Congratulations on Skirmish SE!

[Dzian]

Skirmish isn't anything new.. same old bosses. Wish they added new stuff. They made AV & CC less of a dungeon. Would of been nice if they just made HNMs on the field.

IMO skirmish is the kind of system I believe your experience points party should be...
Thats not to say I have a problem with skirmish but I just feel exp parties are very different to anything else.

After all, grinding the crap out of natalan or rapters etc doesn't do much to prepare you for the endgame style stuffs. The way you play your job to level in natalan is very different to the way you play your job at Chimera / Coin-Counter etc. Your brand new paladin who just dinged 50 in natalan and went straight to AV is going to have no clue about Coin-Counter for example.

Skirmish you could say is a mini training ground for things like Coin-Counter, Buffalo, Ogre etc. Take your party to skirmish and your brand new level 50 paladin who goes to AV is likely to have a much better idea what to expect from Coin-Counter.

This all kind of falls with what I said ages ago. The grind to 50 shouldn't just be an obstacle, It should be about learning your jobs/roles etc. You could argue that they dont take long to learn but given that 9/10 shouts for anything call for experienced people only it goes to highlight the problem I think.

If skirmish were you're typical exp style party you would at least have some experience with boss type mobs.

[hrdndv]

I'm glad people are finding this fun, and I do see regular shouts for it in Ul'dah, so I think its popularity is increasing. For those who want an easier way to party up for skirmish, they can try the Party menu (I regularly do see parties forming through the party menu, so it's easy enough to join and show up).

On the down side, I found it rather lacked challenge (point, click, nuke, next). But I believe that was the intent. It would be interesting if they made another set of Skirmishes that worked the same way but the battles were more challenging.

Yes. It is the best event in the game for getting high end weapons. It is fun to do. It is challenging. If they made it any more challenging it would be another high level Garuda that most players couldn't do. High-end players have Raven to fight. General players need Skirmish. As to all old bosses... SE, plz add another island with new bosses... >(o.o)<

[yoshikwalla]

I just started Skirmishing (failed 3 times so far lolz) but its nice to see something with a bit of challenge. Not as hard as Garuda or Darnus (not even CLOSE to darnus), but challenging all the same.

I'm busy working on getting heavy darklight and my GC weapon/acessories to complete my GC set so I won't be doing them as much, but it's a nice filler in case I get tired of doing Aurum Vales over and over and ooover... or if I can't find a caravan party.

There need to be enough content to make up for the 400 levels required to level up battle classes. This filler will definitely help.

[kazaran]

I was away (even tho paid ahead 3 months) come back, get dragged into Skirmish (i'm liek skir what?) Went into the island one, just seemed kinda, well, no many enemies and runnign around a circular island real fast. Not exactly like runs in XI where you enter the dungeon, and get annilated by 100 skeletons i ntehe first 5 mins.

[Felis]

I was away (even tho paid ahead 3 months) come back, get dragged into Skirmish (i'm liek skir what?) Went into the island one, just seemed kinda, well, no many enemies and runnign around a circular island real fast. Not exactly like runs in XI where you enter the dungeon, and get annilated by 100 skeletons i ntehe first 5 mins.

It is a trainings ground, not a raid dungeon ^^
5 NM and slightly weakened raid bosses for you and your party to train your skills for the real fight in the dungeons.
Oh, and if you don't kill chimera on the 2nd island fast enough, the cyclope is coming attacking your party from behind ^^

[Leo_Hart]

Congratulation on Skzergmish SE!