Spoiler Free Clear tips for Rabafail
It took me all day but I finally did it, AND we did it with 22 since two DPS left!
My tips for when you embark on Rabanastre, aka Wiping City of Salt Version 4.1
Go in via a data center wide Party Finder and not pure duty finder. The people will be nicer and far less likely to abandon on the inevitable wipes.
Take your highest iLvl job. Gear that drops is 330 but I saw people take loot for other jobs on the first boss because they feared the inevitable wipes on the second. Just.... take your best job.
Eat a food. The DPS checks are real, and your extra % damage may make up for the dead DPS on the ground.
Adds always take priority! why are you still DPSing the boss when there are adds up, stop being bad! Toss your DoTs or AOE grounds or w/e on the boss so the ticks hum along while you kill the adds before they blow up. And they will blow up, trust me.
Tanks, use your tank stance unless you’re on one of the aforementioned DPS checks. Your healers do not want to tank. Neither do your bards.
This raid has the standard A B C splits, but on the 2nd boss the B should be near the entrance and not the exit. For the others (mainly 1 and 3), put the B party near the exit. A and C are spaced appropriately to make a nice neat triangle.
The second boss is the hardest. The good news is that if you can clear the second boss, even after 5-6 wipes, you can clear the other two bosses.
ALL the bosses are a slog. Even if you don’t wipe, they take 15 minutes. Bank the full two hours to account for wipes. You’re not burning this in 20 minutes any time soon.
Have medicines handy. Tossing back a HQ Max Pot saved my ass several times. Dead DPS aren’t DPSing.
Don’t be a dick. The content has been out less than 24 hours. Nobody gives a shit that you cleared V4S. This fight is not savage level, it’s just new and it’ll take everyone a few weeks to memorize all the mechanics.
Follow these tips, don’t give up on the 2nd boss, don’t despair, and you too will experience this blessed moment just before the final boss (who is the easiest and which my alliance one shot.)
