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im on faerie atm just now starting shadowbringers but i might make a new char if there is a server with more than 1 bg person lol
Tbh you don't even really need to be on the same server. Just be on the same server cluster and you can still do shit together.
Well I thought I would get more mileage out of AC Valhalla but I finished it much earlier than anticipated so I guess I'm gonna resub
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you'll have to be a little more descriptive on the cutscenes. i don't recall which you're talking about.
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Also, what is up with these normal raids in the Alexander quest line? Gives me the impression they were one or two grand dungeons at one point but the devs decided to break them down lol.
Hmm. Doesn't ring a bell. You'll learn more in later stories, but Garlemald has been an Empire the whole time, and that's not a reveal. That was the case in 1.0. Garlemald is basically Magitek Rome.
Alexander is Heavensward's version of the Coils of Bahamut, which are also worth doing. You can probably (unsynced) solo Coil, at this point. There is a story involved in each. All I'll say about Coil is that the Coil story deals with the Calamity. The raids are kinda their own class of thing- each is a tiny single-boss dungeon, but there are something like twelve of them in each expansion. They are optional- I have still not done Stormblood's raids.
It might be that at some point the raids came about because they broke up one or two huge dungeons, but as the game has refined the concept they've come to be more about the boss fight. Normal mode isn't difficult, but current-tier Savage typically offers BiS gear and an intense challenge.
In regards to the Alexander raids storyline:
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hahaha yeah, can't blame you.
The Alex story does have some added payoff in Shadowbringers thou.
For the Scions - basically, yes. It's just what it looks like:
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The raids are all pretty much just one boss with neat mechanics. Harder on savage mode, obviously.
The coils of Bahamut are worth doing but I don’t think you’d be able to solo them right now. And some you can’t solo, because of mechanics. If you start a party finder for them and let people know it’s your first time, people will join you for the bonus and you can clear pretty easy.
For the Yda and Papalymo scenes
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You should be getting close to the end of the Heavensward cycle now. I believe Baelsar’s Wall is the final dungeon before Stormblood starts.
One of the raids I just finished was called Biggs and Wedge’s Excellent Adventure lol
Can we go forward and back, go forward and back
Catchy ass tune lol. Fun as hell boss fight too.
A lot of the music from ARR were holdovers from 1.0, most of them Uematsu tracks. Soken took over in Heavensward and it’s mostly him the rest of the way. Very noticeable. Very good stuff.
I’ve noticed something going through the Alexander raids. If I have the main hate “A” the second tank will drop their Royal Guard/Iron Will/etc. At first I just figured the dude forgot to put it up but then I started to notice the trend.
Why is that exactly? Wouldn’t it better for them to remain “2” on the list?
There is no need when only one target. Getting hate is stupid easy. Tank stance then provoke will move you to the top of the enmity list immediately. It’s better when facing a single target if it only one tank has tank stance on to avoid the possibility of it moving or spinning between tank 1 and tank 2.
Sometimes the boss will use a tank buster move, which usually means the MT gets hit HARD and put near death and/or heavily weakened, so ideally, off tank will turn on their stance when they see the boss charging it, then provoke immediately after it hits the main tank. That’s what people mean when they say tank swapping.
And sometimes the off tank will be needed to pick up adds, so they keep their stance off until the adds show up so that they don’t accidentally get the adds and the attention from main boss at the same time.
Aaaah that makes a lot of sense.
On another tidbit, I’m in Limsa and there’s a bunch of tarus putting on a concert with a bunch of people watching. Everyone is clapping and everything lol. Now they’re doing the FF7 boss theme lmao. This is honestly pretty cool.
Yeah, if you unlock Bard you can play instruments. Some people look up the actual sheet music and macro popular songs and do concerts. It’s pretty nuts but the I dig the dedication.