With #ffxiv patch 6.4 that came out May 23rd, 2023, changes came to the dungeons Bardam’s Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania, and Ala Mhigo, and the boss encounters within, to help with the fact that the Warrior of Light can now run these dungeons with NPC companions instead of just with humans now.
The new fights are slightly changed to be easier for the NPC AI, but they’re still new if you get them for Roulettes or queue for them yourself with humans. Make sure you don’t get caught off-guard by some of the changes!
Easy to find Chapters!
00:00 — Intro
00:40 — NPCs for Bardam’s Mettle
00:55 — Bardam’s Mettle: Garula
02:04 — Bardam’s Mettle: Bardam
03:07 — Bardam’s Mettle: Yol
04:04 — NPCs for Doma Castle
04:18 — Doma Castle: Magitek Rearguard
04:47 — Doma Castle: Magitek Hexadrone
05:14 — Doma Castle: Hypertuned Grynewaht
06:01 — NPCs for Castrum Abania
06:13 — Castrum Abania: Magma Roader
07:08 — Castrum Abania: Subject Number XXIV
09:38 — Castrum Abania: Inferno
10:15 — NPCs for Ala Mhigo
10:30 — Ala Mhigo: Magitek Scorpion
10:51 — Ala Mhigo: Aulus Mal Asina
11:33 — Ala Mhigo: Zenos yae Galvus
12:17 — Outro/How to Find Me
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I was mistaken on two points (at least) — There have always been two safe lanes on Hypertuned Grynewaht's buzzsaws. Apologies for the confusion, corrections and retractions are in full effect. There's also a hidden Resistance Pikedancer NPC as DPS for Castrum Abania if you have the right combo.
Also, Writer_Man has pointed out that the Magitek Scorpion, boss 1 in Ala Mhigo, centers itself for the big attacks, and that's the main difference. Big thanks to him!
The difference with Scorpion is centering.
What about Sirensong Sea?
The new XXIV fight looks more demanding in a sense, but it's a shame they got rid of the original mechanic. Would've been cool if it had these new changes + the elemental attunement thing going on. Shame about Aulus getting easier as well, but I was preparing for that entire soul mechanic to be removed, so I guess I'm relieved that it's still around.
Thanks for the speedy info!
I suppose i should be glad that Abania no longer has that accursed barrier shift mechanic. I for a time could not do the dungeon because every team i got refused to do the towers, let alone stop attacking the boss to get the correct elemental alignment so they didnt kill themselves
doma castle changes SUCK! the game is getting way too ez. jeez. many people bumping into the 2nd bosses lazers dont pay attention. this that shit i DONT LIKE!
magia master and asinas changes break my heart.
Man, I'm starting to wish they didn't decide to add duty support to older dungeons. They just removing cool mechs to make things easier. Too much easier. And less flashy. While ARR changes are welcome and Number XXIV is understandable, every other dungeon rework I now loath. Really don't wanna do them anymore =(
I have to confess, that although these changes make the fights easier and boring, at least now I know the mechs for Stormblood….finally! I never committed them to memory bc I only just joined FFXIV last year and careened through SB dungeons just reaching for the MSQ endgame story. Never cared for its dungeons outside of leveling my main. So sorry to anyone that had to run DF with me!
why make the dungeons even more braindead ._.
in the future they are going to design dungeons for bots not for players.
Amazing players can't play samurai as a tank but the NPC can play samurai as a tank that's kind of fucked up
Moments like these make me glad i got to play the game before the changes
What about Sirensong Sea?
Man, this makes me miss when duties were fun and not the slog they became in Shadowbringers.
In a way I’ll miss the off the wall mechanics and design of Stormblood, it made the XPac tolerable my first time through. But since they never show up again in future Xpacs it kind of makes sense to trim them down. Plus if they advance the duty support AI they might bring more complex dungeons back.
The “dumbing down” is a result of them trying to appeal to single player final fantasy fans. Hence why I have been opposed to the duty support idea for everything below ShB. FFXIV’s appeal is that it is an MMO, stripe the multiply player aspect out and you have a fairly bland and generic Final Fantasy game that relies on prior installments for its inspiration.
That tangent aside thanks for the video, was curious but don’t have the fights memorized.
Before the lasers in the Aulus mal Asina fight would randomly target players, not make a specific pattern, if you soloed the dungeon, the lasers would all target you
2:46 LV65 2nd boss, i always stayed in my pizza slice too…but the trust AI running around the edge is just madness i hate that wth lol
LV69 2nd boss of elements, they removed it damn. I loved the mechanic. Welp that dungeon is boring as hell now.
yesterday i did bardam mettle for triple sam here what i found out. Se can make tank as dps and dps as tank, sam got a mt skill called imposing figure, but this is up to them if they really wanna do this in 7.0, hien deals more damage than you and can use lv 70 skill in down lv areas, they dont take damage by that giant ball btw