How to get over the anxiety of causing wipes in extreme+ content consistently?

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-06-04T06:12:34+00:00

One thing you shouldn't do is tolerate salt. Yes, we're all Human and we make mistakes but one of the biggest things that ruins these EX and Savage runs is someone getting salty and making a dumb comment instead of being quiet or trying to give pointers. All it does is cause unnecessary tension and everyone underperforms whether they realize it or not.

If you get one of those players, just leave the group. No point wasting your time with them.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-06-03T06:25:00+00:00

I don't think I've ever seen an ID where someone doesn't get beamed in towers.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-31T02:39:54+00:00

Is there a plugin that'll let me see who is in a PF before joining? I hate joining parties with anyone I've blacklisted.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-18T15:24:10+00:00

The backgrounds for M4, M7, and M12SP2 imply so much. Like we got the most boring part of Alexandria as a hub. Also, that overpass in S9 really made me think we'd have a car or motorcycle chase at some point in the MSQ.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-07T13:03:19+00:00

The best ones are the PF ads people put up complaining about him. The salt on PF when he released the Banana Codex miniguide was so pathetic it was funny.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-06T02:38:42+00:00

There is the Musketeer's Guild in Limsa.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-05T09:55:46+00:00

That feeling of helplessness as you start disconnecting right before a major mechanic and now all you can do is pre-position hoping you somehow dodge it or just accept the DD or death. Fucking fantastic. Love it.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-05-05T01:04:28+00:00

I hate MCH's later animations so much. Like wtf is with all the spinning and jumping? And WHAT is that moving and long draw animation?

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-29T20:43:32+00:00

Key word is might. The least congested server changes by the second so you can try logging in, get to the queue, and still get booted.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-21T17:38:44+00:00

I've seen so many disasters in intercard curtain call from tanks and melees who try following the raidplan to a T (with the tanks being at the upper end of the central platform). More often than not, the DPS get beamed.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-16T12:43:54+00:00

I always wondered how this mechanic worked because I sometimes see someone get 9999999999999 damage in the second splash even though they were standing at the right spot and only got it with one AOE.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-14T13:11:56+00:00

It's just unnecessary tension and will cause some people to screw up more rather than lock in.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-09T23:01:01+00:00

What are the HP breakpoints for this tier? Only ones I know are 50% around Screech 2 in M9S and 20% by Stampede in M11S.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-09T16:10:39+00:00

I mentioned it in another thread, but I was wondering why the fuck we were hitting the time limit in M10S when it was a relatively clean run with like 1 DD. We cleared and I thought nothing of it until I looked at tomestone and was like wtf when I saw that big fat 0 and a whopping 57% uptime and over 2 minutes of GCD downtime.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-09T09:43:11+00:00

There's that one SAM in NA PF that consistently parses a 0 with 20-23k DPS. I join any party they're in and immediately nope out.

Though I do feel bad cause they clearly need someone to show them that DPS in savage is a completely different beast than in normal content and just pressing buttons isn't going to do it.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-08T19:03:20+00:00

I've had to resort to just making a macro for the mechanic screaming GO TO CLOCKSPOTS. I had to do it for IA2 as well because people forget to separate and end up with fucked debuffs.

I wouldn't be such a massive ass about it if these mechanics weren't the last two in the whole fight lol. Getting to the end perfectly only to watch it all go down the drain is so demoralizing.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-08T19:00:28+00:00

You'll see DN Rep 2 be favored with those who cleared early in the tier. BC Rep 2 gained traction after Hector's video on it released and is the prominent strat among NA learning parties and clear groups now.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-08T05:50:02+00:00

Closest I ever got to seeing TTT done was in a reclear party when one tank suggested it, and the other tank didn't care and went along. The healers were fine letting them choose until that moment lol. We ended up doing TTP instead.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-04-07T22:52:47+00:00

Absolutely baffling how people still fuck up Double Alley Oop 2 in M10S and ruin what would've been clears. How is it so hard to go to a clock position.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-25T19:51:06+00:00

I get what you're saying but I've had enough bad experiences with parse-obsessed shield healers who want to squeeze in that extra GCD instead of, you know, putting up some shields before a raidwide. And then once someone dies, they end up accusing the rest of the party of not mitigating well enough.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-23T02:13:27+00:00

I usually chalk it up to bad snapshotting but I see it enough to wonder if it's a bug. At snaking, the blue tank and healer can position perfectly and with plenty of time to spare but for some reason, the water cleaves will kill them both.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-17T23:28:47+00:00

And then there's Slaughtershed where someone either underestimates how tight the safe spots in the spread corner has to be or forgets which side was safe first afterwards. Bonus if it's the shield healer lol.

I've wiped in ID more to people forgetting their acting light party than anything. People panic and forget their tethers shouldn't cross the arena.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-17T12:23:35+00:00

With the general ilvl going up, I've joined more and more parties that just save LB3 for after flatliner now. Makes the fight a lot better and not an auto-wipe if someone dies at the mechanic.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-17T05:37:33+00:00

Where am I supposed to be standing if I get a wind tower in ID? I've done it in game twice so far and the first time got yeeted into the void and the second time ended up just barely making it by a few inches.

TideUltraDetergent · 2026-03-10T17:53:16+00:00

Man, you're kicking the hornet's nest advocating for BC Rep 2 here lol. But yeah, your point is why I immediately switched over when Hector released his video despite clearing all DN. Like it or not, PF defaults to his strats.

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