Heck, some extreme fights are harder than some savage fights. Zurvan gave me so much more trouble than Bahamut for example (synced of course) even though I had a bigger ilvl advantage on Zurvan
@@vbarreiro there's bound to be exceptions and difficulty is an opinion. In shadowbringers though I don't think we've had a trial as hard as savage. Warrior of light whooped me for a hot minute but generally speaking trials are a good starting point.
I wish there would be a Text UI small font option. we only have normal and big options atm. sometimes UI still looks bad and too clunky. and even with all these crazy animations.. sometimes skills don't feel impactful...also 2.5gcd? also we need new 2v2/3v3 map like Glory Arena from The Kings Avatar...and Blue mage enabled in PvP could be fun. I mean they balance ačl classes for PvP why can't they balance blue mage too? also more epic mounts that aren't that impossible to get or p2w. also PvP missions/quests and more PvP mounts would be nice. Pve and Story is already amazing in this game..they just need to work on some pvp features. or sound/pop-out notification for Frontline que would be nice...so I don't need to watch at the game for 15 minutes lmao. or mybe preview for PvP class when u make a character...event ho youtubers cover that
@@GamingDualities honestly I was thinking if there was just a separate queue/ game that was just for BLU. Wouldn't need to worry about rebalancing. just put the blu all in one spot over there or what could be fun is a set of PVP skills, some are unlocked in overworld, but you also have chance to unlock them in PVP, provided you actually win the event.
@@GamingDualities I’m not experienced with the pvp battle system at all but in the rest of the game you use skill/spell speed stat to lower your gcd. Running endgame content with 2.5 is very outdated and unoptimized
I don't raid anymore not because it's scary, but because I'm 64 and thankful I can still play at all! heh. I raided WoW Mythic for a few years so I do get the sentiment, it's hard work, often frustrating and best done with friends. And drink. Lots and lots of drink. I remember when we cleared Garosh Mythic (Server first, woot!) most of us were just a bit under the weather, so to speak. The voice chat was something I'll always remember and cherish. "Did we kill the f*&^er"? "ermm.. I think so. is there another phase?" ""not sure" and so on and so forth until the gm chat congratulated us on server first.I don't think they do that anymore, just world firsts now. It was magic. Nowadays though I forget mechanics and fall off things and stand in sh*t, don't move when I should and move when I shouldn't. Don't get old, kids, it sucks.
I have few things of advice to give to people that want to learn and do end game content. 1. Don't be afraid to go in and try it out, the fights are fun just remember do not join a phase 2 party if you have not even been into a fight. The biggest OOF moment is when we have a party up for phase 2 or enrage party and we have to teach the mechanics to someone who has never been into a fight, it leads to rage and very unfriendly moments from others. 2. Utilize your Black List to weed out the people that give you a terrible experience. People can be harsh rude and mean in end game content just be prepared for that. 3. Mechanics > Heals > DPS. it's nice if you can pull big numbers but numbers do not mean anything when you are dead. Save the greed for after you learn the whole fight and are comfortable doing so. 4. Lastly, just have fun. Do not let anxiety win over what you want to do. The best thing you can do is put your foot in the door and taste the waters. ^_^
@Ernest Samuels You need a group of friends to go in with you. If you use Duty Finder to find people, you'll end up in a party of people that know the fight better than you do, and then you'll be inconveniencing people like Kevin Miller up there who doesn't want you to join a party for content using the in-game tool designed explicitly for that purpose.
@@MCWilson You completely misunderstood what they said. Parties are perfectly labeled with expectations and frustrations come when people join parties that don't meet that criteria. What they said was if you are stepping into a fight for the first time, you join a Learning/Fresh Progression party, not a Phase 2 party. A Phase 2 Party wants members who are familiar with getting to Phase 2 consistently so the group can learn past Phase 2.
This! I joined a static and we are all new to extremes/savage content. We just got our first clear on memoria misera and although we died a lot it was a ton of fun. This is content you actually have to practice. You can't just look up one guide and then think you know the fight. I myself really wanna get into doing savage content. Normal raids are getting boring and I wanna try something different
@Ernest Samuels do them. If you die enough times you roll begin to recognize patterns that help. I actually lern patterns of a fight so I can position myself early. Watch a guide and pick out the major mechanics, if you do that, then you should be able to work around the little stuff but easily clean it up later. I really wish they would make a practice thing to help people learn. Like maybe an arena where you have to just do mechanics and doge big aoes kinda like the novice guide duty thing.
in practice groups you'll pretty much never be yelled at, because all are learning the fight. just don't go into a kill party without having an idea about the fight mechanics or with very low dps, because in those ppl track dps and will call you out if you are severely underperforming.
The secret no one really tells you is that generally they're also all X year olds being scared to be yelled by another person. Yes you'll have the frustration rages, people who haven't learned to respect other people or their time etc, but most of the time it is a lot of people with this exact shared anxiety. The faster this feeling and empathy is shared, the more you'll be able to find real comrades who will take you to the end, and you will in turn do the same.
savaging raiding just sucks. the amount of times i did e6's, and got to the final phase and never could complete it, it was astonishing, it made me hate the game and i quit, and i still havent came back
Something that helps me get over anxiety before going into a new savage fight is looking up guides for that fight on youtube. Having an idea of what to expect makes learning a new fight less overwhelming. Just remember that its ok to make mistakes, you and everyone else in your group are going to make a lot of them.
I've been interested in the savages only to get the mounts, but my anxiety, slow learning, and limited time have kept me out. And I've seen how my friends get upset at those who aren't very good at savage and how salty they get, and I don't to it because I hate getting yelled at. Hell, my anxiety even kept me from being in call when they do it because I was afraid of saying something that would distract them. So I just wait an expansion or two and then unsync it, and even then, it's still difficult for me. I have trouble keeping up with too many mechanics at once. The hard content is the once place in FF where I don't feel I belong in.
Often times it just "looks" overwhelming. Trust me. Try to see only the parts in the fights that actually matter to you. Sometimes its more, sometimes they are surprisingly few. Look up a guide and whenver something is explained, see if it actually bothers you as a dps/tank/heal. And then only remember the ones you have to. Makes it easier.
If your friends make you feel uncomfortable raiding, don't raid with them. Find other people on pf, reddit, or Discord. Look for people who want the same thing you want and are at about the same place with similar expectations. You may want a casual group if you want something less anxiety inducing. But if you have a group that understands that everyone is learning and trying their best, and you put in the effort, then you'll do well :)
I know groups that took 3 months+ to clear all 4 floors. They are all having a good time even with the slow pace. It is always better to raid with a group that takes months to clear but you enjoy every moment of it than with a group that can clear in a few weeks but you can't wait to get the hell out after the reclears. Just find the right group that fits your pacing. Practice, practice, and practice, you will get it.
There´s absolutely nothing wrong with this. I´ve played FFXIV for years now (since about 2015) and I´ve never done a fresh savage or extreme. I´m not going to give myself grief and depression for a few item levels or a mount I never use anyway (looking at you Kirin and Firebird). I´ll never forget the time in Mists of Pandaria I wanted to join a raid (they locked story behind Raid) and I was escourted to a training dummy to have my DPS analysed and told I couldn´t raid. I always thought FFXIV players were different...at least here I´ve never in 5 years been told 'what are you doing here your gear is shit' never. No one has ever commented on my gear or DPS unless I asked for advice.
I tried getting back into WoW a few months ago, but I started to see how toxic they got when it came to raiding. My closest friend plays still and I love the dude, but that raid had us yelling at each other. When you have to start yelling back at a friend for a recreational activity that is intended to be fun...you should either avoid the content or them. This is a game. It's for fun. There is no legitimate reason for someone to yell at you as if it would magically make you better.
Do it. Go for it. It’s overwhelming at start but it’s rewarding and perhaps the best environment to learn how to be actually good with your class. Good luck!
Ya know if zeph knew right now how much I appreciate the delicateness used i, I think she would see that it’s rekindled hope to all of us like myself who did savage and extremes but felt like returning to them equals super toxic bullying, Know at least there is a growing awareness for it and that more people are willing to be more patient with such fights than a few years ago! It is true that any rewards a player can get from these fights without question is worth the learning process the most of most fights in the game. My biggest reward that felt a milestone was the day I unlocked ucog and uwu. I guess I feel that way because to me - they along with other ultimates serves as an outlet showcasing all the combat mechanics I have learned in the game, which to me feels like a true completion of the game, even though with mmorpgs it really doesn’t end.
just starting heavensward, I had so much fun with the ARR extremes trials. It feels a bit like a coop, less intimidating, dark souls boss fight. You have to pay attention to the boss do your part of the job and most importantly learn. Knowledge is power and using the knowledge you worked to obtain getting you to success is one of the most satisfying thing ever. I can't wait to try more content like this.
Very timely video Zep lol, I finally found my first static and have been preparing for the last week only to pull out yesterday - I was way too nervous and less ready than I thought.
Stick with it friend. It's more intimidating in thought than it is in practice. Just need to roll with a group of supportive/ likeminded players... Which is actually the harder part.
Hey, I’d tell you to try again! Maybe ask to rejoin them if they still have a spot open? Savage is all repetition and memorizing mechanics and learning the best way for you and your group to do them. DPS doesn’t matter until you’ve hit enrage a couple of times and have the mechs down pat. Tanks and Healers get a couple extra mechanics, as well, but if you’ve been consistently playing either role for a while, it shouldn’t be an issue. 90% of it is just nerves, and video guides tend to make it look worse than it actually is. Just remember: always ask questions and speak up. It’ll make you a better raider. Edit: Speaking as someone who just started savage raiding a week and a half ago lol, forgot to mention that
I spent the last 3 days thinking about try savages and BAM, you drop this video! Funny thing I played as healer for years in WOW and I used to raid all the time, but dancer is my first dps ever. I know I'm good but I'm terrified to get my nerves wrecked trying to damage, walk - and breathe - at the same time. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for the video, I've felt the same way with my summoner so this video was really helpful to straight myself out and do dive head deep into the savages! Thanks Zepla!
Thank you for this insight I’ve been playing ff14 for a year now and I’m just looking into the more hardcore raids this put me at ease I was over thinking this for nothing love the videos keep em coming
You can use stone sky sea as a dps calculator. They have websites where you can enter the fight and your kill time and it give you a decent estimate of your rdps. Ffxiv azizarar I think is the one. For this savage tier you want at least 19k rdps, which is about a 20-30s remaining stoneskysea dummy kill time.
High level endgame raider here. If you are nervous about going into party finder with the fear of other people being toxic or failing to meet certain expectations whatever that might be, the biggest thing is that if you go in just be open minded and ready to learn. Even if I had the absolute worst dps/tank/healer in my party, if they are nice and willing to take advice I'd rather party with that player than the person who thinks they know what they're doing. Everyone starts somewhere and the raiders know this. Just beware of some people that would be toxic no matter what you do, these people exist in every part of life but don't let them discourage you from trying something you might really like. Find friends or something if you need the helping hand for savage and I believe that you'll be fine. That's all I will leave you with.
Ignore this video. The best way to get into harder content is just to start PF up for ultimate with duty completed turned on and saying need a clear for a friend. If they ask you who the friend is just say me, nice to meet you. You don't need to know anything about the fight. Works 100% of time.
As a correction, the stone sky sea does take into account downtime in the battles that you are forced to take and they are usually overtuned for the damage you actually need to clear. For example, with the latest crafted outfits, you can usually not clear the savage stone sky sea for the final mission but groups can clear those missions with those same outfits. In short, stone sky sea is an excellent tool to gauge your damage output and job understanding, hitting it for a long time to consistently defeat it or reach a very low percentage for your given battle is also a great way to commit the job operation to memory and you will definitely see an improvement in performance in the actual battles from that.
@Zepla HQ I've been watching your stuff for a few weeks now, and learning a LOT about ffxiv. I'm slowly getting into the game and I'm finding all your videos very helpful. But PLEASE for the love of GOD! Dust your monitor top, mic arm, and wash your mic filter! Seeing the dust I'm your setup makes me sneeze! Hahaha jokes jokes. But seriously. Not jokes. Keep up the awesome videos :)
Yoshi P stated in a previous live letter that he doesn't mind the third party program as long as it's not used to call out bad dps without the consent of other players, which is an instant ban if reported. Most high-end statics uses it to parse and try out new strats to see what is most efficient. But like every tools it's always a double-edge sword.
started e9s , empty planes giving me ptsd , remembering about how many time i accidently step on other ppl platform f me over , other than that its pretty doable
Dont be scared.....have fun. Let party know its your 1st time. It's just a video game after all. And if anyone is mean....call me and I'll kick their ass!
This video could not have come at a better time!! I was literally just browsing party finder the other day for the first time looking to see if anyone was doing any savage raids or extreme trials.
I avoided savage for a long time. Then I just forced myself to do it, and I'm glad I did. Most ppl are cool, and remember even if you aren't great, there are plenty of others who aren't master's of their class either.
Great video! I had only started playing for a few months and knowing that this high end content is what people who have been playing the game for 9 years are doing now made me think I wouldn’t handle it. I took the leap and made a PF saying new to high end content and PF in general and filled instantly with others like me. We were able to clear after a few hours. You can do it!
Thank you so much for this video. I really wanna get into savage at some point in the near future but I'm nervous just thinking about it. This video helped me tho to ease the nervousness. I'll just keep practicing and getting better (I wanna do savage ad DNC ^^)
As an older gamer (I could be most players father) the number of mechanics ALWAYS intimidate me until I looked at how far I have come with good learning parties willing to teach step-by-step. Slow prog parties learning a mech per hour will make permanent progress in the end. I do most old content in my sleep now!
I joined a Party Finder for E9S yesterday as a fresh prog group and it went really well, actually. I came in expecting to get yelled at for dying or doing something wrong but the group was really helpful and understanding. One of them asked why I was doing something in my opener cause it looked weird to them so I double checked my job opener on the balance and realized I’ve learned it backwards so was buffing in the pre-pull. :’) I really appreciate all the help that group gave me and now I feel way less anxious about joining another party in the future to continue prog.
I started playing this game in the last 8 months and this tier is the first raid tier ive got stuck into it. It really is a lot of trial and error but I started my e12s prog today and have enjoyed the process as a whole along the way. Its fun, its challenging, its pushing the limits of my job and how to play it and im learning ways to improve it as I go. Also the sweet gear that you get from it (or not in my case...) is really awesome for when you go back to other content unsynced or that isn't synced down. You feel hella powerful :D I was scared at first too but regret that I didn't start sooner, give it a go, read up/watch up on guides and the mechanics (particularly certain strat names), try to understand the macros so you know how to orient yourself too and get stuck in!
This video comes definitely at the right time for me. I try to introduce myself to extreme content after over two years of playing. Fortunately many ppl in my discord grp are happy to try it together and we started with mount farms in Alexander, what of course worked fine at 80 unsync. But it's a smooth start. Next we wanna do Rathalos ex and maybe soon Unreal, too. And hopefully one day I can say I'm ready to jump into AO ex or even the real ultimates. I guess until then we already have new ultimate content but slow and steady is better than nothing. Thanks for the tips, I'll gear up soon and then the journey can begin
Totally agree with stepping away from savage raiding if you tried it and doesn’t enjoyed the experience. I’ve hardcore raided Sigma and Alpha and totally burnt myself out of the game. Only able to come back after I decided to not touch savage again and go full casual. Have been enjoying the game hell a lot more ever since.
I just started FF14 and its my First MMO I ever really put any time into, I played a little WOW but never got too into it. so this was very helpful for me, thank you very much! BUT that said, THIS comment section right here is why I love this game! You have 18yr olds and 64 yr olds relating to the same thing an having fun together! i think its such a unique and beautiful thing that these games do!
This is my current goal, just getting caught up on MSQ and the Eden raids finally and I'm really drawn to some of those savage mounts. But I have no idea where to get started with savage raiding, this video helped a lot though, thank you so much!
@@rhael42 Well of course once I get comfortable with them I'd probably do them for the fights, but for now since I'm inexperienced I just want to dip my toes in and get out with a cool mount or something
I just wish they had dyeable version of glamours not locked up under harder content. Maybe you don't want to get the better gear... sometimes you just want to look pretty.
I recently started high end duties and managed to learn and clear Sapphire weapon a few times. I feel however, that this is the limit of difficulty I can manage. I had to learn for 4 hours and heard that this is one of the easier fights.
4 hours is pretty good time to learn extreme content (though I have never done sapphire). Don't sell your self short, you're probably on par with the average savage party.
Don't wanna be that guy, but you mean Emerald Weapon? I'll agree, Emerald is slightly easier, or so I felt, but people do have trouble with the sword drops. Don't worry! It's all practice.
@@shawnspringstead no, no it's really not. four hours (not including downtime, switching of groups, etc) is quite a long time to learn extreme content.
For me, a big part of it is not really wanting to pressure myself into performing "The Rotation" on any given job - I know that sounds bad, but whilst I'm sure that I know the basics of how the jobs I've leveled are meant to be played, I know that sometimes I mess up refreshing buffs on myself or DoTs on the boss, or that my opener might not be optimal but it's more comfortable for me to do. In normal content, nobody seems to really care which suits me just fine - I like the action of reacting to whatever is happening in the fight and adjusting what I'm doing as opposed to what feels like reciting very specific lines of a script that must absolutely never change no matter what. It's partly why I quite like healing & playing RDM, especially when things go to shit and I have the challenge of trying to pull it back from the brink. People shit on DRK for Walking/Living Dead being useless, but some of my favourite memories in-game are using it for those clutch kills in the most normal of content. The other bit is that I don't really want to commit to joining a static and plugging away at it over the course of weeks or months. If I can't make it some evening or I just decide that I'm not in the mood to die all night long, I'd feel awful that I'm letting everybody else down.
What you're saying about the rotation there is exactly why I'm VERY apprehensive about Savage raiding. I expressed an interest in joining a static for Savage, but let the guy know I'm completely new to raiding, and I was linked to a huge monster of a flowchart with a 12 min in-depth video just about how to maximize my DPS OPENER. As a HEALER. There's no way in hell I'm going to remember several 10+ button damage sequences that have to be perfectly timed and executed, keep everyone alive with heals and mitigations, and simultaneously memorize and react to a massive dance routine where a single misstep means certain death all at the same time, I just don't have that kind of mental capacity.
I come from WoW and it's the first time I reach end game in FF since ARR. So, I was kinda lost. A friend helped me a lot but with your vid I have more things to try now. I'm still gearing up but I hope to be able to do savage someday. I think that the best is to try and learn. And if something is unclear, read or watch a guide so you'll know what to do at any time.
So happy to hear you stressed out at first too! I started playing during quarantine (figured it was the perfect time) and thought I was being crazy due to isolation. Your videos have helped me so much with navigating this game and anxiety! Thank you 🙏❤️
I was doing an Extreme Trial a while back and someone asked if I was doing my rotation correctly. They told me how to do my class but I was so confused because that was exactly what I was doing. It really bothered me and I have yet to do any big content since thinking of how internally embarrassed I was. After running other content the theory is not so much I was little to no damage due to bad DPS, but rather because I wasn't doing the ABC: Always be Castin. For me it's to balance out the dodging mechanics while keeping your uptime. Anyway, thank you for these tips. I just wanted to share. While I was mildly salty from the feedback, it did actually get me to figure out how to improve my rotation and get better gear. Hoping I can get the courage to do content with friends again. Might just do Stone, Sky, and Sea a couple of times.
What I've been doing is a weekly mount farm. Thank goodness for Discord and FCs, but even without them is a good start. Started with the birbs and alternated between EX and Savage in linear order. Now we're at "Oh no he's hot!" and I'm looking forward to Savage. We also have potential plans for the Morbol mount and Ultimate in the future.
As toxic as this may sound... grow some thick skin. There are toxic people, you just ignore them and learn to move on. If you get hung-up on what others say then you need to remember, their attitude is akin to a life of failure and you are better than them, ignore them. The more toxic people you can blow-off the better you become. I once got kicked from a World of Warcraft raid for being the only one doing mechanics. There was a soak mechanic that deals 3,000,000 damage split between whoever soaks it, failure to soak it deals 3,000,000 to each party member. I soaked it alone, because they were so hell-bent on trying to beat the dps check they failed to recognize the actual mechanics. I died three times soaking it alone, being the only one to die and being resurrected twice, losing all my dps in the process. They claimed that I "died three times and had shit dps". On the other side I once got kicked from another raid because I did fail a bunch of mechanics consistently. Made me feel like shit. But I got better and I beat it with another group. You'll find there's content you might just not be good enough for. In WoW, my dps was just not good enough for cutting-edge mythic raiding. Happens. Has any of that stopped me? Not really. You will have times when you feel like buying a plane ticket to fly over to your teammates and give them a hug. Other times you will be googling "how do I use voodoo curses over the internet". I'm unsure how ffxiv works, in wow I eventually found success making my own groups (you can't get kicked from groups you make yourself :D), but I have no clue how ffxiv works (still on stormsblood atm). Also you should learn to differentiate between an asshole being passive-aggressive and someone trying to genuinely fill you in on something you are missing or help you correct a mistake you either don't notice or you seem to be arrogant towards. Have the humility to understand you are not the best Red Mage or Monk in the world, there's value in your betters advice than being too proud spamming the "report" button to oblivion in your vindictive wake.
Yes!! I want to do high end but hard to find a static to keep up with progress. Here on the Faerie server at the moment. Was lucky to find people to get through titan unreal lol.. hard to find people at the same progress lvl
If you want a wider variety of EX content before jumping into Savage, look for your datacenter's synced community. Every DC has one, they generally organize via Discord, and it's a great way to find groups for synced trials that you would never be able to experience otherwise.
Thank you for talking about Stone, Sky, Sea! In general I feel the game does a good job of having the high end difficulty levels go Extreme > Unreal > Savage > Ultimate. Extreme trials are great because they are an easier way to get used to very scripted fights where you need to pay attention to various things other than orange bad stuff to get out of (boss animations, attack names, etc.). Unreal trials may have simpler mechanics, but the item level sync really makes you need to pull your own weight a lot more. And then savage combines the two.
@@rhael42 extreme trials and unreal trials are the same difficulty *if* they are done at minimum ilevel, which they rarely are. When emerald weapon ex was released it could be done by characters with an ilevel of 510, and now many players are higher than that, which is much higher than the minimum requirement of 500. And that's talking specifically about the current high end extreme trial. The rest are, as Zepla said in the video, much easier because player ilevels are so much higher. By contrast, titan unreal is a minimum of 530, but you're synced to 535 at maximum. That's why I put unreal as more difficult than extreme. Less wiggle room if mistakes are made and people die on DPS checks before enrage
On permanent disability with nerve damage I'd like to savage and I was able to do some savage this expansion, however, usually kicked bc I couldn't get out of the grey zone no matter how well I did with mechanics or amicable discourse on discord was. Never brought out my disability bc I thought it would feel like an excuse and get a swifter kick. Struggling currently to change my setup and see if that can improve anything. Well, that and finding a static that will overlook the history of Fflogs. It feels like it's just getting too toxic for me and I do want the rewards from it. Hearing "git gud" doesn't inspire confidence or help. Thanks for some ramp-up options to see where my plateau is at.
In WoW I remember I think it was in Panda expansion when the Trials for each the 3 Class was introduced. It was interesting. Though not a good way to gauge things currently. I think a way of something similar but way better can be a foundation or the Novice System built upon it as more expanded content system where the Devs introduce scenarios with DPS DMG Checks, Healing Throughtput Checks, Tank checks. Does every new piece of content to a new patch needs to be a Raid of a new version? How about some simpler scenarios for assessing DPS, Healing output. Tank survivability and DPS both. Content like that can be made and then improved as time goes on. But if the Devs won’t add a DPS Meter, maybe make some testing content scenarios that help assess the player skill being determined to measure Irvin some ways be give a report card. Not perfect. But an assessment content tool to pass and then say, yeap your ready for this.
Hey Zepla could you talk about one of my biggest gripes I have with ffxiv? and that is that there just ain't enough space to save all the glamour that the game provides which is quite off turning from the game as each patch more and more glamour gets introduced with nowhere to put it.
Dark Knight, iLVL 507, completely melded (not overmeld tho) and Skill Speed is 2.38. I’m finally caught up to endgame after starting the game a year ago and have never gone above Normal content. Really want the mounts from current EX Trials. Can y’all wish me the best? Thanks for the video. Great timing.
I highly suggest people to find a static group if they want to progress trough savage content. PF is just hell. Not toxic hell, since I've yet to meet salty people, but just pure progression hell if you didn't start progging on day 1. It will suck the joy out of your soul and make you want to uninstall the game. Extremes, though, are PF friendly and a really enjoyable content. I highly recommand it.
I love the thrill of going in to fights blind and adapt as the fight goes but since its older content (got in to the game 6 months ago) people don't appreciate it 😒 "I live for the thrill of the fight!"
Well, my experiences have been variable, but there are people out there who will expect you to perform well because they are using high end consumables that are expensive/difficult to make to buff themselves for the fight. I think that is part of why people get frustrated quickly if they have to keep wasting food on bad pulls. There are also people who will just leave if the party wipes once, whether they go for speed kills, hate the echo or are just that elitist. It really depends on the people you get, and of course, some are really nice and understand if things don't go well, too. PF is not a horrible place, it just attracts a lot of different people and the parties are loosely categorized
My biggest issue when it comes to raiding is my own personal anxiety. I'm a fairly decent player and can learn rotations and mechanics somewhat quickly. But the horror stories I've heard about people's time in PF groups is a serious turn-off. Is PF really super toxic, or is it not as bad as people make it out to be?
It is definitely over exaggerated. Most you will see is maybe some passive aggressive remarks but even those are rare. Since the tier is new, everyone is learning, everyone is making a lot of mistakes. Towards the end of the tier maybe it'll get toxic, but for now it is very chill. Watch a guide, Join a learning party and you'll be fine.
Also the data center you play on can really affect your experience. Aether has a lot more people who do savage content than say crystal. But also the amount of trolls or toxic players is also way higher
@@Restonance Yea no real toxicity since the people that would be toxic dont because they dont want to get reported, they either say nothing and Blacklist you after or make passive aggressive comments
If extremes are considered baby steps I'm screwed. I spent like 3 hours wiping to SoS ex today with 2 different groups not including wipes I've had on previous days. I'd love to try a savage one day down the road but literally can't comprehend the game getting more difficult than what I saw today (even though I know it does). Does the high / satisfaction of completing a savage outweigh the frustration, wiping and lack of enjoyment (at least for me) of the game that comes along with it? This is what I'm stuck on.
I'm hoping to do Savage Raids at some point. They just seem like a fun challenge. But I don't think I've quite there yet gear wise. I just finished Stormblood and did the Delta-Alphascape Normal content but don't think I'm good to try Savage yet...plus I don't have that area with that dummy to even practice so guess I'll have to wait on that. I've just always wanted to do raids, never got the chance in WoW at all.
Learning AST for raids since the raid wides really are crazy in this eden set. Even while learning I “get the job done” but still get knit picked by ppl for small things. I’ve never seen so many sweaties in pf. I understand being a static but pf? Pf is a nightmare right now. I’ve cleared e9s/e10s. I’m exhausted and don’t know if I want to keep going. 😭
I love extreme trials because I don’t feel the pressure of having another three fights to clear. That being said, I really wish I was in a static so I could feel less pressure if I get things wrong. In pf I feel like someone may leave so I stress a lot about getting the most out of the party. That being said, I cleared hades extreme by pf and it is one of my favourite fights to date. There are pros and cons to pf vs a static so do what is best for you ❤️✨
Tip #1, most important tip of them all. Know your fucking job and don't argue with someone who knows it better than you. Tip #2, also most important tip of them all. When joining a pf that says x/8 static, You do things by their rules and not your fucking own. You are filling in for them and they already have a system for dealing with mechanics. Tip #3, PF players fail this tip every time. Actually be capable of adjusting. If someone dies and you get targeted with a different mechanic, don't just stack it on the entire party to wipe us.
I've spent most of the time since 4.0 til now trying to find a long term static group with friends. I've always been able to perform at least the minimum to clear with some practice, my skill is not the issue if I'm not joining hardcore groups. However I have yet to find one that truly works out, as of now I've quit the game until 6.x since its clearly not happening til then, if it ever does. Raiding of this kind is an inherently toxic activity. The fact it can be great fun, and I know it can since I've had that fun for short periods of time, does not change the fact that the raiding model of endgame as used by WoW and FFXIV is inherently toxic in nature, despite the great potential for fun, the fact is the vast majority of people who play these games lack the mental maturity to not be toxic in this sort of thing. Nothing I would love more than to find that magic group and have more than one, or even ONE tier of fun with them. But that group just isnt there. Years of trying and being dissapointed have proven this, and I am not going to keep trying when I know the only result is more dissapointment.
My personal experience from raiding since launch of Heavensward is to just put yourself into the fight and just start getting your hands dirty. Of course you should first learn the role of your class and know the rotation for DPS before going into savage raid. Learning the fight when it first releases with blind prog gives you much more satisfaction when you do clear it without any guide. There's honestly no shortcut to learning in life other than you being in that situation and doing it yourself. If you are a slow learner, then you need to put in the time and effort outside of a static raid (if you have one) and try to practice more so you can lift up your own weight and not become a hinder to others. It's through hours and hours of constant trials and errors, then you figure out the sweet spot that works for you. Repetition is very important. Maybe savage raid isn't for you, and that's perfectly okay. But I do encourage people to give it a try and try to clear at the very least the first savage and then you can decide whether or not you want to continue or just stop there. Personally for me, after doing savage raid and then getting qued into normal raid or anything less than savage raid difficulty, it doesn't satisfy my hunger for mechanics. It just feels numb and boring because there's barely any challenge. The party can still clear even if most of the people are dead because there's no punishment for normal raid such as enrage or DPS check.
I've only done the one extreme trial, Shiva. We died 6 times, however I didn't prepare at all and actually at the time I didn't know what most markers meant. I pretty much only knew to avoid the AOE, I know pretty much all the markers now, and I always prepare for the tougher boss fights. Still think I should do more extreme trials first though.
This may be a newbie question, but by fully melded does that mean filling up all of the 100% chance slots on the gear? Or does it mean penta-melding everything? Still working through the MSQ but am in 5.1 now so I'm wondering what will be expected of me if I decide to try out healing in a raid.
You don't need to be penta meld just fill up 100% slot and maybe 1 overmeld slot (if you have some gil left to do so) if your party can't clear first 2 boss of raid tier(maybe 3rd one too but at that point you will likely get some tomegear and raid gear already), it likely becuase someone made some mistake rather than gear. Ofcourse, there will always be 'that guy' who blame everyone except themself ('we can't clear becuase your gear suck' - the guy who die multiple time)
Ive completed 3/4 Eden's Verse savage raids and i just finished Umbra Savage and i can tell you that starting endgame raids might seem intimidating at first but i would research the fights before i start. This gives you a heads up on whats coming. Everyone in the party is probably also learning or whats called "progging". So it makes it easier to know that ur not the only clueless one lol. And when you boil it down, savage raids are all about memorizing telegraphed abilities and completing patterns. Really it isnt that hard (except Shiva savage, man f#@& light rampant!!)
Hi, been playing since 2.3. Still scared of Savage and have never completed a savage run of anything in a current expansion. The inescapable truth is that one will always be a burden when they are learning a fight, and you have no real indication that any amount of practice will yield anything but frustration. I've only now started doing normal raids again after trying and failing HW normal raids made me quit for 6 months. The only secret is to have friends. The more the better. Get in a discord voice chat together. I'm so thankful for the friends I have made during lockdown that are eroding my anxiety over trying content. When you have 5 people staring at the same mechanics and talking them out it's a lot easier to figure them out!
RE: ACT - Yoshi has said that they will never issue bans for using ACT because they can't tell if you're using ACT. It works by intercepting data as it's sent to/from the game. It doesn't manipulate anything. It just parses data. The "3rd party tools" rule is also generally quite difficult to enforce because it's unclear where the line should be drawn. Is an MMO mouse a 3rd party tool? Is Discord a 3rd party tool? Neither of these things are part of the game and they offer advantages over people who are not using them.
Before even getting gear or trying to meld said gear, I think the very first step taken should be hitting a striking dummy. The game does very little to teach the jobs to the players, the most optimal rotation, and what a rotation even is. Most people would just be directed to Balance the moment they ask about Savage anyway, and there'll you'll encounter all the strange raid lingos. Learn your rotation, check out the BIS gear, and ask your questions on there. Get your rotation to become muscle memory on your job, then do the normal raids, ex raids, unreal etc to internalise it. There's a huge leap between normal and "high end" content in the sense that it's like going from baby steps to climbing stairs. It's natural to be overwhelmed by the complexity of the mechanics and the sudden strictness of the DPS checks, so much so it's my main criticism of FFXIV. There's no proper middle ground where newbies can experience anything harder than norm dungeons and raids, just a sudden leap with little knowledge supplied by the game. So don't be hard on yourself when you fail, just keep throwing yourself at the wall until you understand things.
Ya know. I always felt that the FFXIV community was by far the nicest community of any MMO. I never had anyone get mad and only offered advice. That is until I got to late game raids and then I found the toxic people who take the game too seriously and are just assholes. The community as a whole is still the best I've found however it makes me not want to do the harder content.
Yeah the elitist and salty mentality is there at the hardest content of the game. They will freak out with the slightest mistakes that you do. Perhaps they have forgotten that they were also noob back then, and then give zero tolerance to the newbies.
@@renouille85 That is untrue. If you join a party that is clearly advertising that it's an EX speed farm party or a Savage weekly clear "know your stuff" party, then what do you expect? Of course they're not gonna be happy if newbies join. Joining as a newbie in that kind of party is by itself a form of harassment towards those players looking for their quick weekly clear or farm. If on the other hand, you join a party that says "learning party" or "new players welcome," I can promise you that you will only find patient and helpful people willing to teach. So, my advice is: do not join clear parties until you're actually ready to clear and fully comfortable with the mechanics. Join only learning parties while you're still learning the fight, and you'll be just fine.
@@dousan6515 That is based on my experience in the Crystal datacenter, and I've been PUG-ing for a few months now (from fresh level 80 dipping his toe into EX to current tier Savage raider). But then again, Crystal is on the more casual side of things. Players spend more time RP-ing than raiding (even "Perfect Legends"). I've joined an E9s PF clear with a DRK co-tank doing an 8k opener and 6k DPS with 510 gear, and they were still lacking mana for TBN when it mattered. Clearly, they didn't know how to play DRK and were there to be carried. But no one in the party cared to point it out. The general Crystal community doesn't have a hardcore mentality, let alone a toxic one. Not saying toxicity doesn't exist, just that PF experience is very beginner friendly in that DC. This sometimes leads to frustration from experienced raiders looking to just PUG the tier. Hence why they're less forgiving when a newbie tries to push their luck and sneaks in to get carried in their clear/farm parties. I'm definitely a casual player myself and I make mistakes all the time. But I can totally understand the hardcore player's perspective as well. Anything pushed to an extreme is bad. "Casualism" (for lack of proper term) is a form of harassment, just like elitism. Crystal PF experience suffers from that to a degree higher than elitism, but of course, no one mentions that.
yoshi P stated DPS meters arent going to be a problem unless you make it a problem (i.e. griefing/shaming people for low dps). i have seen an instance of someone being suspended for doing so a couple years back, but thats the only time and the griefer was extremely vulgar to the person who was underperforming. so its hard to say if they got a ban from ACT or just being a complete jerk to the person.
I never thought of actually doing the dummies. like...idk I'm just gonna be spamming glare until assize is off cooldown and I got enough lilies to cast misery. Not worrying about mechanics at all, not worrying about everyone's health or even my own just never seemed useful
I really want to do Memoria Misera Extreme, but I haven't done any synced extremes before. I'm not bad at the game, I know I can do it, but I have no clue how to find a party that is fine with helping me.
I’m not a bum I’m a lalafell for life :p I’m rdy just can’t handle Random pfs . Battle scarred veteran is dps compared with stone sea sky caulator nice vid 🤛🏻
I weirdly get really excited whenever I end up with a group who wipes a lot in dungeons 😂 there’s something really satisfying about working together to problem solve what went wrong and how to get better. I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy the harder content :D can’t wait to give it a try!
extreme trials are a good stepping stone towards savage after you beat the dummy
Heck, some extreme fights are harder than some savage fights. Zurvan gave me so much more trouble than Bahamut for example (synced of course) even though I had a bigger ilvl advantage on Zurvan
@@vbarreiro there's bound to be exceptions and difficulty is an opinion. In shadowbringers though I don't think we've had a trial as hard as savage. Warrior of light whooped me for a hot minute but generally speaking trials are a good starting point.
I wish there would be a Text UI small font option. we only have normal and big options atm. sometimes UI still looks bad and too clunky. and even with all these crazy animations.. sometimes skills don't feel impactful...also 2.5gcd? also we need new 2v2/3v3 map like Glory Arena from The Kings Avatar...and Blue mage enabled in PvP could be fun. I mean they balance ačl classes for PvP why can't they balance blue mage too? also more epic mounts that aren't that impossible to get or p2w. also PvP missions/quests and more PvP mounts would be nice. Pve and Story is already amazing in this game..they just need to work on some pvp features. or sound/pop-out notification for Frontline que would be nice...so I don't need to watch at the game for 15 minutes lmao. or mybe preview for PvP class when u make a character...event ho youtubers cover that
@@GamingDualities honestly I was thinking if there was just a separate queue/ game that was just for BLU. Wouldn't need to worry about rebalancing. just put the blu all in one spot over there
or what could be fun is a set of PVP skills, some are unlocked in overworld, but you also have chance to unlock them in PVP, provided you actually win the event.
@@GamingDualities I’m not experienced with the pvp battle system at all but in the rest of the game you use skill/spell speed stat to lower your gcd. Running endgame content with 2.5 is very outdated and unoptimized
I don't raid anymore not because it's scary, but because I'm 64 and thankful I can still play at all! heh. I raided WoW Mythic for a few years so I do get the sentiment, it's hard work, often frustrating and best done with friends. And drink. Lots and lots of drink. I remember when we cleared Garosh Mythic (Server first, woot!) most of us were just a bit under the weather, so to speak. The voice chat was something I'll always remember and cherish. "Did we kill the f*&^er"? "ermm.. I think so. is there another phase?" ""not sure" and so on and so forth until the gm chat congratulated us on server first.I don't think they do that anymore, just world firsts now. It was magic.
Nowadays though I forget mechanics and fall off things and stand in sh*t, don't move when I should and move when I shouldn't. Don't get old, kids, it sucks.
I have few things of advice to give to people that want to learn and do end game content.
1. Don't be afraid to go in and try it out, the fights are fun just remember do not join a phase 2 party if you have not even been into a fight. The biggest OOF moment is when we have a party up for phase 2 or enrage party and we have to teach the mechanics to someone who has never been into a fight, it leads to rage and very unfriendly moments from others.
2. Utilize your Black List to weed out the people that give you a terrible experience. People can be harsh rude and mean in end game content just be prepared for that.
3. Mechanics > Heals > DPS. it's nice if you can pull big numbers but numbers do not mean anything when you are dead. Save the greed for after you learn the whole fight and are comfortable doing so.
4. Lastly, just have fun. Do not let anxiety win over what you want to do. The best thing you can do is put your foot in the door and taste the waters. ^_^
@Ernest Samuels practice
@Ernest Samuels You need a group of friends to go in with you. If you use Duty Finder to find people, you'll end up in a party of people that know the fight better than you do, and then you'll be inconveniencing people like Kevin Miller up there who doesn't want you to join a party for content using the in-game tool designed explicitly for that purpose.
@@MCWilson You completely misunderstood what they said. Parties are perfectly labeled with expectations and frustrations come when people join parties that don't meet that criteria. What they said was if you are stepping into a fight for the first time, you join a Learning/Fresh Progression party, not a Phase 2 party. A Phase 2 Party wants members who are familiar with getting to Phase 2 consistently so the group can learn past Phase 2.
This!
I joined a static and we are all new to extremes/savage content. We just got our first clear on memoria misera and although we died a lot it was a ton of fun. This is content you actually have to practice. You can't just look up one guide and then think you know the fight. I myself really wanna get into doing savage content. Normal raids are getting boring and I wanna try something different
@Ernest Samuels do them. If you die enough times you roll begin to recognize patterns that help. I actually lern patterns of a fight so I can position myself early. Watch a guide and pick out the major mechanics, if you do that, then you should be able to work around the little stuff but easily clean it up later. I really wish they would make a practice thing to help people learn. Like maybe an arena where you have to just do mechanics and doge big aoes kinda like the novice guide duty thing.
Been thinking about this forever, but the threat of being yelled at by some 18 year old in their mom's basement scares me too much
in practice groups you'll pretty much never be yelled at, because all are learning the fight. just don't go into a kill party without having an idea about the fight mechanics or with very low dps, because in those ppl track dps and will call you out if you are severely underperforming.
Don’t be scared of the content or the kid. Remember the kid is only mouthy because he has never been punched in the face.
The secret no one really tells you is that generally they're also all X year olds being scared to be yelled by another person.
Yes you'll have the frustration rages, people who haven't learned to respect other people or their time etc, but most of the time it is a lot of people with this exact shared anxiety. The faster this feeling and empathy is shared, the more you'll be able to find real comrades who will take you to the end, and you will in turn do the same.
savaging raiding just sucks. the amount of times i did e6's, and got to the final phase and never could complete it, it was astonishing, it made me hate the game and i quit, and i still havent came back
when youre so bad at a videogame that you resort to insulting strangers
Something that helps me get over anxiety before going into a new savage fight is looking up guides for that fight on youtube. Having an idea of what to expect makes learning a new fight less overwhelming.
Just remember that its ok to make mistakes, you and everyone else in your group are going to make a lot of them.
Why am I even watching this when I've only just started post-ARR content lol
LOL ME TOO!
I literally just got to heavensward lol
Saaame
same fucking boat!!! lol
Honestly I am SCARED 😂
Don't ever feel discouraged about the progress you made just because others have gotten further. There's so many factors to consider
needed this one tbh
I've been interested in the savages only to get the mounts, but my anxiety, slow learning, and limited time have kept me out. And I've seen how my friends get upset at those who aren't very good at savage and how salty they get, and I don't to it because I hate getting yelled at. Hell, my anxiety even kept me from being in call when they do it because I was afraid of saying something that would distract them. So I just wait an expansion or two and then unsync it, and even then, it's still difficult for me. I have trouble keeping up with too many mechanics at once. The hard content is the once place in FF where I don't feel I belong in.
Often times it just "looks" overwhelming. Trust me. Try to see only the parts in the fights that actually matter to you. Sometimes its more, sometimes they are surprisingly few. Look up a guide and whenver something is explained, see if it actually bothers you as a dps/tank/heal. And then only remember the ones you have to. Makes it easier.
If your friends make you feel uncomfortable raiding, don't raid with them. Find other people on pf, reddit, or Discord. Look for people who want the same thing you want and are at about the same place with similar expectations. You may want a casual group if you want something less anxiety inducing. But if you have a group that understands that everyone is learning and trying their best, and you put in the effort, then you'll do well :)
I know groups that took 3 months+ to clear all 4 floors. They are all having a good time even with the slow pace.
It is always better to raid with a group that takes months to clear but you enjoy every moment of it than with a group that can clear in a few weeks but you can't wait to get the hell out after the reclears. Just find the right group that fits your pacing.
Practice, practice, and practice, you will get it.
There´s absolutely nothing wrong with this. I´ve played FFXIV for years now (since about 2015) and I´ve never done a fresh savage or extreme. I´m not going to give myself grief and depression for a few item levels or a mount I never use anyway (looking at you Kirin and Firebird). I´ll never forget the time in Mists of Pandaria I wanted to join a raid (they locked story behind Raid) and I was escourted to a training dummy to have my DPS analysed and told I couldn´t raid. I always thought FFXIV players were different...at least here I´ve never in 5 years been told 'what are you doing here your gear is shit' never. No one has ever commented on my gear or DPS unless I asked for advice.
I tried getting back into WoW a few months ago, but I started to see how toxic they got when it came to raiding. My closest friend plays still and I love the dude, but that raid had us yelling at each other.
When you have to start yelling back at a friend for a recreational activity that is intended to be fun...you should either avoid the content or them. This is a game. It's for fun. There is no legitimate reason for someone to yell at you as if it would magically make you better.
Literally me yesterday: "I should look into trying savage again..."
What a timely occurrence 😃
Do it. Its fun and rewarding.
Also frustrating as hell at some points. Still, most of my friends in FF14 I met during pug raiding.
Do it. Go for it. It’s overwhelming at start but it’s rewarding and perhaps the best environment to learn how to be actually good with your class. Good luck!
Ya know if zeph knew right now how much I appreciate the delicateness used i, I think she would see that it’s rekindled hope to all of us like myself who did savage and extremes but felt like returning to them equals super toxic bullying, Know at least there is a growing awareness for it and that more people are willing to be more patient with such fights than a few years ago!
It is true that any rewards a player can get from these fights without question is worth the learning process the most of most fights in the game. My biggest reward that felt a milestone was the day I unlocked ucog and uwu. I guess I feel that way because to me - they along with other ultimates serves as an outlet showcasing all the combat mechanics I have learned in the game, which to me feels like a true completion of the game, even though with mmorpgs it really doesn’t end.
just starting heavensward, I had so much fun with the ARR extremes trials. It feels a bit like a coop, less intimidating, dark souls boss fight. You have to pay attention to the boss do your part of the job and most importantly learn. Knowledge is power and using the knowledge you worked to obtain getting you to success is one of the most satisfying thing ever. I can't wait to try more content like this.
Very timely video Zep lol, I finally found my first static and have been preparing for the last week only to pull out yesterday - I was way too nervous and less ready than I thought.
Stick with it friend. It's more intimidating in thought than it is in practice. Just need to roll with a group of supportive/ likeminded players... Which is actually the harder part.
Hey, I’d tell you to try again! Maybe ask to rejoin them if they still have a spot open? Savage is all repetition and memorizing mechanics and learning the best way for you and your group to do them. DPS doesn’t matter until you’ve hit enrage a couple of times and have the mechs down pat. Tanks and Healers get a couple extra mechanics, as well, but if you’ve been consistently playing either role for a while, it shouldn’t be an issue. 90% of it is just nerves, and video guides tend to make it look worse than it actually is. Just remember: always ask questions and speak up. It’ll make you a better raider.
Edit: Speaking as someone who just started savage raiding a week and a half ago lol, forgot to mention that
I will always be a fan of the classic white on blue FF aesthetic but those menus made my eyes bleed.
"Press button and not get yeeted."
It's so much less scary when you think about it that way
I just wanted to say I wish your mother a fast recovery.
i never really realized what stone, sky, sea exactly was until I came across this video.
hell yeah, thank you zep
0:45 I feel personally called out.. xD
I spent the last 3 days thinking about try savages and BAM, you drop this video! Funny thing I played as healer for years in WOW and I used to raid all the time, but dancer is my first dps ever. I know I'm good but I'm terrified to get my nerves wrecked trying to damage, walk - and breathe - at the same time. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for the video, I've felt the same way with my summoner so this video was really helpful to straight myself out and do dive head deep into the savages! Thanks Zepla!
Thank you for this insight I’ve been playing ff14 for a year now and I’m just looking into the more hardcore raids this put me at ease I was over thinking this for nothing love the videos keep em coming
You can use stone sky sea as a dps calculator. They have websites where you can enter the fight and your kill time and it give you a decent estimate of your rdps. Ffxiv azizarar I think is the one.
For this savage tier you want at least 19k rdps, which is about a 20-30s remaining stoneskysea dummy kill time.
High level endgame raider here. If you are nervous about going into party finder with the fear of other people being toxic or failing to meet certain expectations whatever that might be, the biggest thing is that if you go in just be open minded and ready to learn. Even if I had the absolute worst dps/tank/healer in my party, if they are nice and willing to take advice I'd rather party with that player than the person who thinks they know what they're doing. Everyone starts somewhere and the raiders know this. Just beware of some people that would be toxic no matter what you do, these people exist in every part of life but don't let them discourage you from trying something you might really like. Find friends or something if you need the helping hand for savage and I believe that you'll be fine. That's all I will leave you with.
Ignore this video. The best way to get into harder content is just to start PF up for ultimate with duty completed turned on and saying need a clear for a friend. If they ask you who the friend is just say me, nice to meet you. You don't need to know anything about the fight. Works 100% of time.
As a correction, the stone sky sea does take into account downtime in the battles that you are forced to take and they are usually overtuned for the damage you actually need to clear. For example, with the latest crafted outfits, you can usually not clear the savage stone sky sea for the final mission but groups can clear those missions with those same outfits.
In short, stone sky sea is an excellent tool to gauge your damage output and job understanding, hitting it for a long time to consistently defeat it or reach a very low percentage for your given battle is also a great way to commit the job operation to memory and you will definitely see an improvement in performance in the actual battles from that.
@Zepla HQ I've been watching your stuff for a few weeks now, and learning a LOT about ffxiv. I'm slowly getting into the game and I'm finding all your videos very helpful.
But PLEASE for the love of GOD! Dust your monitor top, mic arm, and wash your mic filter! Seeing the dust I'm your setup makes me sneeze!
Hahaha jokes jokes. But seriously. Not jokes.
Keep up the awesome videos :)
you dropped the vide right when I decided I want to start doing high end content and bless you for that
Yoshi P stated in a previous live letter that he doesn't mind the third party program as long as it's not used to call out bad dps without the consent of other players, which is an instant ban if reported. Most high-end statics uses it to parse and try out new strats to see what is most efficient. But like every tools it's always a double-edge sword.
Yeah. Sometimes it’s hard not to try to help others with they low dps because you don’t know how others are going to react.
Agreed XD
Thanks so much this video helped me alot :) always been terrified of trying savage but these tips really helped.
started e9s , empty planes giving me ptsd , remembering about how many time i accidently step on other ppl platform f me over , other than that its pretty doable
Dont be scared.....have fun. Let party know its your 1st time. It's just a video game after all. And if anyone is mean....call me and I'll kick their ass!
This video could not have come at a better time!! I was literally just browsing party finder the other day for the first time looking to see if anyone was doing any savage raids or extreme trials.
I avoided savage for a long time. Then I just forced myself to do it, and I'm glad I did. Most ppl are cool, and remember even if you aren't great, there are plenty of others who aren't master's of their class either.
Great video! I had only started playing for a few months and knowing that this high end content is what people who have been playing the game for 9 years are doing now made me think I wouldn’t handle it. I took the leap and made a PF saying new to high end content and PF in general and filled instantly with others like me. We were able to clear after a few hours. You can do it!
Press X to doubt.
Thank you so much for this video. I really wanna get into savage at some point in the near future but I'm nervous just thinking about it. This video helped me tho to ease the nervousness. I'll just keep practicing and getting better (I wanna do savage ad DNC ^^)
As an older gamer (I could be most players father) the number of mechanics ALWAYS intimidate me until I looked at how far I have come with good learning parties willing to teach step-by-step. Slow prog parties learning a mech per hour will make permanent progress in the end. I do most old content in my sleep now!
I joined a Party Finder for E9S yesterday as a fresh prog group and it went really well, actually. I came in expecting to get yelled at for dying or doing something wrong but the group was really helpful and understanding. One of them asked why I was doing something in my opener cause it looked weird to them so I double checked my job opener on the balance and realized I’ve learned it backwards so was buffing in the pre-pull. :’)
I really appreciate all the help that group gave me and now I feel way less anxious about joining another party in the future to continue prog.
I started playing this game in the last 8 months and this tier is the first raid tier ive got stuck into it. It really is a lot of trial and error but I started my e12s prog today and have enjoyed the process as a whole along the way. Its fun, its challenging, its pushing the limits of my job and how to play it and im learning ways to improve it as I go. Also the sweet gear that you get from it (or not in my case...) is really awesome for when you go back to other content unsynced or that isn't synced down. You feel hella powerful :D
I was scared at first too but regret that I didn't start sooner, give it a go, read up/watch up on guides and the mechanics (particularly certain strat names), try to understand the macros so you know how to orient yourself too and get stuck in!
This video comes definitely at the right time for me. I try to introduce myself to extreme content after over two years of playing. Fortunately many ppl in my discord grp are happy to try it together and we started with mount farms in Alexander, what of course worked fine at 80 unsync. But it's a smooth start. Next we wanna do Rathalos ex and maybe soon Unreal, too. And hopefully one day I can say I'm ready to jump into AO ex or even the real ultimates. I guess until then we already have new ultimate content but slow and steady is better than nothing. Thanks for the tips, I'll gear up soon and then the journey can begin
Totally agree with stepping away from savage raiding if you tried it and doesn’t enjoyed the experience. I’ve hardcore raided Sigma and Alpha and totally burnt myself out of the game. Only able to come back after I decided to not touch savage again and go full casual. Have been enjoying the game hell a lot more ever since.
I just started FF14 and its my First MMO I ever really put any time into, I played a little WOW but never got too into it. so this was very helpful for me, thank you very much!
BUT that said, THIS comment section right here is why I love this game! You have 18yr olds and 64 yr olds relating to the same thing an having fun together! i think its such a unique and beautiful thing that these games do!
This is my current goal, just getting caught up on MSQ and the Eden raids finally and I'm really drawn to some of those savage mounts. But I have no idea where to get started with savage raiding, this video helped a lot though, thank you so much!
do savage for the fights, not the mounts or glamour.
@@rhael42 Well of course once I get comfortable with them I'd probably do them for the fights, but for now since I'm inexperienced I just want to dip my toes in and get out with a cool mount or something
I just wish they had dyeable version of glamours not locked up under harder content. Maybe you don't want to get the better gear... sometimes you just want to look pretty.
I recently started high end duties and managed to learn and clear Sapphire weapon a few times. I feel however, that this is the limit of difficulty I can manage. I had to learn for 4 hours and heard that this is one of the easier fights.
4 hours is pretty good time to learn extreme content (though I have never done sapphire).
Don't sell your self short, you're probably on par with the average savage party.
Don't wanna be that guy, but you mean Emerald Weapon? I'll agree, Emerald is slightly easier, or so I felt, but people do have trouble with the sword drops. Don't worry! It's all practice.
@@shawnspringstead no, no it's really not. four hours (not including downtime, switching of groups, etc) is quite a long time to learn extreme content.
For me, a big part of it is not really wanting to pressure myself into performing "The Rotation" on any given job - I know that sounds bad, but whilst I'm sure that I know the basics of how the jobs I've leveled are meant to be played, I know that sometimes I mess up refreshing buffs on myself or DoTs on the boss, or that my opener might not be optimal but it's more comfortable for me to do. In normal content, nobody seems to really care which suits me just fine - I like the action of reacting to whatever is happening in the fight and adjusting what I'm doing as opposed to what feels like reciting very specific lines of a script that must absolutely never change no matter what. It's partly why I quite like healing & playing RDM, especially when things go to shit and I have the challenge of trying to pull it back from the brink. People shit on DRK for Walking/Living Dead being useless, but some of my favourite memories in-game are using it for those clutch kills in the most normal of content.
The other bit is that I don't really want to commit to joining a static and plugging away at it over the course of weeks or months. If I can't make it some evening or I just decide that I'm not in the mood to die all night long, I'd feel awful that I'm letting everybody else down.
What you're saying about the rotation there is exactly why I'm VERY apprehensive about Savage raiding. I expressed an interest in joining a static for Savage, but let the guy know I'm completely new to raiding, and I was linked to a huge monster of a flowchart with a 12 min in-depth video just about how to maximize my DPS OPENER. As a HEALER.
There's no way in hell I'm going to remember several 10+ button damage sequences that have to be perfectly timed and executed, keep everyone alive with heals and mitigations, and simultaneously memorize and react to a massive dance routine where a single misstep means certain death all at the same time, I just don't have that kind of mental capacity.
I come from WoW and it's the first time I reach end game in FF since ARR. So, I was kinda lost. A friend helped me a lot but with your vid I have more things to try now. I'm still gearing up but I hope to be able to do savage someday. I think that the best is to try and learn. And if something is unclear, read or watch a guide so you'll know what to do at any time.
No where near to being able to do savage raids but this was great info! Thank you!
"DPS meter?? Just keep track of the math 4head!"
“Press button, and don’t get yeeted”
Can confirm.
So happy to hear you stressed out at first too! I started playing during quarantine (figured it was the perfect time) and thought I was being crazy due to isolation. Your videos have helped me so much with navigating this game and anxiety! Thank you 🙏❤️
Oh I been looking forward to a video like this for a while
I was doing an Extreme Trial a while back and someone asked if I was doing my rotation correctly. They told me how to do my class but I was so confused because that was exactly what I was doing. It really bothered me and I have yet to do any big content since thinking of how internally embarrassed I was. After running other content the theory is not so much I was little to no damage due to bad DPS, but rather because I wasn't doing the ABC: Always be Castin. For me it's to balance out the dodging mechanics while keeping your uptime.
Anyway, thank you for these tips. I just wanted to share. While I was mildly salty from the feedback, it did actually get me to figure out how to improve my rotation and get better gear.
Hoping I can get the courage to do content with friends again. Might just do Stone, Sky, and Sea a couple of times.
What I've been doing is a weekly mount farm. Thank goodness for Discord and FCs, but even without them is a good start. Started with the birbs and alternated between EX and Savage in linear order. Now we're at "Oh no he's hot!" and I'm looking forward to Savage. We also have potential plans for the Morbol mount and Ultimate in the future.
As toxic as this may sound... grow some thick skin.
There are toxic people, you just ignore them and learn to move on. If you get hung-up on what others say then you need to remember, their attitude is akin to a life of failure and you are better than them, ignore them.
The more toxic people you can blow-off the better you become.
I once got kicked from a World of Warcraft raid for being the only one doing mechanics.
There was a soak mechanic that deals 3,000,000 damage split between whoever soaks it, failure to soak it deals 3,000,000 to each party member.
I soaked it alone, because they were so hell-bent on trying to beat the dps check they failed to recognize the actual mechanics.
I died three times soaking it alone, being the only one to die and being resurrected twice, losing all my dps in the process.
They claimed that I "died three times and had shit dps".
On the other side I once got kicked from another raid because I did fail a bunch of mechanics consistently. Made me feel like shit. But I got better and I beat it with another group.
You'll find there's content you might just not be good enough for. In WoW, my dps was just not good enough for cutting-edge mythic raiding. Happens.
Has any of that stopped me? Not really.
You will have times when you feel like buying a plane ticket to fly over to your teammates and give them a hug.
Other times you will be googling "how do I use voodoo curses over the internet".
I'm unsure how ffxiv works, in wow I eventually found success making my own groups (you can't get kicked from groups you make yourself :D), but I have no clue how ffxiv works (still on stormsblood atm).
Also you should learn to differentiate between an asshole being passive-aggressive and someone trying to genuinely fill you in on something you are missing or help you correct a mistake you either don't notice or you seem to be arrogant towards. Have the humility to understand you are not the best Red Mage or Monk in the world, there's value in your betters advice than being too proud spamming the "report" button to oblivion in your vindictive wake.
**sees classic blue UI**
Me: "Ahhh! My eyes! It burns!"
Yes!! I want to do high end but hard to find a static to keep up with progress. Here on the Faerie server at the moment. Was lucky to find people to get through titan unreal lol.. hard to find people at the same progress lvl
If you want a wider variety of EX content before jumping into Savage, look for your datacenter's synced community. Every DC has one, they generally organize via Discord, and it's a great way to find groups for synced trials that you would never be able to experience otherwise.
Thank you for talking about Stone, Sky, Sea!
In general I feel the game does a good job of having the high end difficulty levels go Extreme > Unreal > Savage > Ultimate. Extreme trials are great because they are an easier way to get used to very scripted fights where you need to pay attention to various things other than orange bad stuff to get out of (boss animations, attack names, etc.). Unreal trials may have simpler mechanics, but the item level sync really makes you need to pull your own weight a lot more. And then savage combines the two.
extreme is the same difficulty as unreal. unreal trials are just old ex trials.
@@rhael42 extreme trials and unreal trials are the same difficulty *if* they are done at minimum ilevel, which they rarely are. When emerald weapon ex was released it could be done by characters with an ilevel of 510, and now many players are higher than that, which is much higher than the minimum requirement of 500. And that's talking specifically about the current high end extreme trial. The rest are, as Zepla said in the video, much easier because player ilevels are so much higher. By contrast, titan unreal is a minimum of 530, but you're synced to 535 at maximum. That's why I put unreal as more difficult than extreme. Less wiggle room if mistakes are made and people die on DPS checks before enrage
Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but Squeenix should include a damage meter, perhaps not in casual content, but in end game content.
On permanent disability with nerve damage I'd like to savage and I was able to do some savage this expansion, however, usually kicked bc I couldn't get out of the grey zone no matter how well I did with mechanics or amicable discourse on discord was. Never brought out my disability bc I thought it would feel like an excuse and get a swifter kick. Struggling currently to change my setup and see if that can improve anything. Well, that and finding a static that will overlook the history of Fflogs. It feels like it's just getting too toxic for me and I do want the rewards from it. Hearing "git gud" doesn't inspire confidence or help. Thanks for some ramp-up options to see where my plateau is at.
Your consistency is so dope.
Thats dancer maboy
In WoW I remember I think it was in Panda expansion when the Trials for each the 3 Class was introduced. It was interesting. Though not a good way to gauge things currently. I think a way of something similar but way better can be a foundation or the Novice System built upon it as more expanded content system where the Devs introduce scenarios with DPS DMG Checks, Healing Throughtput Checks, Tank checks. Does every new piece of content to a new patch needs to be a Raid of a new version? How about some simpler scenarios for assessing DPS, Healing output. Tank survivability and DPS both. Content like that can be made and then improved as time goes on. But if the Devs won’t add a DPS Meter, maybe make some testing content scenarios that help assess the player skill being determined to measure Irvin some ways be give a report card. Not perfect. But an assessment content tool to pass and then say, yeap your ready for this.
Hey Zepla could you talk about one of my biggest gripes I have with ffxiv? and that is that there just ain't enough space to save all the glamour that the game provides which is quite off turning from the game as each patch more and more glamour gets introduced with nowhere to put it.
Dark Knight, iLVL 507, completely melded (not overmeld tho) and Skill Speed is 2.38. I’m finally caught up to endgame after starting the game a year ago and have never gone above Normal content. Really want the mounts from current EX Trials. Can y’all wish me the best?
Thanks for the video. Great timing.
Good luck!
Go for it! The current ex trials are really fun and not too bad!
@@MayHugger Thank you!
@@AlmaHeartfire Good to know! Can't wait.
I highly suggest people to find a static group if they want to progress trough savage content. PF is just hell. Not toxic hell, since I've yet to meet salty people, but just pure progression hell if you didn't start progging on day 1. It will suck the joy out of your soul and make you want to uninstall the game.
Extremes, though, are PF friendly and a really enjoyable content. I highly recommand it.
I love the thrill of going in to fights blind and adapt as the fight goes but since its older content (got in to the game 6 months ago) people don't appreciate it 😒 "I live for the thrill of the fight!"
I never could get into anything after the main story, or normal duties/trials, because the community gets too competitive for my taste at that point.
Is this a thing in FFXIV? Could you give some examples?
Well, my experiences have been variable, but there are people out there who will expect you to perform well because they are using high end consumables that are expensive/difficult to make to buff themselves for the fight. I think that is part of why people get frustrated quickly if they have to keep wasting food on bad pulls. There are also people who will just leave if the party wipes once, whether they go for speed kills, hate the echo or are just that elitist. It really depends on the people you get, and of course, some are really nice and understand if things don't go well, too. PF is not a horrible place, it just attracts a lot of different people and the parties are loosely categorized
My biggest issue when it comes to raiding is my own personal anxiety. I'm a fairly decent player and can learn rotations and mechanics somewhat quickly. But the horror stories I've heard about people's time in PF groups is a serious turn-off. Is PF really super toxic, or is it not as bad as people make it out to be?
It is definitely over exaggerated. Most you will see is maybe some passive aggressive remarks but even those are rare. Since the tier is new, everyone is learning, everyone is making a lot of mistakes. Towards the end of the tier maybe it'll get toxic, but for now it is very chill. Watch a guide, Join a learning party and you'll be fine.
Also the data center you play on can really affect your experience. Aether has a lot more people who do savage content than say crystal. But also the amount of trolls or toxic players is also way higher
@@Restonance Yea no real toxicity since the people that would be toxic dont because they dont want to get reported, they either say nothing and Blacklist you after or make passive aggressive comments
Me-*already does Savage and Ultimate raids but loves watching content anyway* "Hm, yes i see, tell me what else i need to know Zepla!
Same
Hey, I’m looking to get into savage raids but how do you guys find a team to queue up with? 😭
I did Herosong of Thordans fall synced after many try's with a random group ^^
If extremes are considered baby steps I'm screwed. I spent like 3 hours wiping to SoS ex today with 2 different groups not including wipes I've had on previous days. I'd love to try a savage one day down the road but literally can't comprehend the game getting more difficult than what I saw today (even though I know it does). Does the high / satisfaction of completing a savage outweigh the frustration, wiping and lack of enjoyment (at least for me) of the game that comes along with it? This is what I'm stuck on.
Extremes are shorter. Savages are longer and tend to have more difficult mechanics.
Stone Sky Sea is what you need to benchmark yourself - if you can beat the timer you can beat the encounter, after that it's just optimizing.
I'm hoping to do Savage Raids at some point. They just seem like a fun challenge. But I don't think I've quite there yet gear wise. I just finished Stormblood and did the Delta-Alphascape Normal content but don't think I'm good to try Savage yet...plus I don't have that area with that dummy to even practice so guess I'll have to wait on that.
I've just always wanted to do raids, never got the chance in WoW at all.
Learning AST for raids since the raid wides really are crazy in this eden set. Even while learning I “get the job done” but still get knit picked by ppl for small things. I’ve never seen so many sweaties in pf. I understand being a static but pf? Pf is a nightmare right now. I’ve cleared e9s/e10s. I’m exhausted and don’t know if I want to keep going. 😭
I love extreme trials because I don’t feel the pressure of having another three fights to clear. That being said, I really wish I was in a static so I could feel less pressure if I get things wrong. In pf I feel like someone may leave so I stress a lot about getting the most out of the party. That being said, I cleared hades extreme by pf and it is one of my favourite fights to date. There are pros and cons to pf vs a static so do what is best for you ❤️✨
Tip #1, most important tip of them all.
Know your fucking job and don't argue with someone who knows it better than you.
Tip #2, also most important tip of them all.
When joining a pf that says x/8 static, You do things by their rules and not your fucking own. You are filling in for them and they already have a system for dealing with mechanics.
Tip #3, PF players fail this tip every time.
Actually be capable of adjusting. If someone dies and you get targeted with a different mechanic, don't just stack it on the entire party to wipe us.
this video is a god send for me. because im so confused with this content thing. at least for the higher tier stuff.
I've spent most of the time since 4.0 til now trying to find a long term static group with friends. I've always been able to perform at least the minimum to clear with some practice, my skill is not the issue if I'm not joining hardcore groups. However I have yet to find one that truly works out, as of now I've quit the game until 6.x since its clearly not happening til then, if it ever does.
Raiding of this kind is an inherently toxic activity. The fact it can be great fun, and I know it can since I've had that fun for short periods of time, does not change the fact that the raiding model of endgame as used by WoW and FFXIV is inherently toxic in nature, despite the great potential for fun, the fact is the vast majority of people who play these games lack the mental maturity to not be toxic in this sort of thing.
Nothing I would love more than to find that magic group and have more than one, or even ONE tier of fun with them. But that group just isnt there. Years of trying and being dissapointed have proven this, and I am not going to keep trying when I know the only result is more dissapointment.
I'm just waiting to get a static together before I start going hard into Ex and Savage.
No static is going to take you until you have experience..... go into pf and get practice
Act is a grey zone which you are allowed to use as long as you tell no one you are using it
Very useful video, thanks :)
My personal experience from raiding since launch of Heavensward is to just put yourself into the fight and just start getting your hands dirty. Of course you should first learn the role of your class and know the rotation for DPS before going into savage raid. Learning the fight when it first releases with blind prog gives you much more satisfaction when you do clear it without any guide. There's honestly no shortcut to learning in life other than you being in that situation and doing it yourself. If you are a slow learner, then you need to put in the time and effort outside of a static raid (if you have one) and try to practice more so you can lift up your own weight and not become a hinder to others. It's through hours and hours of constant trials and errors, then you figure out the sweet spot that works for you. Repetition is very important. Maybe savage raid isn't for you, and that's perfectly okay. But I do encourage people to give it a try and try to clear at the very least the first savage and then you can decide whether or not you want to continue or just stop there.
Personally for me, after doing savage raid and then getting qued into normal raid or anything less than savage raid difficulty, it doesn't satisfy my hunger for mechanics. It just feels numb and boring because there's barely any challenge. The party can still clear even if most of the people are dead because there's no punishment for normal raid such as enrage or DPS check.
I've only done the one extreme trial, Shiva. We died 6 times, however I didn't prepare at all and actually at the time I didn't know what most markers meant. I pretty much only knew to avoid the AOE, I know pretty much all the markers now, and I always prepare for the tougher boss fights. Still think I should do more extreme trials first though.
This may be a newbie question, but by fully melded does that mean filling up all of the 100% chance slots on the gear? Or does it mean penta-melding everything? Still working through the MSQ but am in 5.1 now so I'm wondering what will be expected of me if I decide to try out healing in a raid.
You don't need to be penta meld just fill up 100% slot and maybe 1 overmeld slot (if you have some gil left to do so) if your party can't clear first 2 boss of raid tier(maybe 3rd one too but at that point you will likely get some tomegear and raid gear already), it likely becuase someone made some mistake rather than gear. Ofcourse, there will always be 'that guy' who blame everyone except themself ('we can't clear becuase your gear suck' - the guy who die multiple time)
I have more anxiety about not getting 3 lines in Wondrous Tails each week 😅
Ive completed 3/4 Eden's Verse savage raids and i just finished Umbra Savage and i can tell you that starting endgame raids might seem intimidating at first but i would research the fights before i start. This gives you a heads up on whats coming. Everyone in the party is probably also learning or whats called "progging". So it makes it easier to know that ur not the only clueless one lol. And when you boil it down, savage raids are all about memorizing telegraphed abilities and completing patterns. Really it isnt that hard (except Shiva savage, man f#@& light rampant!!)
I never did savage. Always thinking i wasn't ready for such savagery. Maybe 1 day in the future id give it a go
Hi, been playing since 2.3. Still scared of Savage and have never completed a savage run of anything in a current expansion. The inescapable truth is that one will always be a burden when they are learning a fight, and you have no real indication that any amount of practice will yield anything but frustration. I've only now started doing normal raids again after trying and failing HW normal raids made me quit for 6 months. The only secret is to have friends. The more the better. Get in a discord voice chat together. I'm so thankful for the friends I have made during lockdown that are eroding my anxiety over trying content. When you have 5 people staring at the same mechanics and talking them out it's a lot easier to figure them out!
Topical as my gf and I are finally post Shadowbringers and I want to return to raiding (as a former endgame raider in EverQuest and Destiny).
Ex trials are the best way to step up to the difficult raid scene
RE: ACT - Yoshi has said that they will never issue bans for using ACT because they can't tell if you're using ACT. It works by intercepting data as it's sent to/from the game. It doesn't manipulate anything. It just parses data.
The "3rd party tools" rule is also generally quite difficult to enforce because it's unclear where the line should be drawn. Is an MMO mouse a 3rd party tool? Is Discord a 3rd party tool? Neither of these things are part of the game and they offer advantages over people who are not using them.
Before even getting gear or trying to meld said gear, I think the very first step taken should be hitting a striking dummy. The game does very little to teach the jobs to the players, the most optimal rotation, and what a rotation even is. Most people would just be directed to Balance the moment they ask about Savage anyway, and there'll you'll encounter all the strange raid lingos. Learn your rotation, check out the BIS gear, and ask your questions on there. Get your rotation to become muscle memory on your job, then do the normal raids, ex raids, unreal etc to internalise it.
There's a huge leap between normal and "high end" content in the sense that it's like going from baby steps to climbing stairs. It's natural to be overwhelmed by the complexity of the mechanics and the sudden strictness of the DPS checks, so much so it's my main criticism of FFXIV. There's no proper middle ground where newbies can experience anything harder than norm dungeons and raids, just a sudden leap with little knowledge supplied by the game. So don't be hard on yourself when you fail, just keep throwing yourself at the wall until you understand things.
Ya know. I always felt that the FFXIV community was by far the nicest community of any MMO. I never had anyone get mad and only offered advice.
That is until I got to late game raids and then I found the toxic people who take the game too seriously and are just assholes. The community as a whole is still the best I've found however it makes me not want to do the harder content.
Yeah the elitist and salty mentality is there at the hardest content of the game. They will freak out with the slightest mistakes that you do. Perhaps they have forgotten that they were also noob back then, and then give zero tolerance to the newbies.
@@renouille85 That is untrue. If you join a party that is clearly advertising that it's an EX speed farm party or a Savage weekly clear "know your stuff" party, then what do you expect? Of course they're not gonna be happy if newbies join. Joining as a newbie in that kind of party is by itself a form of harassment towards those players looking for their quick weekly clear or farm.
If on the other hand, you join a party that says "learning party" or "new players welcome," I can promise you that you will only find patient and helpful people willing to teach.
So, my advice is: do not join clear parties until you're actually ready to clear and fully comfortable with the mechanics. Join only learning parties while you're still learning the fight, and you'll be just fine.
@@geekwars3998 Unfortunately, this is inaccurate.
@@dousan6515 That is based on my experience in the Crystal datacenter, and I've been PUG-ing for a few months now (from fresh level 80 dipping his toe into EX to current tier Savage raider).
But then again, Crystal is on the more casual side of things. Players spend more time RP-ing than raiding (even "Perfect Legends"). I've joined an E9s PF clear with a DRK co-tank doing an 8k opener and 6k DPS with 510 gear, and they were still lacking mana for TBN when it mattered. Clearly, they didn't know how to play DRK and were there to be carried. But no one in the party cared to point it out.
The general Crystal community doesn't have a hardcore mentality, let alone a toxic one. Not saying toxicity doesn't exist, just that PF experience is very beginner friendly in that DC. This sometimes leads to frustration from experienced raiders looking to just PUG the tier. Hence why they're less forgiving when a newbie tries to push their luck and sneaks in to get carried in their clear/farm parties.
I'm definitely a casual player myself and I make mistakes all the time. But I can totally understand the hardcore player's perspective as well. Anything pushed to an extreme is bad. "Casualism" (for lack of proper term) is a form of harassment, just like elitism. Crystal PF experience suffers from that to a degree higher than elitism, but of course, no one mentions that.
yoshi P stated DPS meters arent going to be a problem unless you make it a problem (i.e. griefing/shaming people for low dps). i have seen an instance of someone being suspended for doing so a couple years back, but thats the only time and the griefer was extremely vulgar to the person who was underperforming. so its hard to say if they got a ban from ACT or just being a complete jerk to the person.
Your voice is soooo soothing
I love your content ❤
I never thought of actually doing the dummies. like...idk I'm just gonna be spamming glare until assize is off cooldown and I got enough lilies to cast misery. Not worrying about mechanics at all, not worrying about everyone's health or even my own just never seemed useful
I really want to do Memoria Misera Extreme, but I haven't done any synced extremes before. I'm not bad at the game, I know I can do it, but I have no clue how to find a party that is fine with helping me.
Raiding is FFXIVs biggest weakness. It’s not fun and there is no flexibility.
I’m new to mmo’s so The thing I’m worried about is the mmo jargon and stuff. Idk most of it except AOE and like Agro 😂
I’m not a bum I’m a lalafell for life :p I’m rdy just can’t handle Random pfs . Battle scarred veteran is dps compared with stone sea sky caulator nice vid 🤛🏻
I weirdly get really excited whenever I end up with a group who wipes a lot in dungeons 😂 there’s something really satisfying about working together to problem solve what went wrong and how to get better. I have a feeling I’m going to enjoy the harder content :D can’t wait to give it a try!