Taming the Tempest (Hard)

[Cho]

Kaeko's insight is correct here, and this is true not just for manaburn parties, but for groups of a more traditional setup. The critical period for this fight is when Garuda is about to trigger her Aerial Blast stage, and groups that don't put much thought into timing here won't be as successful.

Gear is certainly important for this encounter, but our mastery of this instance was the result of countless hours of learning the fight with most every reasonable setup imaginable.

Many thanks to all our Legacy members for pushing it to the limit here. Very proud :3

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Really like the timing of the music to the fight, can feel the pressure.

[Kumaeru]

Really like the timing of the music to the fight, can feel the pressure.

Hahaha the previous night we were all talking about music for videos to use in the future, and when I put up the link for that song, I realized it would look perfect for a burn video


Melee burn might be plausible, the down side is all that moving around to get combos off and such, and losing combos when she would teleport away.

[Fated]

This is pretty cool. I don't see the point of a "nerf." You can't pull something like this off without having an appropriately coordinated and geared group.

Like Kumaeru said: "Definitely not an AF geared Blm fight, I'd say..."

[Ryuko]

By using this strategy (of shifting from 'light' nuking to 'all out' nuking after she starts spitting out plumes like crazy), we were able to extend her Aerial Blast timer until past the 26 minute mark, but we simply didn't have the damage output to do it. As someone else said, DEFINITELY not an AF BLM fight. I don't know if it's been mentioned before, but you'll notice in their video that the the 'magic defense down' debuff is almost constantly on her. Keeping this debuff up as a WHM (or THM, BRD) helps tremendously (especially since if everyone does what they're supposed to, this fight is a cakewalk to heal).

[Raikki]

Good job on the DPS, but I hope you don't take it as a put down if I say I'd like to see this hotfixed with a forced astral flow at an HP threshold like Ifrit had. I respect what you were able to do though.

[carraway]

Good job on the DPS, but I hope you don't take it as a put down if I say I'd like to see this hotfixed with a forced astral flow at an HP threshold like Ifrit had. I respect what you were able to do though.

I completely agree, as the phase 3 transitions are what make the fight interesting, but it's a great proof-of-concept.

[Kumaeru]

Oh don't get us wrong hah... the Garuda fight is amazing. I'm glad that a fight like this was included in the game where you had to constantly keep on your feet and be focused 100%. Have both melee and mages to take down Suprana/Chirada, and run around the while the dust pools were moving. It sets a bar for players in this game that was continually lacking.

Everytime we ended a night of Garuda we would just hangout in chat and be happy at how fun it actually was (the normal way).
Can't wait for Leviathan. It better be on a boat with waves and stuff for environmental damage, and maybe adds while it disappears under the boat. >.>;

[Magnesium02]

Ifrit: Stack BLM .... mass Thunder/ara/aga ..... 7 min kill
Garuda: Stack BLM .... mass Thunder/ara/aga ..... 4 min kill
Leviathan: Stack BLM .... mass Thunder/ara/aga ..... 2 min kill XD
Ramuh: Stack BLM .... mass Thunder/ara/aga ..... you heal Ramuh for 9999 XD

[Raikki]

Worldspawn NMs: Emulate tanking *fixed* (eventually)
Ifrit: Riot Blade + Contagion glitch *fixed*
Moogle: Reraise glitch *fixed*
MNK quest: Non-linking adds *fixed*
Garuda: Phase-lock manaburn glitch