Alexander Discussion, Round 2: Wait is this the easy mode thread?

[Kipling]

That was... hard to read. I think I've hit my level of cringe for the day.

[Rocl]

can someone tell me why playboy covers XIV tho lol

[Taint]

can someone tell me why playboy covers XIV tho lol

The pictures are for the kids. Playboy has always had good writing.

[Kaslo]

Oh yeah, and finally downed A2S last night. Switching to DRG in walker (who was also someone who could adjust on the fly and we could trust) and no one dying helped a lot lol.

[lilbubbles]

I keep telling people playboy has good articles, no one believes me.

[gaira]

thought that was fairly well written to an audience who probably knows nothing about MMOs in general or FFXIV in particular.

[Rocl]

The pictures are for the kids. Playboy has always had good writing.

I wasn't even referring to nudey-mag aspect, it just weirds me out that it's covering progression of a MMO raid

[lilbubbles]

Playboy covers any topic that is of interest to men, which.. gaming is mostly made of.

[Carth]

To bring up the context of the article, I do find it a bit surprising they think Savage was tuned a little too much, though I'm assuming they're specifically talking about A4S.

[Kaixin]

Layla and Coldey were on the individual raid team—dubbed “Updog”

hehheheh

[Arthars]

The website you are attempting to access is unavailable as it contravenes the Broadcasting (Class Licence) Notification
issued by the Media Development Authority of Singapore.

pretty much tells you how dumb my nation is

[Jahaudant]

I didn't think the article was cringe worthy at all. The writer did a pretty decent job at explaining how the game works quickly and concisely. The fact that they got that kind of coverage (from PlayBoy even) is a little perplexing though!

[Seravi Edalborez]

Just as a general question from someone who no longer plays: I've seen people throw around that PLD is "required" to use HG in their cooldown rotation for A1S for Plasma: Ramp+Sent > HG > Ramp+Sent

Is it really that mandatory? I'd always done this on DRK which has an absurdly easy time with this but I didn't think PLD had it that bad.

[Hioki]

Just as a general question from someone who no longer plays: I've seen people throw around that PLD is "required" to use HG in their cooldown rotation for A1S for Plasma: Ramp+Sent > HG > Ramp+Sent

Is it really that mandatory? I'd always done this on DRK which has an absurdly easy time with this but I didn't think PLD had it that bad.

I use rampart to keep my taken damage low during the missles prior to plasma, rampart happens to last into plasma at which, I use sentinel to mitigate the bulk of the attack. Total damage taken is about 6-6.8K if I'm properly buffed.

I don't believe hallowed is necessary to survive the second as long as your healers are attentive enough and you have rampart ready. But I use it as there is no significant use for hallowed in the rest of the fight.

[Taint]

Resin bomb = use Rampart
During Hydro Missile = use Conva
After Hydro Missile = Sent,HG,Sent (try to time it for fount+Plasma)

DPS and skipping jumps will dictate any other tweaks. Bulwark can be used at the start of phase 2 and again after the 2nd jump if I remember right.

The idea is to never have to leave SwO and your only real damage checks are the 3 founts and plasma. One comes right after Resin (rampart it) another right before plasma (conva+Sent/HG) and then right before they jump which is pretty harmless.

DRK makes the entire fight a joke.

[Hioki]

WAR makes the entire fight a joke.

FTFY

[Taint]

FTFY

Well played and so correct.

[Yugl]

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The troll.

[Kiarax]

Missed opportunity of letting it hit the ground!

[Arthars]

AST globe, AST globe everywhere!