Was lazy and spent 4-5 million gil (it's nice to have 100 million+ lol) on a few i480 pieces to get to i455 and into Eden's Verse.
Verse 1 is fun in that you're moving around dodging shit a lot. Still a bit too easy.
Verse 2 is
really.fucking.good. This is the standout for sure. Took us a few wipes and barley cleared. I gotta imagine on Savage this will be insane and the chokepoint.
Verse 3 is wow, didn't think they could make a more boring boss than Gate 3. The boss basically has 1 attack sequence it just repeats for like 8 mins. This is going to be the most boring weekly one to run. Really bad design imo. It's main attack sequence was already done in a dungeon boss in shadowbringers.
Verse 4 is pretty cool. A bit easy in terms of not a lot of mechanics to keep track of or wipes, but it's a good mix of stuff. Maybe goes on too long. Also the
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DPS check phase at 0.01% is pretty evil. Sure it's easy on normal, but imagine on Savage if it's not an instant win having to do the entire long ass fight over and over only to die on 0.01% dps check after a long non-skippable cutscene phase change.
Seems like a bad design.
Anyhow Verse 2 made the whole run worth it. Got a few pieces and tomes along the way too (i465 now with my DRK). Will run the new trial next time and then save the MSQ for last.