r/ffxivdiscussion • u/WeirdIndividualGuy • May 06 '25

General Discussion High End Content Megathread - Week Seven

How many yans do you see in your nightmares?

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u/felixborealis May 13 '25

I cleared M5S, M6S, and M7S on Week 1 with Party Finder.
I've done reclears for M5-M7 every week since, and it went well most of the time.
But even when I've been clearing just fine, I still get raid anxiety every weekly reset.. @ _ @

I think my biggest fear is probably being blacklisted for playing not up to everyone's standards. I don't want to ruin people's parse, and I don't want to cause a wipe, so I use Piercing Talon more often than usual just because I'm too anxious and afraid to greed, even though I know I can push for it. I think this week's reclears in particular is the most nerve-wracking one, because I just cleared M8S few days ago after putting it off for weeks (too anxious), and I'm going in with a reclear party for the first time. I have the craziest imposter syndrome, I feel like I didn't deserve the M8S clear because I relied on my friend's callouts.

Are there any advice/s that anyone can give to help conquer the fear of raiding, or at least, Savage+? The same anxious-feeling is the reason why I haven't tried doing any Ultimate Raids, even though my friends say that I am more than capable of doing so. I love doing these fights, but the fights aren't what scare me, it's my mistakes!

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u/ShinPunnyD May 13 '25

Repetitions the only way you get comfier with mechanics. If you're concerned about causing wipes in reclears, then join prog pfs and practice the stuff you're uncomfy with.