"Taking a stand" quest

[Melvyl]

I've never posted to the forum before but I decided to this time in hopes of boosting this thread.

I always give Solo Duties a try but never feel bad about using "Very Easy" to complete them if I can't get them on the first try. I found this one so frustrating that I haven't even tried it in two days.

I've watched videos, read the tooltips, I understand (I think) what you are supposed to do and have yet to make it past halfway.

This badly needs nerfing.

[Carin-Eri]

This one I found really odd to be honest.

I failed it three times, passed it on my fourth attempt.

First attempt: Normal - failed before Bakool Ja Ja pulls his mid-fight uber-attack
Second attempt: Normal - same result
Third attempt: Very Easy - still managed to fail
Fourth attempt: Easy. Which is where I found the whole thing odd; 'Easy' actually felt smoother than 'Very Easy' and I completed it on this attempt. Which, considering the comments in this thread and my own experience of it, makes me wonder if the 'Very Easy' mode for this is bugged or something?

[LilimoLimomo]

Every time someone says "Read the tool tips" ... I get enormously frustrated and mad, as a console player, I cannot find where such a thing is actually explained and those shouting from the rooftops, stop being lazy and read the tooltips, might actually be a bit more helpful and tell the rest of us where they are.

Any controller users out there that can explain how to get the tooltips? I'm a keyboard/mouse user so I can't help with this one.

PS5 controller player here. Here's the process I use to figure out what abilities do when the game forces me to play as an NPC:

1. Hold L1 and press in R3; this turns on "cursor mode" that basically gives you a mouse.
   
   
2. Now you can move the cursor using one of your analog sticks (I forget which one, but when you turn the cursor mode on it shows the controls on the screen).
   
   
3. Move your cursor down to your crosshotbar and let the cursor hover over a move; a pop-up should appear that explains what the move does.
   
   
4. When you've read all the tooltips, move the cursor all the way to the lower right corner of the screen (sometimes it stays on-screen even after turning the cursor mode off, and this gets it out of the way)
   
   
5. Hold L1 and press in R3 to turn off cursor mode.

If some part of that process doesn't work, then my guess would be that there might be a setting that has been disabled. So I'd recommend digging through your options to see if that might solve things.

To be fair, it's a clunky and inaccessible way to do something as fundamental as learning what entirely new moves. But I hope it helps!

[CCheshire]

It took me 4x to clear this on Very Easy mode and only after I had watched a video because I realized the hotbars in the quest never moved from the center of my screen so I had to click each button which slowed me down a bit when I normally have a controller. I did feel a bit tired as the few times I felt like I couldn't heal as often so I'd fail at the 40% mark when I'd barely got a limit break full.

Mostly I'm glad it as the only real RP battle in DT too.

[PunkyPewster]

this "very easy" mode doesn't seem to actually be "very easy".

Because it's not. It's the same garbage. The developers rushed through this and it shows.

[PunkyPewster]

Not everyone is a super gamer, some of us are more casual players, here for the story and fun - this has sucked any bit of fun I've had thus far. The heals are weak, the limit break doesn't pop nearly enough and when they do heal by the time it hits, he's already chunked my health to next to nothing.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

[moahrs]

I thought it was just me who hated it, but no... I even ended up making a long post about it here on the forum, but the DEV's probably don't even care about what we complain or claim here

[juliorain]

cleared it first time on normal. The mechanics are a very small step up from our earlier confrontation with Gulool Ja Ja's sparr with us.

You have you single target combo button, AoE combo button for the add phase and a mist that heals you. I guess playing warrior beforehand helps but you've gotta read the screen and make the connection with the hint with the mechanic.

[moahrs]

Solo duties with a character and job that you know, everything is fine, with "materia", good gear, knowing the skills and shortcuts, it's not that difficult, now with an NPC, with a JOB that you don't like, or don't You know, it's a joke... Square's DEVs invented this to laugh at us...

I'm stuck on this quest myself. I've already tried 6x (5 in very not so easy). I left it aside, I stopped the MSQ's. and I'm going to do something else, until I feel like trying again... Endwalker's MSQs were stuck on a quest like this for about 6 months. A good game has fun, it doesn't stress you out.

[juliorain]

in solo duties your ilvl is synced and therefore materia enhancements (if any) don't exist. most the mechanics were solved by "stay off the bad" and even if you had no idea how to play wuk's job (simplified Warrior) you can read the tool tips and make an informed guess on how to use them