I already answered in my post before Spira's (it's about NIN and BST specifically). I said "I'd imagine" DRG is useless too" not that it definitely was (it was more of a joke about DRG too having a useless 2 hour).
Finally I explained why I said "rightfully nerfed" in the previous post (those fights being unfair to certain job setups).
And as for the THF comment Assassin was introduced in December, 2004 just three months after CoP release. Here it is.
There's a video? I hate reading off the iPhone.
Guess I'll have to make do with my pre-Azure Lore DRG laughs
Yeah, Chainspell had to have been the best 2hr for that BC... period.
But even so, I don't think in a group of 6 it is that difficult to get a few decent 2 hours even if you're just throwing a group together so I honestly don't feel the BC needed to be nerfed, more like the players needed to get better. But I always felt that way, hearing people go 1/13 or worse on that BC just made me think they likely sucked rather than that the fight was poorly designed. I mean, for christ's sake... people were pulling similar horrible win rates with ALEXANDER of all things. That fight is not fucking hard.