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My experience with Hardmode Primals...
gessekai332
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As a PLD tank I beat Ifrit with a random pug after 2 tries. Garuda took me a maybe 10 total tries or less across a couple different pug parties. I have her on farm now. Titan I have not been able to kill 2 entire nights in a row, so probably around 8 hrs total. Lost count of number of tries. The second night i started doing it with experienced/geared parties coordinating through ventrillo, made it a lot easier but still couldnt nail it. Some people have done 100+ tries lol, but they may have just been super unlucky or just bad. I'm still having fun though, this is how difficult endgame content should be 
(althought im probably in the minority). I like the fight because EVERYONE has to be at the top of their game and not slack off. Anyone else having a tough time?
I'm sorry but people saying FFXIV dungeons are easy or the mechanics are just tank and spank are COMPLETELY TROLLING. Either that or they are just elitists who LOVE stroking their epeens.
BTW I am not your "casual" gamer in terms of skill, I am probably above average considering that gaming is my primary hobby and i spend most of my time in a given game's "endgame," whether it be raiding in RIFT, pvping in Age of Conan, playing ranked games in league of legends/SC2, or expert dungeons in gw2.
Most memorable games: AoC(Tryanny PvP), RIFT, GW, GW2, Ragnarok Online, Aion, FFXI, FFXIV, Secret World, League of Legends (Silver II rank)
Comments
Im on Titan Hard mode right now...
As a warrior, I havn't even tried until i have 4-5 pieces of Darklight. The PvE in this game is AMAZING. I love it.
If people say it's easy, it's because they're comparing to the hardest encounters across all MMOS instead of MMo vs. mmo.
In the grand scale of things, PvE in FFXIV is harder than the average mmo. I would say the casual player will have a very hard time with Garuda and on.
If you think those encounters are easy, out of curiousity, how many times did it take you to kill Titan HM ..... if you killed it in the first try, without being carried, then good for you. Are are elite. However, vast majority of people will probably never beat Titan until maybe it's nerfed or they outgear the encounter.
This is looking at FFXIV on a macro level... not the tope 5% of the hardcore gamers.
Look at the recent FFXIV census from TGS. The vast majority of players arnt' even 50.
It took me 3 weeks of continuous trying to beat titan. I did it every day. At first I had trouble dodging, but doing the runs horned my skills at dodging and finally took it down. It was a rush!!
Like everyone said, you need a good group to make it. One screw up and you're done. Overall I like the challenging hardness of titan. I thought I could never beat it. Now I'm working on my WHM relic next. ^^
Ha! It's a fun fight, isn't it? I really had a tough time with PUGs in it, but my static group beat it in 3 tries.
Best tip I can give you is to memorize the rotations and react a little before things happen (particularly on plumes). Your healers need be on top of things. The tank does virtually nothing. The DPS should never take extra damage.
Overall, Titan is not even close to the hardest in-game content. It's simply a minor gear check and a big awareness check. BCoB will test your entire group's coordination, which is significantly harder than anything demanded of us earlier.
Good luck with Titan. You have a lot of fun content ahead of you!