What tier or tiers did you play?
Currently running T3, have completed T4 in the past but not worth the additional time and effort
What GP is your Guild that is attempting the raid?
53M GP
What teams you did you attempt the raid with?
Thrawn lead empire, Phoenix, Wedge lead rebels, First Order, Leftovers (newer player)
What part of the raid motivated or demotivated you to continue trying?
Most of the guild hates it so much that its pulling teeth to get anyone to participate other than P2/P3 which finish in an hour. Rewards are bad enough that we can't justify making attendance on an event that people hate mandatory to progress. So we are stuck at least a tier below what we could actually finish without capping tickets, and it is hard to be one of the only ones putting in effort. This dissonance has destroyed guilds gamewide. Main reason I put in any effort at all is that the guild currency does add up and without it I would fall even further behind the folks that jumped to more hardcore guilds.
What about the raid did you enjoy? What did you dislike about the raid?
I enjoyed learning the mechanics of the raid to post above average damage with a below average roster, but the mechanics itself are objectively pretty terrible, mostly nihilus. There's just too much to juggle, and the protection steal mechanics are just unnecessary.
Phase 1 needs a raid special ability allowing a unit to skip a turn, that is unaffected by Nihilus' cooldown from drain force, in order to shed defense down when other skills are on cooldown. It is bad design to corner players into having only the option to hurt themselves with an action (attacking with basic with defense down debuff). I actually prefer P4 to P1, despite more going on, simply because Sion is always there to hit when you get defense down and need to shed it.
I also feel like giving the defense down from nihilus a special icon and mouseover description would make things more intuitive for players, as many seem not to notice that nihilus steals protection when they have defense down, since its a common debuff that we see all over the game and usually has nothing special attached. Would be a nice QoL move for newer or casual players.
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