New Extreme!

[Liam_Harper]

Glancing at PF on my server now day 2, there are 14 groups. Just 1 is a blind run, 8 are farm, the rest require a guide and/or are late phase progress.

Oof, I can start a blind run myself, but it surprises me more how there aren't more fresh groups. Are players just that good or can't they be bothered?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Glancing at PF on my server now day 2, there are 14 groups. Just 1 is a blind run, 8 are farm, the rest require a guide and/or are late phase progress.

Oof, I can start a blind run myself, but it surprises me more how there aren't more fresh groups. Are players just that good or can't they be bothered?

Its still early in the day and many are still working. Even with "stay at home orders" there are tons of workers who can't.


I haven't worked from home a single day since this mess started.

[Anienai]

Are players just that good or can't they be bothered?

Yes.

Btw your character looks really cool.

[Niyuka]

Glancing at PF on my server now day 2, there are 14 groups. Just 1 is a blind run, 8 are farm, the rest require a guide and/or are late phase progress.

Oof, I can start a blind run myself, but it surprises me more how there aren't more fresh groups. Are players just that good or can't they be bothered?

You are not supposed to notice that. These forums are full of people who claim that the VAST MAJORITY are unable or barely able to E8N, and Ex trials are ONLY for the most hardcore
Seriously though, since the weapon took about an hour or two, and I know a lot of players who expected a full day of gameplay from this content patch yesterday, they all just did the new Ex a couple of times. As servers were shaky and thus Savage raiding is rarely done on tuesday, I imagine a lot of actual raiders just burned through the Ex as well.

So I think a huge number of players already got it on farm (given how guides were out within a few hours, it shows its not a hard fight), and since the rewards are outdated already, we will see some people farm it for a specific piece of glamour for a bit longer. And yes, the rest cant be bothered. Its outdated old rewards already.

[Silica-chan]

Are players just that good or can't they be bothered?

Well I don't like any of the ShB AF sets so I really don't care about it. If they locked the weapon behind it I would either just contact one of the kill sellers that still do stuff like that for gil or just drop the game until the next expansion and do it unsynced.

[EtherRose]

You could watch video guides. There are already a few up on Youtube. No sense in going in blind and beating yourself up. Then try recruiting others for first time runs or find one. Usually lots of parties in the evening for me in Eastern time.

[Eldevern]

Honestly, waiting for two hours the PF to be full only to see a ragequit after two or three wipes and go for a PF waiting again, we are several to feel the reward doesn't worth such patience (selflessness? obsession? not really sure XD).

[Malmstrom]

Pro tip - don't make self deprecating jokes if you can't roll with them when they're thrown back at you. Getting upset afterwards kinda defeats the entire point.

One, who said anything about jokes?

Two, even if it was, your response was to imply I'm narrow minded and have a poor attitude in a way that does not imply that you are joking. As such, it's not rolling with the jokes, because yours can't be taken as such.

Pro tip- if you're going to be an (expletive), don't try and shrug after the fact and shift the blame.

Extra pro tip- let's say you are joking, ha ha, let's all chuckle, then you need to work on your writing skills to better communicate your intent.

[Liam_Harper]

Just to update, I did indeed grab one of the few blind Practice groups and had a blast, really friendly team. We had most of it figured out within a lockout though, I guess we're all just hungry to dig our teeth into something and the EX is all we really have, so anyone who care about endgame jumped in right away. Seems players actually are that good and it's fair if they want to farm once they have it figured out.

Fun fight overall.

Btw your character looks really cool.

Cheers

[Derio]

If it dropped a dragon then yes it would be worth it. But since its only 480 gear then no. Many people will most likely clear it 3 or 4 times unless they want all jobs.