Twintania downed because FFXIV is so much easier than [insert name here]

[Eanae]

Basically what I got out of that video is run around in circle, some times die anyways, battleres 20 times and win anyways? (I assume they're dying still because of the "tight tuning"?)

[solracht]

Was literally the first thing my gf suggested. I can only assume other groups tried it and died since it's so damn strict and wrote it off completely.

I'm going to start talking out of my ass here but it looks like you have to finish your swirl just as the Twister castbar disappears/fills? I imagine getting the timing down must be a bitch, especially when you're still playing the guessing game

[Ksandra]

DAMMIT ROCCO

[Carraway]

Basically what I got out of that video is run around in circle, some times die anyways, battleres 20 times and win anyways? (I assume they're dying still because of the "tight tuning"?)

I don't think the twister mechanic itself is "tuned" in an interesting way, but the interaction with the dreadknights is decent, and I like the tuning in the last phase a lot.

If you want to count, twister dodge rate for the kill was:
Carraway: 1/1
Arin: 2/2
Verily: 2/4
Sniper: 3/3
Junpei: 3/3
Sirius: 3/4
Peng: 2/2
Lilaea: 1/1

Each individual in our kill group has, at one time or another, achieved 80-90% dodge rate over a night's worth of attempts (~4-6 hours).

[Fojoop]

Your SCH clicks some of his skills and died to every twister, weak link detected!
Sounds like you need a new scholar.

[Eanae]

I was just making a smart ass comment because I honestly didn't expect so many deaths to be involved in a kill. I suppose that really shows the skill gap when our healers some times struggle with mana without all those res going out.

[Kiarax]

I'm going to start talking out of my ass here but it looks like you have to finish your swirl just as the Twister castbar disappears/fills? I imagine getting the timing down must be a bitch, especially when you're still playing the guessing game

Looked to me like you needed to essentially do a 270 degree spin (hit all 4 cardinal directions?) but the dodge at 10:45 was way too late for that. Might just be 180 but given how shitty the game is at reading your position you need very precise timing for it. Wonder if it's any easier on a pad with analogue movement! Also stealing your conflag strat, thx BG.

[Akiyama]

Conflag strat was the best.

[Ksandra]

Wonder if it's any easier on a pad with analogue movement

Considering all the ps3 controller hate, this would be the best thing in the world.

[Carraway]

I was just making a smart ass comment because I honestly didn't expect so many deaths to be involved in a kill. I suppose that really shows the skill gap when our healers some times struggle with mana without all those res going out.

It's really funny (or dickpunchingly frustrating) how just one death at the wrong time can cause a wipe so much faster than what we saw in the kill.

[Deuce]

Man. Just reading that reddit thread makes my head hurt. So many people still bitching that Twister is "broken". LOL

[solracht]

Looked to me like you needed to essentially do a 270 degree spin (hit all 4 cardinal directions?) but the dodge at 10:45 was way too late for that. Might just be 180 but given how shitty the game is at reading your position you need very precise timing for it. Wonder if it's any easier on a pad with analogue movement! Also stealing your conflag strat, thx BG.

This is what it looked like to me (awful paint):

Spoiler: show

(the deformed spot in the middle is where the character starts)

[Kiarax]

Yeah the 10:45 dodge looked way too late to register the right/D movement in time though, which just makes me think there's something more to it or it's a 180/u-turn.

[solracht]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...to-be-revealed

[lilbubbles]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...to-be-revealed

Great read, thank you for pointing that out. Its like he slept through half of his philosophy and math classes, and now knows less than before he got an education.

[Arthars]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...to-be-revealed

this alone can be made into a movie. starring nicolas cage

[Hioki]

This is what it looked like to me (awful paint):

Spoiler: show

(the deformed spot in the middle is where the character starts)

Ah, so the trick was to pierce the heavens!

[Kaisha]

Obviously you need to run counter-clockwise in circles when you expect it to cast.

I need to be snarky more often.

[Meresgi]

Speaking purely from a comparative standpoint, a lot of the "difficult" fights in this game are artificially so.

What I mean by this is that there are way more scenarios in this game where you sit back and say "Wow, the game fucked me over there." compared to WoW.

Really? There are a lot of fights i've done in WoW that just fuck you over due to RNG. Where my guild was like "oh well, fucking got screwed there". One off the top of my head is Ragnaros Hardmode in the last phase in Cata with his placement of shit on the ground and how he loved to put it at his feet sometimes, fucking you over when you needed the stun. Hell most MMOs rely on RNG fucking you over in end game just to make it last a little longer because MMO fights are NOT hard at all and just require basic pattern recognition.

[Therin]

As expected, it always looks easier when you're not the one in the fight yourself. Haha.

Nice work guys! It's great to finally see a video of the full fight.