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Excellent cooking Russ, I cannot wait to see you tackle your first ultimate, hopefully it will be a fun experience for you!

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Definitely! Planning to at least start UCOB this year. I think I can get it down in 2-3 months of raiding a couple times per week.

nice! you spotted pretty much all the mechanics, the hardest part of UCOB (and not something you can tell from a single run) is that basically everything has some sort of randomness involved. ie., for Nael in part 2 each time they do a mechanic they will pick from a few set groups of mechs, but to figure out which one they're doing you have to read the text box that pops up and decipher it, and while that's happening each person can get targeted by doom, lightning (spread), the white puddle, a fire aoe and an ice ball. so yeah it can get very hectic :P

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Oh yeah that sounds a little weird, I don't like random rotations of mechanics - especially when it comes to longer punishing fights

@Rika731

2 ай бұрын

Yeah what cyanphoenix said is true and becomes truer in some other fights. Certain mechanics will ask that each player know how to do any given permutation so the consistency in progressing hinges on that

@dmlanse

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRuss Thats what makes ultimate's so daunting. As someone eluded too earlier, its about consistency and endurance. You need to be able to learn many different permeations of EACH mechanic and do them consistently enough to get a clear. IIRC Echo Esports took like 2000 pulls to clear DSR and TOP Ultimate is designed to not just test your ability to play your job and your role, but adapt to many differently changing mechanics, on the fly CONSISTANTLY for a 17+ min fight.

@xbree_

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRusswhat makes it better is nael is so early. If it were later in the fight that would be rough

someone has probably already said this but the hardest part of ultimates is the endurance. You have to be at extreme difficulty or higher mechanics for a much much longer fight

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Yep! Having just got through Brute Justice blind and MINE, I have felt the burnout from length of fight

@Lyu-Phy

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRuss Yeah the good thing about that is that savage really does a good job of preparing you mentally and skillwise for an ultimate, especially going through an entire savage tier or even multiple ones it makes it much smoother when you do ultimate.

Man, watching myself play is like watching a griefer play, this was really not the run, bad decisions on my part, lag at 14:53, lots of dps deaths. It was a miracle this PF cleared lol but that is somewhat of the reality with SB ults, they're power crept pretty hard. Great fight though, l definitely recommend giving it a go. Enjoyed your analysis of the mechanics too, you got most of them pretty quickly.

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Hahah we all make mistakes but you guys got the clear! Yep I've heard UCOB and UWU are the easiest ones because of the potency changes over time. I've give it a go for sure, hopefully in the not too distant future. Thanks for uploading your kill! I know you said you weren't happy with your gameplay looking back on it, but at least that shows you've improved since this kill :D

There is an odd challenge called death cob, where people try to get as many deaths and still clear. I think it got to 90+

@mysa8677

2 ай бұрын

deathcob is fine, they just farm deaths and perma wall/sacc a tank. The worst is doing 1 Neurolink ucob, they're all stacked in the center of the arena which makes the strats really cursed

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Both of these sound kinda silly and fun! Love that people are making up affixes for their kills haha

I’m the WHM in this run!! Omg what a chaotic c41 😂😂

@JustRuss

Ай бұрын

Ohhhh shit! That’s awesome! It’s cool the dragoon whose POV we watch was also in the comments here. Crazy that you both found the video by chance

Oh yeah, the raid the wow "elite top tier raiders" guild tried and failed for weeks upon weeks blind until they "suddenly" knew what to do, as if they looked it up, _strangely_ ..

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Hahah I think i've heard the drama about this :P

@nnymeia7663

2 ай бұрын

I don't know about this drama but I'm curious, could you elaborate?

"Obama, we shall stand guard as you make ready your divine judgement!"

Hi Russ! I've been following your vids and vods as they appear. I'm curious if you have an interest in trying the ultimates, and if you might try blind prog? I haven't blind progged because i find it intimidating, however I will say that you're getting foundational knowledge of the mechanics from the savage raids that they're based off of.

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

I am currently a bit skeptical on blind prog since I’ve already felt how draining it can be on some of the longer Alexander fights like Brute Justice. However I may try the first couple of phases of UWU blind before getting stuck, at which point I’ll refer to a guide

"Little" behind you say? If that's little then the Earth is just an asteroid lmao

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Working on it!

There's no way this dancer isn't getting kicked out of the static lol they got those connections going.

A clear is a clear 😂

wtf you uploaded this like right after my static cleared for the first time after months of prog

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

It’s the victory lap!

sweet summer child, so unaware of quotes.

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

Hahah yeah I'm now under the impression theres some trickery with Nael's speech bubbles

that is...quite a scuffed POV

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

A clear is a clear and they got the job done. No need to be mean to a random person(s).

@DrZlow

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRuss yeah obviously. But jeez :D just stating the fact tho, not even remotely being mean.

@JustRuss

2 ай бұрын

@@DrZlow I mean, do you really need to say it?

@DrZlow

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRuss why not? It is the internet after all.

@DrZlow

2 ай бұрын

@@JustRuss you sometimes react weird to stuff that is normal to say in ffxiv community man. On stream or in game or in comments :) still adjusting?