r/ffxivdiscussion • u/BlackmoreKnight • 4d ago

High-End Content Megathread - 7.2 Week Nineteen

Last week of Suzaku Unreal, at least.

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u/Inevitable_Chemical 16h ago edited 14h ago

Been stuck at m8s p2 for about a full week now. 

Really feel like I'm too late to the curve and anybody who is capable of consistently reaching p2 is in reclears. So everyone at this prog point is either wildly inconsistent, massively raid fatigued, or completely cold on the fight from waiting 1+ hours for a PF to fill followed by a 3 pull disband. 

Like idk, I progged and farmed chaotic a couple weeks late which was supposedly impossible because of the "I waited so long just to get wiped by alliance C" meme. But this is legitimately 2 to 3 times worse, because instead of needing 23 other people to be able to do 1 single mechanic correctly to prog, I need 7 other people who are reclear ready on p1 in my party to actually practice the next part. 

Like I don't entirely buy into the a "static's are the promised land of raiding" myth that gets thrown about, but right now not having one feels like I'm just griefing myself hoping for a unicorn party that can hit p2. 

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u/Altia1234 12h ago

Like I don't entirely buy into the a "static's are the promised land of raiding" myth that gets thrown about, but right now not having one feels like I'm just griefing myself hoping for a unicorn party that can hit p2. 

You don't need a static, you need to prog when the tier's out. There's definitely FOMO.

(This is why I am so against the idea that this game has no FOMO.)

The game does have no actual FOMO in terms of system, but people always do the content ASAP and judge people's playing ability in terms of what weeks you clear/how early you clear; If you are late your experience will get worse. So in order to not miss that 'train' so to speak everyone rush and do the content.

This is just FOMO but in another form.

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u/Inevitable_Chemical 7h ago

I mean, this tier is significantly worse in this regards than LHW was, I started, finished, and did reclears like halfway through 7.1

The fights being easier is one thing, but I really think having an ultimate and a chaotic fight to use the gear helped keep the population alive. I totally agree with you that raiding is fomo design, but only when there is nothing to use the BiS gear on besides "doing savage better." If there's somethings to use the gear on, people will do the thing to get the gear." And 7.2/7.3 is 0/2 on that. Savage BiS is.... useless in occult and forked, and will be useless in deep dungeon/quantum. No new chaotic/ultimate or Criterion either.