Garuda Extreme Mode

[Fairy-Killer]

Suparna and Garuda only swap places if they're kept close to each other. Upon teleporting, they'll both drop feathers that cause that huge DoT (windburn I think?). Because of this, the tank will have to run away from the spot they teleported and then reposition after feathers fall.

[Seravi Edalborez]

I'm probably like the last person in the universe to notice but Garuda's Friction (the one without AoE circle on the ground) always targets a healer and seems to alternate between them.

[Lokus]

Suparna and Garuda only swap places if they're kept close to each other. Upon teleporting, they'll both drop feathers that cause that huge DoT (windburn I think?). Because of this, the tank will have to run away from the spot they teleported and then reposition after feathers fall.

Not true. I was in a PUG and I'm not exactly sure what caused it but during Tornado phase, the MT took Garuda/Chirada to the NW, OT took Suprana to the SE (Ranged/Healers to the SW). Ranged attacked Chirada while the sole melee went with the OT to start on Suprana. Midway during that phase Garuda and Suprana swapped and both sisters ended up together fully stacked and we wiped shortly after. It's very strange because my FC always has the OT take Suprana and we have never seen the swap. The only difference is we have the OT go NW while the MT goes SE with Chirada/Garuda during Tornadoes. We normally focus Suprana first before touching Chirada though so maybe Chirada's HP% triggers the swap?

[Evane]

Not true. I was in a PUG and I'm not exactly sure what caused it but during Tornado phase, the MT took Garuda/Chirada to the NW, OT took Suprana to the SE (Ranged/Healers to the SW). Ranged attacked Chirada while the sole melee went with the OT to start on Suprana. Midway during that phase Garuda and Suprana swapped and both sisters ended up together fully stacked and we wiped shortly after. It's very strange because my FC always has the OT take Suprana and we have never seen the swap. The only difference is we have the OT go NW while the MT goes SE with Chirada/Garuda during Tornadoes. We normally focus Suprana first before touching Chirada though so maybe Chirada's HP% triggers the swap?

It's timed based. They'll swap places regardless of distance or HP%. So you either leave her on MT and deal with double WW or let OT take her and kill her first.

[Deathbringer]

To make sure I'm not (completely) bad @ this, as OT, 1st phase I grab/kill Chirada then tornado phase grab/kill Suprana? Last few PUG runs I've done they kept switching who to kill to the point I'm confused :/

[Ratatapa]

To make sure I'm not (completely) bad @ this, as OT, 1st phase I grab/kill Chirada then tornado phase grab/kill Suprana? Last few PUG runs I've done they kept switching who to kill to the point I'm confused :/

Always depends on the group

As an OT I always just took chirada then dps sup/Garuda cuz my wanted to keep both

For tornado after chirada was dead I'd just stand there and dps the plume till 10%

[Yugl]

I'm probably like the last person in the universe to notice but Garuda's Friction (the one without AoE circle on the ground) always targets a healer and seems to alternate between them.

May not have been mentioned but, considering this, some strats separate the healer from the DPS for the tornado phases.

[Evane]

To make sure I'm not (completely) bad @ this, as OT, 1st phase I grab/kill Chirada then tornado phase grab/kill Suprana? Last few PUG runs I've done they kept switching who to kill to the point I'm confused :/

It comes down to whether the MT wants to deal with double WW or not, Suprana does the other WW.

[Raldo]

Our main tanks get their faces pushed in on rare occasions even when tanking Chirada + Garuda, so it's bad either way. I've never main tanked, so I don't know if they're getting hit by something they could be dodging or what. I don't really know anything about Chirada.

[Dammerung]

It's timed based. They'll swap places regardless of distance or HP%. So you either leave her on MT and deal with double WW or let OT take her and kill her first.

The teleport/swap happens when Chirada is ~50% HP.

[Aeris Ashe]

I'm probably like the last person in the universe to notice but Garuda's Friction (the one without AoE circle on the ground) always targets a healer and seems to alternate between them.

Youre definitely not I didnt know this, thanks for the info! Groups im in always just stack together so I never noticed this.



As far as the Chir/Sup switch it's definitely not HP based as Ive never had it happen to me ever. Whether it's time or distance dependent I cant confirm though

[Rocl]

It's Garuda and Suparna who switch places not Chirada and Suparna.

I've also never not had them swap while killing Chirada first (and I only vaguely pay attention to HP bars of shit that I can't cure)

[Viena]

Something that I've been wondering for a while, but never bothered to ask anyone as rarely anyone has to do it, but... how can you walk across the tornadoes without getting hit and pushed? Which is the right moment to step in?

[Seravi Edalborez]

Feather in the tornado drops > WHOOOOOSH sound + updraft tornado trail things (GO NOW)

[Jamison]

Feather in the tornado drops > WHOOOOOSH sound + updraft tornado trail things (GO NOW)

Yeah. I don't remember the specifics, but I watch for the inside of the tornado to change, not the rings.

[Grey Jorildyn]

When you see the brown swirls, run.

[Niiro]

Do the tornadoes cause massive graphical lag for anyone else?

My PC is old but for regular 8 man instances it runs things just fine (hell, it can handle CT just fine), but when the 5x tornadoes come out my FPS just shits the bed at certain points in their animation.

[Seravi Edalborez]

Noticeably more than any other area in the game, yeah. There's like no good zoomed out angle where it seems like I can avoid that. Hasn't been fatal but annoying nonetheless. Even stacked plumes in Titan give me a very slight frame drop, but tornados just suck especially when your camera is shoved into one.

[TheGlow]

Are you supposed to be able to see the Plume Stacks on other party members? I didn't see anything on the Party Screen which I could somewhat expect.
But I wasn't seeing them either if I had the MT targetted or in Focus window.
They would keep yelling at me to pull it. Which I also experienced during tornadoes to provoke, watch the plume cross halfway, then U-turn back to previous target.
Not sure if perhaps I messed up a UI setting, but I didnt see anything along these lines.
Plus this seems incredibly counter intuitive for healers, then again the aggro meters are jacked up. I have to watch the ball/vicks cough drops enemy list to know if I'm stealing hate during CT.

Earlier in the thread was talk of Flash working. But then that other bit about the obscene threat.

[Serenseven]

Are you supposed to be able to see the Plume Stacks on other party members? I didn't see anything on the Party Screen which I could somewhat expect.

You should be able to see everyone's Thermal Low stacks in the Party area.