(09-27-2017, 01:57 AM)Ceoile Stendan Wrote: Thank you, all, for the advice!Congrats! Though... ouch, that's a lot of attempts!
It turned out that the Echo buff was what did the trick. I just kept plugging away tonight without going off to do something else. By the 5th attempt tonight (17th total ;-) ), my hit points had gone from 6200 to over 10,000, and I'm guessing that both my damage output and defenses had increased proportionately. My attacks were crazy-good by that point, and even the Vanguard mechs in the last wave weren't hurting me much.
So, done with it, finally!
Hopefully the rest of your journey through FFXIV will be a lot smoother!
And yes, the Echo basically boosts all relevant stats - HP, MP, and damage - with each stack of it. It's pretty handy when you get stonewalled by something like that.
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