Which Extreme trials require strategy/communication?

[royox]

Every "nowadays" extreme or savage content requires at least watching a guide first and assign roles and pairs to deal with shared mechanics. Like Healer 1, Healer 2, Ranged 1, Ranged 2, etc. Also markers are needed for those trials and ofc knowledge of what those marks mean and which one affects you.

This is an MMO, communication is the key for every non casual content.

This kind of Ex Trials started with Stormblood. Before, trials were way simpler or required way less communication (I can remember assigning teams and sides for Thordan and Sefiroth but).

[Arohk]

The Only EX trials you can go in blind and expect sucess are the ARR trials and a few of Haevensward.

If you want to go in blind and not communicate a strategy, you will not clear and your party will disband quickly.

[Iscah]

From what I've gathered, at present Extremes generally require some manner of communication and/or agreed upon strategy so that specific people don't overlap certain duties. For example, you need to know in advance that person A and B are going to stand at location X during mechanic M, because it's unlikely that people would organically distribute themselves as needed in real time. This is in contrast to normal/casual difficulty content where you don't need to ever communicate a specific strategy or divide up responsibilities, and instead can just iteratively play in absolute silence to organically get that win.

That's just how standard play goes on the JP servers (plus Materia) using standard waymarks and macros, so it's going to be how the devs play too.

For the trials I've done at least, once the fight is learned there's no further conversation needed beyond "D4" at the start of the fight and then you go to the designated position for the D4 role during each mechanic.

[PercibelTheren]

That's just how standard play goes on the JP servers (plus Materia) using standard waymarks and macros, so it's going to be how the devs play too.

For the trials I've done at least, once the fight is learned there's no further conversation needed beyond "D4" at the start of the fight and then you go to the designated position for the D4 role during each mechanic.

Not just JP, EU also uses waymarks and macros.