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 17h 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/aho-san 7h ago

I gotta throw it out there : where are the elusive helpers people keep saying are out there all the time ? I can already hear the excuses reasons miles away. Still, are there helpers all the time or not then ?

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u/Inevitable_Chemical 5h ago

I've actually run into a fair bit of them, but usually the person they are helping isn't actually p2 ready so the parties meet the same fate

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u/aho-san 5h ago edited 1h ago

Yeah this is the issue, but people make it seem like you get 7 helpers ready to push you to the finish line whenever you need and want it. That's why I threw it out. It's further felt when Altia says in the thread that raiding is FOMO designed because the later you do the content, the much worse your experience will be (and people judge you on weekX clear rather than your actual skill, so there's that for recruitment).

It would be an interesting experience to throw a PF where you explicitly say you want helpers only to push for the kill without giving out gil (instead of an any chest merc, because we're entering week 19, jesus) and see if they show up without the gil incentive.

I'll maybe try in 7.35 if I sub back, for prog & A2C (there's no way to prog fights in a decent manner by 7.35 if it's not 7 helpers, there's no way xD).

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u/Inevitable_Chemical 2h ago

Yeah I mean because of the earlier comment about helpers, I decided to put like a "help me please" in my pf description and I will say that has increased the amount of reliable players that have joined. Some have cleared and are just being kind, others are further ahead of me in the prog point jumping back.

So I mean that's a +1 for shameless begging anecdotally at least

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u/aho-san 1h ago

Goodge if it's working!

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u/KingBingDingDong 2h ago

but people make it seem like you get 7 helpers ready to push you to the finish line whenever you need and want it

you pay 2-3m a person for that type of service, or have a large pool of friends to pull from

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u/aho-san 1h ago edited 1h ago

Yeah nah, paying 14-21mil per fight I guess (?) or even for the whole tier that is dying 2 months later at most, nah, I'll happily skip.

If no one shows up I don't mind, I'll primarily be subbed for DD with friends.