Stormblood Duty Support

[GaiusDrakon]

Do it. Blowing up my old account, recreating with a skipped character, then blowing up that skipped character and starting over with a completely virgin character with a job I know next to nothing about has been some of the most fun I've had so far. ARR is a straight up remaster from what I remember-- Cape Westwind, Praetorium Bread, and Steps of Faith have been major highlights so far.

Sometimes seeing things for the first time the second time is the best way to experience things.

LMAO Steps of Faith

It's literally a 12-minute fight against a dummy and some adds and the only mechanic is to stand to the side and you auto-solve everything

They could've at least tried to incorporate the dragonkillers into the fight but nooooo gotta dumb down everything for the 50 IQ new players.

[vanaii]

LMAO Steps of Faith

It's literally a 12-minute fight against a dummy and some adds and the only mechanic is to stand to the side and you auto-solve everything

They could've at least tried to incorporate the dragonkillers into the fight but nooooo gotta dumb down everything for the 50 IQ new players.

Sorry you didn't like it. I had a blast, and I'm thrilled I'm not getting that in roulettes anymore.

[GaiusDrakon]

Sorry you didn't like it. I had a blast, and I'm thrilled I'm not getting that in roulettes anymore.

Having a blast hitting a striking dummy with Lv50 actions could only indicate one thing

Sorry for your parents

[Voltyblast]

LMAO Steps of Faith

It's literally a 12-minute fight against a dummy and some adds and the only mechanic is to stand to the side and you auto-solve everything

They could've at least tried to incorporate the dragonkillers into the fight but nooooo gotta dumb down everything for the 50 IQ new players.

What's funny is that they already did nerf that fight a while after it was launched because it was hard, because I believe you had to hit the dragonkillers and take more care on the adds. They eventually nerfed it so hard that you could kill it without much effort and without using dragonkillers. It was very easy but at least it was fast and kind of fun.

After trying it on a couple of alts, I dread the time when I had to do it: it's now a 10-20 minute slog of a fight, with nothing in it being really fun anymore, no more control of adds, no dragonkillers, nothing. It went from an easy but overall fun fight with some fun little gimmicks, to just an interactive cutscene.

Too bad, but I guess I'm a minority so "shrug" that's we get now.

[SnowVix]

LMAO Steps of Faith

It's literally a 12-minute fight against a dummy and some adds and the only mechanic is to stand to the side and you auto-solve everything

They could've at least tried to incorporate the dragonkillers into the fight but nooooo gotta dumb down everything for the 50 IQ new players.

You mean what steps of faith has been since about 3.0? Just because you had to walk with it doesn't make it not a training dummy

[KageTokage]

It is a little unfortunate if they're having to dumb down the dungeons for the sake of making them workable for trusts.

I wouldn't mind it if they did total revamps of the fights like with Praetorium but it sounds more like they just kinda...removed mechanics that wouldn't work with trusts.

[Jojoya]

It is a little unfortunate if they're having to dumb down the dungeons for the sake of making them workable for trusts.

I wouldn't mind it if they did total revamps of the fights like with Praetorium but it sounds more like they just kinda...removed mechanics that wouldn't work with trusts.

Ascian Prime in ARF shows that there are ways to make the fights still feel challenging even if the mechanics aren't as complex. It's far less forgiving now than in the past thanks to the ilvl sync when players could ignore mechanics with a very low risk of dying.

[GaiusDrakon]

Ascian Prime in ARF shows that there are ways to make the fights still feel challenging even if the mechanics aren't as complex. It's far less forgiving now than in the past thanks to the ilvl sync when players could ignore mechanics with a very low risk of dying.

>ARF
>challenging

LMAO ok

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

>ARF
>challenging

LMAO ok

It is objectively more difficult now than it was before.

[TaleraRistain]

>ARF
>challenging

LMAO ok

It can be challenging now if a sprout doesn't pick up on the ice and fire mechanic quickly enough. Especially a healer.

I rather like the new Steps of Faith instance. Pre-revamp it was just people running along with the dragon and mostly even ignoring adds. Now it has phases where you feel like it's a real battle to keep Ishgard safe.

Haven't tried the new Stormblood dungeons yet except Sirensong. I don't think they changed any mechs in that one.