FFXIV Behemoth vs Rajang va Pickle

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Who's worse? Has some friends telling me I'm fked and good luck against Rajang and they telling me not to use my Bow/Guns.
Kinda reminds me when I fought against Behemoth & Pickle.

[Kucing Budeg]

Well, rajang hits harder and faster than any other monster but the moves he got is easy to predict and dodge. Just be careful when facing him, try to learn his moves and dodge it to avoid being carted very fast.

[CraftedC]

Rajang's definitely a bit better than Behemoth. Behemoth you have think about its wind, Comet placement, avoiding pins, DPS check for Extreme variant and all that.

Rajang? Rajang's a normal fight, got the damage of an Elder Dragon but definitely doable. Rajang has quite low HP but it does pack a punch. Be cautious as this also has a good amount of no wind up moves. Just try to stay on the sides of its back, keep moving, and you should be relatively safe. Rajang gives a very interesting experience I must say.

Rajang can be cheesed with Sticky.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Ah ok, so Behemoth is still the Difficult one. Thx :D

[Xiwen]

behemoth is build for multiplayer (aggro system for tank,and no hp scaling for solo)
rajang and pickle are build for single

[Tresh]

So, your friends are definitely a bunch of a-holes if they, instead of giving you pointers, just tell you that you're ♥♥♥♥ and not to use the weapons you enjoy, but without watching you play, I really can't tell whether you would have a fair amount of trouble with Rajang or not.

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Originally posted by Tresh:

So, your friends are definitely a bunch of a-holes if they, instead of giving you pointers, just tell you that you're ♥♥♥♥ and not to use the weapons you enjoy, but without watching you play, I really can't tell whether you would have a fair amount of trouble with Rajang or not.

I'm just preparing lots of Traps, Tools, Explosion Barrels and every single Buff Items and Ammo.

[Tresh]

Originally posted by PFC Demigo 29ID:

Originally posted by Tresh:

So, your friends are definitely a bunch of a-holes if they, instead of giving you pointers, just tell you that you're ♥♥♥♥ and not to use the weapons you enjoy, but without watching you play, I really can't tell whether you would have a fair amount of trouble with Rajang or not.

I'm just preparing lots of Traps, Tools, Explosion Barrels and every single Buff Items and Ammo.

Like you bring them along or you use them all the time?

[PFC Demigo [29th ID]]

Originally posted by Tresh:

Originally posted by PFC Demigo 29ID:

I'm just preparing lots of Traps, Tools, Explosion Barrels and every single Buff Items and Ammo.

Like you bring them along or you use them all the time?

I always bring everything. Heck place every single Explosive Barrel, lay a trap and go Kaboom example.

[Tresh]

Originally posted by PFC Demigo 29ID:

Originally posted by Tresh:

Like you bring them along or you use them all the time?

I always bring everything. Heck place every single Explosive Barrel, lay a trap and go Kaboom example.

Well, I'd recommend coordinating that when playing with other people for sure because it can be frustrating as a melee user, when you line up a combo that is supposed to charge your weapon but then your teammate places a bomb and you get blown away mid combo.
Also, there are monsters that are immune to traps (all elder dragons, Zinogre can't be caught by shock traps while charged, rajang can destroy traps when he isn't enraged iirc) and someone laying out traps against those monsters might make it seem like they are just wasting time that could be used to deal damage.
In general, less is often more and it's better to use items like that sparingly when playing in a team, unless you know that your teammates appreciate that type of gameplay.

[Veritas]

bowguns/bow is really hard against rajang and he's definitely not the kind of monster you want to rely on shield heavy bowgun for either. he's also got mediocre ammo damage hitzones. it's still doable but yeah, good luck if you're alone for the first few hunts.

[Houseki Yarisuke]

Originally posted by Snazzy Dragon:

bowguns/bow is really hard against rajang and he's definitely not the kind of monster you want to rely on shield heavy bowgun for either. he's also got mediocre ammo damage hitzones. it's still doable but yeah, good luck if you're alone for the first few hunts.

As a shield HBG main, I can confirm this. Even with max ironside 5, his attacks come out so often that it's easy to get overwhelmed; without another aggro target to get the heat off of you, Rajang can easily cart you by block locking you.

Having said that, HBG is still one of the better damage dealers, hitzones be damned. Spread 3 is doing 25-30 damage per pellet on a softened head, meaning more than 200 damage per second when I'm able to fire uninterrupted. The difficult part is getting close and staying close. But if your friends are good enough at the game that they can tell you how to play, then that shouldn't be an issue for you.

BTW, it should go without saying, but every weapon is viable against every monster. When people blame others for a bad hunt just because of their choice of weapon, it usually means that the blamer is actually the one who sucks.

If using HBG against Behemoth, bring quick sheath so that you can get behind the comet before ecleptic meteor hits.

[Magma Dragoon]

Originally posted by PFC Demigo 29ID:

Originally posted by Tresh:

Like you bring them along or you use them all the time?

I always bring everything. Heck place every single Explosive Barrel, lay a trap and go Kaboom example.

The best ways to use barrel bombs are wake ups and wall bangs. You put the monster to sleep, ideally under falling rocks, everybody places bombs, then drop the rocks for double damage and set off the bombs. Another option is to set bombs against a wall and wall bang the monster into them, either when it retreats to sleep in its nest or something like Kirin or Namielle that isn't hostile on sight.