FFXIV Heavensward Bowl of Embers (HARD) Guide for All Roles

FFXIV Heavensward Bowl of Embers (HARD) Guide for All Roles
This is a video guide for completing the Bowl of Embers 8-man Ifrit trial encounter in Final Fantasy XIV - Heavensward as any party role.
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[@derfun5949]

Been using your guides whenever available for literally my entire FFXIV career so far, but this is my first comment. You make shit understandable and I hella appreciate it. Bless ya, bro.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Shit: The unmysterying. Now that's a book title! All I gotta do is write some shit. Or maybe I can just put any old shit between some pages and call it a day. I don't know. What am I doing here again? Oh yeah. Something something neato. Happy to help!

[@maximumoverstat]

this guide is so much better than the older ones, it made me feel a lot better about going into the fight, as modern dps is so much higher the old guide is all "be careful, use LBs here etc" and you're just like "it's pretty standard just go nuts"

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yeah, that's pretty much how it goes for a lot of the earlier content now. A lot of people will simply say that you don't need a guide as it's so easy but I've always prefered seeing what I'm jumping into first, especially if i'm doing something more important like tanking. Glad you liked it ^^

[@themightybusetto1]

Tell that to my fc today when we tried with a bunch of noobs but the dps kept dying LOL

[@gutsofmud]

Very helpful, especially for a nervous healer. Thanks!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome! Thank you for the great feedback :D

[@vypress5]

I have a sprout tank and these guides have been helpful! Thank you!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Np, glad to help!

[@stephensparkman6115]

Your guides are awesome. they make tanking much easier and stress free. I’m new to the game and yours are the most up to date around that show how fights really go now

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Thanks Stephen! I've said it before but eliminating tank anxiety was one of my primary goals with my guides so I'm always happy to hear when I've succeeded. Welcome to the game, I hope you enjoy your stay in Eorzea! :D

[@MrViciousway]

Sweet and short to the point, awesome. "Ifrit bleeds, we can kill it!"

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

That's actually pretty clever. If I ever do an extreme guide (I wont) i'ma deffo steal this * finger guns *

[@tabbytrippin]

still some of the best guides to use thanks for making these :)

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey thanks! And no problem!

[@MzAlex323]

As a healer your guides have been awesome! I sometimes run into Tanks that don’t take into account the stress they put on. But with your guides I have a much needed heads up.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yeeeahh it happens sometimes. Unfortunately the 'best' tank meta is just wall to wall pulling but I kinda hate it because it's not faster if we pull too much and die - especially at lower levels when we don't have the full kit.

[@raginggaming8895]

Gotta say getting back into the game since ps3 days this has gotta be one of the better guides I’ve seen for this game. Subbed. Especially like the role perspectives.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Thanks Raging Gaming! With the ability to play every role on one character in this game, I thought it would be nice to show those perspectives when talking about the various mechanics that affect certain roles more than others. I think it also helps when I say stuff like 'your role should do X' that people see that I've done it as your role too and am not just repeating a good tip I heard from some possibly unreliable source :D Anyway, thanks for the support!

[@Freckles_415]

I always look for your videos when I search a dungeon. Love your explanations thank you.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem, thanks for the support!

[@UOTQAUIBO]

These guides are amazing! While there are other guides for early content that are good, I prefer your guides because most guides were from when the earlier content was still fresh. In these videos you're just like "screw it, odds are you'll breeze through these". Really eases my tank anxiety, thank you for making them :)

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worries. I know exactly what you mean as I used to watch these guides. Each time I went into an 8 man or trial I expected it to be far more intense only to find that all the tactics were different to the video - and I was a bit lost because following the guide seemed to be wrong. Figured someone should probably make some new ones for the content where guides are hugely out of date. Glad to help!

[@lizpopfw]

Really grateful for your vids as a new player. Well done!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey no worries, thanks! I hope you're having a nice time in the game 🥳

[@bobtheyob]

Thanks for the guide, just did this as a new player and the only thing that seemed to cause deaths were when the big adds appear around 2:30 in your video and people didn't dodge their attacks.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem! And yeah you have to react fairly quickly to that move to avoid them. I too see people get caught quite often.

[@Spookalina]

Thank you!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hey no worries, and yeah this video is one of my oldest ones - eventually I brought in a ranged dps perspective too (which is nice as running every place at least 4 times for perspective footage at least gives me a good chance of capturing all of the mechanics i need). Glad the guides are helping!

[@davidh9678]

5 years later and still helpful to use noobs! Thanks!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem. Good to know it still helps!

[@mexel8798]

You have done superb on every guide I have watched. Made me look like I knew what I was doing... because I did Haha Thanks! Deserves a Subscribe

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Nice one, cheers! Note that a few dungeon guides have gone out of date by now but I have tried to keep the titles/descriptions clear if something is outdated. The trials I believe are all still fine, only difference there for now is that they continue to just get easier 👍

[@shabbird1459]

Thank you. your guides always help me

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worries!

[@melo2511]

I’m a new player to FF14 and I’m a tank. This was something very easy to understand. I appreciate your hard work!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No problem Melo, welcome to Eorzea!

[@callmeobsequious]

Let's goooo, this is my second (Hard) trial and I'm HYPE for it, I don't know why Ifrit is always so fun for me.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Yeah he's pretty lit. ;)

[@vicp7078]

Perfect guide bro i appreciate it

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No probs, thanks for the message :)

[@AlexKayzProductions]

Awesome guide thank you!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Glad to help!

[@Caligulove]

These are so helpful. Easy sub.

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

I'm happy to know they've been helpful for you (in other words, that I didn't waste my time making them) ! ^^

[@Caligulove]

Yeah man. I'm a fairly noob tank (level 56, just starting 2.5), so these are great. Cheers

[@itsmandyy]

thanks for a great guide!

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

You're welcome!

[@Canvusgoodwin]

Thank youuuuu🌱

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worrieeeeesss 🚿

[@callmeobsequious]

Hello, I'm back. I was wondering if you were planning on doing guides for hard versions of The Howling Eye and The Navel. Garuda isn't that hard, but Titan has this bomb boulder mechanic and no matter where I look, I REALLY just don't get it, lol. This isn't pressure to make the guide or anything, not at all. Just genuinely curious. :0

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

Hi Lemon, I have a list of all dungeons and trials in order. My plan is to focus mostly on the trials first, then the dungeons, then the optionals (if I ever get there :D). The Navel (Hard) is on my list for Heavensward but I've got a lot of material ready for earlier content so will likely do that guide afterwards. From memory, Titan's bomb boulders fill the arena but explode in the order they appeared in. You should wait until the first one explodes and then move to where it was (as that area will be safe to stand in).

[@callmeobsequious]

@@TomScottDoesStuff I see! Thanks for the insight and the advice, dude! :D

[@MrTUXAP]

thx dude~

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

np!

[@WhatTheFuckIsAHandle]

Thanks man as a new player I thought for sure this was going to be way worse

[@TomScottDoesStuff]

No worries, yeah it is pretty easy these days. And by these days I mean whenever I made that guide. It's probably still easy tho.

[@shinydoubloon8237]

im just a worried dragoon sprout who looks through all the guides just to know what im doing... i think im going to become a floor dragoon on the hard titan fight