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

[Seravi Edalborez]

Lucrezia's GM, in regards to A3S.

https://twitter.com/Darkwis00/status/623614051021516800

Not that I can even begin to speculate, but XIVDB lists a couple new skills in this floor as "Liquid Gaol" and "Ultramagnetism".

So... yep. I can see this sucking.

What tank you bring honestly doesn't matter for A1S, especially if they have penta-melded accessories. PLD can use Bulwark + Sentinel vs Prey and it'd still be up for the tank buster. They can Hallowed Ground for the 2nd buster, and then Sentinel again for the 3rd Buster and as long as your healers aren't bad you'd be perfectly fine. Rampart for safety if you really want to. A1S is definitely a heal check more than anything else.

In terms of DPS, 2 WARs are optimal, not WAR + DRK.

I just feel in terms of toolkit, PLD loses a lot in that Sheltron/Bulwark don't mean anything against Hy...Plasma (name slipping my mind, one too many hits to the head last night). Sent>HG>Sent is a fine rotation but DRK can practically do similar/better (Sent>Ramp>Sent with DAmind on all) while outputting (what I assume to be) better DPS. Don't even "need" the Sent/Ramp on DRK imo, I was taking ~11k with just DAmind and Adlo (with Delirium, Virus, and sometimes Reprisal).

Also, not for nothing but Grit Souleater spam is helping ever so slightly in the "I don't have a shield" department imo.

[octopus]

I'm quite glad A3 seems to be a super tough challenge worthy of the savage tag

[Serenseven]

Not that I can even begin to speculate, but XIVDB lists a couple new skills in this floor as "Liquid Gaol" and "Ultramagnetism".

I think Ultramagnetism is the name of the move that inflicts the Atrophy debuff on you in A3N if your positive and negative charges were too close and ended up touching after being pulled together. Could be wrong though.

I just feel in terms of toolkit, PLD loses a lot in that Sheltron/Bulwark don't mean anything against Hy...Plasma (name slipping my mind, one too many hits to the head last night).

Hypercompressed Plasma.

[Ratatapa]

For those who cleared A1S and maybe A2 did you use any of the I150 crafted ACC?

[Aiurily]

I think Ultramagnetism is the name of the move that inflicts the Atrophy debuff on you in A3N if your positive and negative charges were too close and ended up touching after being pulled together. Could be wrong though.


Hypercompressed Plasma.

i just call it hyper beam

[Seravi Edalborez]

I think Ultramagnetism is the name of the move that inflicts the Atrophy debuff on you in A3N if your positive and negative charges were too close and ended up touching after being pulled together. Could be wrong though.

Ah, could be. I wonder if Liquid Gaol is just a name for the form change also. If so then there wouldn't be any new moves that I can see (maybe some Hand stuff, I haven't paid attention to my "Boss readies Murder" log in normal 1-3).

[Jem]

Ah, could be. I wonder if Liquid Gaol is just a name for the form change also. If so then there wouldn't be any new moves that I can see (maybe some Hand stuff, I haven't paid attention to my "Boss readies Murder" log in normal 1-3).

Does the field outside the usable arena have a name? It could be that.

[Avarice]

Not that I can even begin to speculate, but XIVDB lists a couple new skills in this floor as "Liquid Gaol" and "Ultramagnetism".

So... yep. I can see this sucking.

The description on this new status, Throttle, also gives me a good laugh.

[Lucavi]

I'll throttle you, Avarice!

[Kipling]

YOUR WINDPIPE HAS BEEN CRUSHED. UR FUKIN DEAD KIDDO

[Shenrien]

For those who cleared A1S and maybe A2 did you use any of the I150 crafted ACC?

VIT Ear, Wrist, Ring melded STR.
STR Neck - Melded VIT w/ 1 Crit 4

[Carth]

Watching a stream of A2S where a group got to the last trash pull @60% before hard enrage. A2S is an even more insane coordinated dance than T4.

[Taint]

Watching a stream of A2S where a group got to the last trash pull @60% before hard enrage. A2S is an even more insane coordinated dance than T4.

New mechanics?

[Carth]

New mechanics?

Here's the stream: http://www.twitch.tv/dubtechnic

There's a lot of stuff to take in so I'll just list what I know.

Bombs basically one-shot you. (Guess it doesn't, but still don't want to take the damage.)
You have to use the walkers to stun mobs to speed up kills (tanks are using DPS stance).
There's an extra phase of 4 Jagd Dolls.
Spiders can get a charge buff that allows them to explode for 10k damage.
Hard Enrage is at 10m34s.

[Black]

^ just correction the bomb never one shot you at all..iirc does about 10k, you could take it and survive

[Carth]

Stream just beat A2S.

[Dignity]

I vomited finishing that floor

[Black]

you will love floor once you get few hrs in A3

[Churchill]

Stream off, pretending FFXIV is hard.

I would think they'd not stream the beatable turns if that was their concern, lol.

[Carth]

What I've seen of A3S before they turned stream off:

Boss has ~4.3 million HP.
Boss has a conal AoE that attacks twice.

That's about all I got.