veteran Dreadsail Reef - Tank Dragonknight - Pathfinders - first EU kill
27High Isle trial (PTS) veteran Dreadsail Reef
Bosses:
0:00 Lylanar + Turlassil
3:47 Reef Guardian
9:01 Tideborn Taleria
**FIRST WEEK IMPRESSIONS**
# BOSS 1: Lylanar + Turlassil
Fun dual-color based mechanics with 3 predetermined phases. Tank swap mechanic similar to what we've seen in previous trials. A crossover between vMoL twins and vHoF's refabrication committee.
- Roles: Heavier on supports, boring for DDs.
# BOSS 2: Reef Guardian
A massive area. Innovative portal implementation (jump downstairs, swim to a glowing symbol, fight an enemy and come back upstairs), with again the signature dual-color based mechanics, where you alternate between lightning and poison. It offers a healthy trade-off between pushing more damage and getting more copies of the boss versus slowing down and tackle it by separate phases.
- Roles: Mostly fun for DDs, and keeps tanks and healers moderately busy.
# BOSS 3: Tideborn Taleria
I'm not a fan of fighting around a circle with a non-moving boss. The incoming damage is way overtuned for veteran difficulty (1.5x-2x what I'd expect). Good use of area of denial through the Behemoth slams (already seen in Bahsei with abominations). Yet another portal/bridge mechanic that makes DDs leave the main fight area for a short time. Even after successfully completing the portal, an enemy joins the main fight.
- Roles: healing intense, high damage input on main tank. DDs constantly on the move. Well-balanced role wise.
# FINAL THOUGHTS
The first boss is my favorite from a conceptual standpoint. It's well implemented, requires team coordination, good use of space and includes clearly separate phases, which I like, rather than just mindless burning. The second boss is promising, it has a portal mechanic which we've seen several times, although implemented in an original way. Underwhelming last boss that seems to have had some numbers artificially inflated to make it feel more of a "last boss" challenge.
Dragonknight Main Tank Qcell
We'll get back at it when they enable HMs in PTS!
Addon: (work in progress) Qcell's Dreadsail Reef Helper.
21st April 2022
Guild: Pathfinders
Week 1 PTS
First veteran Dreadsail Reef kill in EU. Second kill world.
See another group (1st NA) do it: https://youtu.be/4J8ksw96lgM