Here we go again

[Ardeth]

I watched a video before work until the part that kept killing me. I know I was pressing interject, but I wonder sitting here at work if Interject isn't on my bar? Because I moved a few skills around and I haven't played long enough to be a returner. That's the only thing I can think of because I was spamming it the second I knew I could interrupt it, but I still got the debuff and died to the third slash. And it took me 5 deaths and a shower to figure that out and I'm ashamed of myself, but when I get home from work I'm teabagin that boss when I'm done with it.

[Shistar]

[...] but when I get home from work I'm teabagin that boss when I'm done with it.

That's the spirit!

[Reimmi]

Just make it so the trust npcs can res people instead of auto wiping
I don't want content made easier because of this, just make it so trusts are "carry me" mode is the right solution

[Sekundessounet]

Being an older gamer, been playing since ff14 came out, Meso Terminal is unplayable for me on the 4 bosses that chain to you encounter due to the dodge mechanics firing to quickly.It would be nice to have a easier mode choice when doing it with the npc's to "progress thru the story" as I feel it's better to npc it first so people aren't upset if i die as a healer. I am not asking for an easier mode for que'ing just for doing it with npc's heck i don't need any loot in an easy mode option either but i do feel that we all should have content we can get thru if its mandatory for the story.

I don't think an easy mode is the solution you seek. What they should do is what they do in the Duty Support trials : have that stacked buff that lets you survive death twice before actually wiping. In dungeon with players difficulty is okay because even if you die, you can get a rez and things move forward. In Duty Support, the fight just wipes and it feels kinda bad and punishing for nothing.

As for mechanics there are 3-4 patterns to recognize where the safe spots are well telegraphed, so after a few trial and error even as an older gamer you should be able to go through it no problems ! But if anything, don't hesitate to make a PF and ask for help, usually people are receptive to that. Hopefully you can clear it, the trial is quite amazing.

[Lollerblades]

Story content shouldn't be overtuned an difficult.
All people are different and have differing accessibility levels. I have a friend who plays for the story, but dungeon difficulty is going to chase them away, and at this point I can see why.

[FuturePastNow]

I'm pretty old and I'm not exactly a savage raider and I thought that boss was great. I'm glad they're trying out weird/different mechanics. It was all telegraphed really well.

[Connor]

Honestly I haven’t done Meso Terminal yet (ok maybe I forgot about the 7.2 trial lol), but whenever I see this topic I just think, ‘isn’t trust/npc runs already easy mode?’.

They're usually well-trained enough that you can easily follow / reflect what they to do to see mechanics resolved. Plus there’s weird stuff like their super condensed movesets having inflated potencies to try and make them a bit closer to what players can do.

I always use NPCs for the first run of a dungeon for that exact reason; if there is something I end up struggling with I can just keep running at it until it’s overcome.

Also as an extra tip, if you’re a Scholar you can just Protraction / Adloquium yourself and you’ll be able to tank most hits (outside of having a bunch of vuln ups etc). Maybe if you’re having too much trouble with a mechanic you could try and ‘find a way around it’ so to speak. Summoner’s Radiant Aegis has saved my life so many times on mechanics I just didn’t get lol. Save me, Carbuncle!

[EusisLandale]

Honestly I haven’t done Meso Terminal yet
Also as an extra tip, if you’re a Scholar you can just Protraction / Adloquium yourself and you’ll be able to tank most hits (outside of having a bunch of vuln ups etc).

The second boss's bosses for healer and DPS hit like wet noodles, and even the tank one not too bad for a tank. The avoidable mechanics, on the other hand, generally hit hard enough to kill in 2, 3 if you're lucky, and stack vulns to make sure you're dead if you can't stop standing in the bad stuff. It's a fairly lenient pass/fail mechanic check, so shields and such are largely useless for the fight. The fight is almost entirely an awareness check.

[Fawkes]

The avoidable mechanics, on the other hand, generally hit hard enough to kill in 2, 3 if you're lucky,

They were all instakills for me.

[Catwho]

They were all instakills for me.

They were 2 hit kills for me on SCH, but I generally had on shields. I imagine it might be a bit tougher on AST or WHM.