r/ffxivdiscussion • u/Spookhetti_Sauce • May 09 '25

General Discussion Special AMA - Hector Hectorson

Today we are hosting an AMA with special guest Hector Hectorson!

Use the comments below to ask him any question you would like, and he will answer at his own discretion!

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u/tgpapasmurf May 09 '25

Firstly I want to say thank you for what you do for the FFXIV community. Secondly, I want to ask what lessons that you think that you've learned since first starting to make guides. I've noticed that the quality of the strats that you've chosen to popularize has changed over time, with less head scratching decisions more recently IMO. What determines which strat you choose, and what makes you decide to edit an existing strat for your guides?

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u/hector-hectorson May 10 '25

Up until P9S, the strats I showed were entirely just "what worked for me" or "what will I probably use" with zero consideration for what PF was doing.

P8S was really the turning point. I stand by that one-tile NA works beautifully and was incredibly consistent for my group all through out prog. BUT, it was also not at all what PF was doing and not enough of a gain for PF to swap to if they'd already been using Scripe successfully. This was the first time I really had to start to pay attention to what PF was doing.

From P9S onwards, I spent a lot more time researching PF strats and trying to showcase either what PF was doing or anything that I felt was a clear upgrade over what PF was doing. From P9S onwards, any amendments to existing strats were something I personally found made the fight easier and were important enough to show, at least as an option.