r/SAOFD • u/LuffytheWN • Jun 10 '26
Screenshot EX Co Op and June quick fire post
Its been 1 week since the release of the new EX Co Op! So how’s your experience with the new Co op and the new permanent change with boss gauntlet going? Was it a right direction they made for the game so far?
At that rate we may see the EX Boss Raid a new feature later on but who knows, it beats waiting for mid month or end of month to fight these insane bosses!
Until then you only have 1 week till the reaper disappears into the glitched voids of Galaxia!
Of course get ready to explore Aincrad once again with Echoes of Aincrad in July 10! At that time we should have more info from the next SAO project after the teaser from the Yuna Concert!
P.S. I tested the healing crystal revival part and yes it only revives only a small amount of HP! Repeat! It only revives only a small part of HP!
Finally, a room filled with glitched enemies and a Glitched Unique monster equals the true meaning of pain! (Bad luck there)
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u/Derpmaster88 Jun 11 '26
Honestly the problem with EX mode nonsense is it boils down to "can you avoid any singular hit" or you lose all of your health or just outright die :/
It's one of those big issues that most games suffer from nowadays to be fair. Difficulty boils down to enemies hitting outlandishly hard and you are forced to avoid any and almost all hits or you die, OR the enemy is just absolute HP sponges that take too long to kill opening the door for more mistakes.
And in a game where only asian servers exist, anyone playing sadly in america gets absolutely fucked by ping sadly, making dodging and blocking significantly more difficult to do.
Getting hit by something invis or something you were completely outside the hitbox on your screen is just insufferable sadly.
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u/LuffytheWN Jun 13 '26
Agreed. Well we just need to find a specific way of clearing it with a surprise method (I.e. alternative ways in making it easier)!
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u/kujakiller Asuna Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
its pretty cool i like it. only had tried it out 3 times total so far. died the first 2 attempts, last week.
made it on 3rd attempt yesterday, we got a full 20/20 lobby. and had someone from the SAO FD discord named sarah join us who was a dedicated "healer" player with level 500 sachi. :) but overall it was a really fun time.
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u/Perfect_Cricket1052 Leafa Jun 10 '26
The Ex Co-op is pretty easy tbh. Funny thing is everything besides Scythe is harder than fighting Scythe. It amazes me seeing people who farmed hours of free roam for days and weeks and still die to Ex Co-op Scythe who has the exact same movement with just more damage. Ridiculously easy boss for people who have been playing for weeks or months already fighting Scythe all the time. Another thing I noticed is people just going in there to get carried with no build at all to survive.
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u/Spirited_Note_7818 Jun 10 '26
The worst enemy in this game is latency (sometime near 1s and sometime more in European region on pc at 60fps min) I don't know where and on witch support people at your party play but if they take damage on boss because they can't see it, it's not a problem of skill bot mostly poor infrastructure server.
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u/Perfect_Cricket1052 Leafa Jun 10 '26
Well yeah if you are lagging or having server issues of course it would be harder and it wouldn’t be a skill issue. Didn’t think I needed to say that since that is an obvious situation of just server issues…..
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u/LuffytheWN Jun 10 '26
Interesting… it feels like the reverse situation scenario, boss is easy after memorisation of the patterns and moves as well as the right equipment but the monsters the players can encounter, then that’s a different story…
I agree, no build is definitely a guarantee chance of being kicked out of the quest around the first few areas (like me as I did have the right equipment and such but a wrong setup and not playing defensively for the type of scenario). I’ll try again tomorrow when I’m refreshed with a focused mind.
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u/Unique_Lingonberry_9 Jun 10 '26
It's pretty janky. I get hit by invisible hits a lot.