the $30,000 - $50,000 of beta-tester salary on Dalmascan silk-woven bespoke suits instead, and have us paying subscribers do the beta-testing for them?"
*sigh*.... I don;t get it *smh*