New Alliance Raid: Well done Devs

[Casti_EL]

Just want to say well done to the devs for he new Alliance Raid series.

As a long time player of FFXI from it's UK release, I was blown away with how incredible the new Raid looked, and the characters were spot on. I was getting all nostalgic whilst running the raid first time, and even more so on the second.

I look forward to seeing how this Raid series turns out and what else the devs have in store for it.

Also - SE, if you re-released FFXI with THOSE graphics, I'll snap your hand off in a heartbeat

[Luluna]

I agree as a long time player of FFXI it brought so many memories back of the friends I made and to the Mithra who sneaked and invis me all the way to the Shadowlord fight thank you so much..I did not remember their name but it was on Shiva server and she kept me alive. I loved that about FFXI the danger and the world. The raid brought so much back to me. I love Jeuno it is so amazing to be able to stand there it is a true work of love so ty devs. I would love FFXI on PS5 with a makeover It would be so good.

[Yoshihara]

Dungeon and Alliance Raid design was pretty damn good yeah, especially for casual content, feels like they've found a proper balance while keeping things interesting enough and easily readable while slowly ramping up the mechanics and layering them on top of each other.

[AnimaAnimus]

It looked fantastic and did rekindle a lot of memories from XI for me too. All I want now is a reboot of XI, but not with the XIV team who would just muck it up instead of doing it justice.

But on the other hand it was still incredibly easy. I ran on my main in the morning and only had 2 wipes, ran on my alt in the evening and burned through it with no wipes or even a close call. Within a week or 2 this will just be another mind numbing chore to get through while we skip half the mechanics like the EW 24 mans were. I honestly expected much more from a crossover of a game that was as challanging as XI was. The fights were also disjointed and made no sense. They were literally just trying to hit nostalgia beats without putting them together in a way that makes any sense.

So it had its ups and downs.

[ZephyrMenodora]

As far as my experience, I found it challenging - for now. Once everyone learns mechanics it will be much easier - but on a blind run we wiped at least once every boss, and a few times on some of them.

I took summoner and spent half my time rezzing healers. I like Rezzing though so I didn't mind.

[Fawkes]

There's some RNG to the mechanics. Like the order Fafnir does moves in, or his purple circles can be in-out or out-in. I don't think it's going to be quite like older raids where you just memorize it to the point of pre-dodging. You're always going to have to pay some attention and react.

[OgruMogru]

Excellent choice of music, cute story, fun fights! Also I know 11 fans were disappointed the gear design wasn't a more iconic set but the casting coat is fantastic. It's my favourite design they've implemented in a long long time and I really hope they release more of this coat length/silhouette!

[DynnDiablos]

After six different runs that all ended with abandonment (8+ hours wasted), I turned on in-progress, made it into one on the final boss with a few minutes to spare where I was locked out of the arena. Let them kill it, got my gear piece, the minion and coin and peace out. I will NEVER touch this raid again.

[Diclonius]

I've been playing 14 since Stormblood and this is my first time making a post on the official forums, I registered specifically to give my two cents on the newest raid.

Mechanically speaking, I think Jeuno is a huge improvement over the previous raid tier in Endwalker. I loved the Myths of the Realm raids for the lore and themes, however I felt like some of the boss encounters themselves were slightly underwhelming, particularly the final one. I'm extremely happy to see the difficulty bumped up a notch with Dawntrail, I think it's just challenging and engaging enough to keep everyone on their toes, but nowhere near as hard as I've seen a few people complain. I hope this trend continues for the 2nd and 3rd raids as well!

While I lack the nostalgia for 11 like many others here, I think the varied environments and music choices were very appealing as well, so overall I'll look forward to repeat clears!

[SamuraiMiqo]

I know my thoughts on this will get me yelled at and laughed at, hell I'm already being down voted on Reddit. I feel the mechanics of this raid and the new dungeon are too much at once. For me it feels like there's too much going on, not enough room to breathe, to the point of panic. It also feels like for the last boss of the Alliance Raid, if your reaction time isn't super good, you get knocked around. I would like for things to be slowed down just a bit to make things easier to understand and not as hectic. I know people will say 'git gud' or 'Stop playing, filthy casual', but not everyone was wanting this to be frustrating.

*Sighs and holds up lunch tray to deflect thrown meatballs*