[Help-DOA] Anyone else having trouble with Foundry after ele update?

I've noticed that the Rage Titans now feel a lot nastier than they have any right to be. Guessing it's the cracked armor on their PBAoE. How so? I figure that 99% of teams are being protted by SY or ST/PS. The former still reduces the damage to almost 0, the latter is almost unaffected. Even if you are using some other kind of prot (or if SY/ST falls), the cracked armor doesn't bother your casters (which are at least 90% of most groups) who are sitting at 60 AL anyway.

The only time I can see cracked armor really hurting a team is when you rely on SYG/WY a lot, which basically does nothing since CA 90% counteracts the effect.

My guess is that the perceived difference is from a bunch of AoE enemies that used to die in 6 seconds now dying in 9 seconds, causing party defense that could previously withstand the full might for a short time to crumble over an extended period. Even worse if the increased resilience gives them time to AoE scatter, getting further behind your lines to do more damage and making the battle longer still.

My guess is that the perceived difference is from a bunch of AoE enemies that used to die in 6 seconds now dying in 9 seconds, causing party defense that could previously withstand the full might for a short time to crumble over an extended period. Even worse if the increased resilience gives them time to AoE scatter, getting further behind your lines to do more damage and making the battle longer still. From the wiki, the rage titans use shockwave whose damage now comes in 3 seperate packets so skills like PS would not fully protect against it. It recommends bringing Union or SoA.

From the wiki, the rage titans use shockwave whose damage now comes in 3 seperate packets so skills like PS would not fully protect against it. It recommends bringing Union or SoA. Shockwave's damage isn't the problem, that was unchanged from the previous update. The only addition are the conditions, which shouldn't matter that much (assuming your physicals have a way to bypass the blind, which should be mandatory already).

Shockwave's damage isn't the problem, that was unchanged from the previous update. The only addition are the conditions, which shouldn't matter that much (assuming your physicals have a way to bypass the blind, which should be mandatory already). Then Chthon is probably right. If they are more difficult now than before, and the only difference is the conditions, then it is probably cracked armor that made the difference. Most casters with insignia and skills like SYG/SY, would not be sitting in 60AL before cracked armor. Blind can also be a problem if you are relying on SY. Besides, doesn't the hp buff only applies to HM?