Toughest overall dungeon and boss fight?

[Rhylund]

I can't really say for me since everything is slowly getting easier now as I practice it more and obtain better gear... Though before all that.. is probably the boss I found the hardest.. Haven't tried anything higher from Ifrit HM though

 

 

There are spoilers in this text. Can you please edit this? "The boss of dungeon is probably the boss I found the hardest" would be the better way to go about it.

[Moondoggie]

I have those last two story dungeons coming up. They seem a lovely mess of AoE spam especially The Praetorium. It makes me laugh how they don't really bother to make the bosses tougher half the time they just fill it with loads of AoE's to dodge instead and the boss itself is nothing. AoE's are only a challenge until you know the pattern and then it's just a case of doing the exact same thing over and over and occasionally still being hit from lag >.<.

 

So first runs i'll probably die on something and get yelled at by the people who farm it several times a day. And also yelled at for wanting to enjoy the cut scenes .

[LiadansWhisper]

I have those last two story dungeons coming up. They seem a lovely mess of AoE spam especially The Praetorium. It makes me laugh how they don't really bother to make the bosses tougher half the time they just fill it with loads of AoE's to dodge instead and the boss itself is nothing. AoE's are only a challenge until you know the pattern and then it's just a case of doing the exact same thing over and over and occasionally still being hit from lag >.<.

 

So first runs i'll probably die on something and get yelled at by the people who farm it several times a day. And also yelled at for wanting to enjoy the cut scenes .

 

Castrum and Praetorium aren't meant to be difficult.  They're designed to be such that almost anyone can actually finish their story.

[SadPandaLulu]

I have a few, though for different reasons...

 

Amdapor Keep

Demon Wall - He's not only a DPS check, but an intelligence check.  Nothing says "Memorise this pattern and don't stand in the bad" more than he does; he's so fantastically easy when you know how to do him but people just can't work him out. Particularly bad in PUGs.

 

 

Titan (Hard Mode)

Supremely well tuned as a Gear Check across all roles, but his crazy AoE patterns and Square's poor server syncing for AoE make him extremely difficult for some people.  He's the big road block at end game that a lot of people smack their faces against (and I've only gotten him to 15% heh).

 

Aurum Vale

Because apparently AoEing down adds and clicking fruits at two stacks of a debuff are hard...

 

Praetorium

Specifically speaking about the second to last boss, the one I like to refer to as the 'real' boss, with the last boss being the 'lol smack it and it dies' boss.  People just can't dodge that much stuff most of the time, I find it funny that dodging straight lines and giant debuffs on the floor are so hard to do!

 

 

...That being said, once you have the patterns down on ALL of those bosses, it's actually extremely easy to do them all.  Titan excluded due to lag/sync and gear check issues as he isn't meant to be easy. n_n

[Moondoggie]

Aurum Vale seems to depend on the party set up. Had problems with some line ups then i got a PuG with two BLM's in it and we basically face rolled the last boss.

 

 

Still have Praetorium to finish tried today but we ran out of time because of the maintenance. Got up to Ultima phase 1. One thing i noticed about this is that people really do refuse to dodge some simple AoE's even after i tried explaining you just have to do the opposite of the first one for the second one and people just stand in the second one and expect to be healed each time. And the boss with the hand adds lol. Never have i felt more motion sickness. Bounced around all over.

[LiadansWhisper]

Aurum Vale seems to depend on the party set up. Had problems with some line ups then i got a PuG with two BLM's in it and we basically face rolled the last boss.

 

 

Still have Praetorium to finish tried today but we ran out of time because of the maintenance. Got up to Ultima phase 1. One thing i noticed about this is that people really do refuse to dodge some simple AoE's even after i tried explaining you just have to do the opposite of the first one for the second one and people just stand in the second one and expect to be healed each time. And the boss with the hand adds lol. Never have i felt more motion sickness. Bounced around all over.

 

You need better groups.  People usually learn after they die a few times.  

[Moondoggie]

Well you were right. Tried again with a new group and had a much easier time. Did most of the dungeon with one tank  while waiting for a second to join. Amazing how easy things are when you have a solid group.

 

 

Also did my first Ifrit hard mode which wasn't really hard at all managed to not die even though i made a couple of mistakes. And got my weapon at the first time . The conjurer weapon seems common in there.

[thealmightypoe]

hardest dungeon? i don't know. i've had tons of trouble with Dzemael Darkhold, but because of tanks and heals. However, as a PGL i LOOOVE the second boss of that dungeon. I get to dance the night away.

 

Hardest boss? has to be Chimera. He eats PGLs. EATS THEM. Once i was overgeared, he was super easy( for cutter cry) but for relic quest, it's a pain. I need to watch out for each head and act accordingly, no anouncement in the chat box >_<.