AF gear--the true weight of the land.
I once answered a shout for titan. Turned out to be a PLD with full AF and white weapon (cobalt scimitar or w/e). When I saw that I told him (politely ) that he should gear up before attempting the fight and disbanded. He sent me a /tell saying he will inform me when he beats it. Wonder if he forgot to write my name down or something, never heard back from him D;
^ lol. Really need gear checks. I mean if you actually try the fight a few times and see the damage you need to soak up it should be common sense that you need to gear before running it.
Minimum I'd like seeing for Titan would be Ifrit weapon+mostly Amdapor gear or better, but gear really doesn't mean everything on this fight so long as DPS is sufficient to kill it before Tumult builds up too high. Biggest check is one that they'll never implement: IQ.
Do primals need to be killed on the job you're getting the relic for?
if u can down the heart it means ur DPS is fine no matter what ur wearing.
phase 2 is about staying alive, not getting hit, and whm + sch + mage ballad to win
I feel like I'm applying for a job. All titan groups want experienced members, which is fine, but I know I'm probably not as experienced as they want. I've studied the phases and tactics through videos, but that won't be as good as first hand experience. Should I dick around with DF groups for some practice first? Or maybe I shall lie my way into the group and hope I don't make an ass of myself
^ dick around in DF. You'll get past the heart phase eventually and learn his patterns and get a feel for the fight. Don't just join up with a group that's trying to win with people who've spent some time already learning the fight. Then you're just like that nub ass AF douche that joins up using the lv 46 bow in DF.
Definitely do duty finder first to learn the fight. Bomb patterns are the most important thing to learn. Gear doesn't matter as long as you have the HP (You want 3-3.2k). Dinged 50 today on BRD and finished bow same day (full Toxote set and HQ white 48-49 jewelry. It's more the player than the class for sure, but you aren't going to find people playing their class well in DF. I have heard people are having good luck forming shout groups on their own servers though (if you can find people through the gold spam) so maybe just build your own if people are being overly picky once you learn the fight. There's also videos and guides everywhere.
Finally beat Titan over the weekend.. Im 100% now certain that after heart it is completely about other people dodging shit other than that is pretty straight forward!
WHM relic get yay!
Did some coil too! Snake fight is painful as a whm..
Honestly, gear doesn't matter as much as not being retarded and dying left and right.
I can't tell you how many runs we've had some DL-geared idiot just constantly die after heart while the rest of us just kill Titan. DPS don't mean shit if you're dead.