How to Quickly Improve at Raiding in FFXIV

[@Astralmess]

Easily one of my favorite ffxiv channels right now. Chill and genuinely good advice. Quality over quantity is the way to go.

[@samhoppy5527]

I agree ! What a great find ! Keep up the great vids !

[@tristanvillani9855]

I agree. Many of the other channels are very obnoxious

[@trueblue450]

He’s the goat. Super chill and knowledgeable.

[@Smerte13]

This

[@nspaulding07]

You have quickly become one of my favorite XIV-related channels. Consistently solid advice and approachable breakdown. Makes it easy to recommend your videos to friends trying to improve! Also, THANK YOU for bringing up mit/healing on dps roles. The amount of dps I've run into when doing savage PF that were competent at their rotation, but seemed to have an aversion to their feint/addle/etc, has driven me crazy as a SCH main.

[@carolinemccall2608]

In fights I feel less confident, I have asked in chat that if someone knows the mechs and where to go if they would please mark themselves. It has been so helpful. There are players who really know these fights and want to lead and teach even in duty roulette. Never be afraid to ask questions. Great video again!

[@JamieBarrington]

I did this in Bozja Castrum Lacus Litore recently as a newbie and the kindly person said, "No problem," when I asked if I could mark her. So I followed her all through the fights, learned a lot and then made a new friend at the end. If you see players who have done the fights a few times and seem to know what to do, there is no shame in asking for help.

[@willrobinson4859]

As a newer player to FFXIV this is what I needed. I love raiding and look forward to it once I get leveled!

[@riaglitta]

I have one single smile emote button on my hotbar - when it appears ready to press, I know I can move in my slidecast and not interrupt! :) This is good stuff - weirdly how many of these I know but when it comes to practical usage and implementation, I just end up clumsy bad lol

[@SCMorgan]

Your videos are awesome man. I'm also new to FF awaiting expansion and you've really helped me out. Just picked up the XBOX elite 2!!

[@Lyu-Phy]

Another banger! love your indepth videos/guides and watching them even as an experienced raider is always a joy! You reminded me to focus more on some stuff, which will make progress much smoother.

[@neon9152]

I have some friends that are looking to get into raiding and think this will be a great video to share, it's everything I have tried to explain (poorly). I like how positive (but honest) your videos and outlooks are.

[@celfhelp]

to reinforce your communication point: communication and admitting faults not only helps relieve frustration/concern from your party, but it demonstrates that you're trying to be better, and that goes a long way in most scenarios; it's well worth any initial embarrassment you might feel, and after the first few times, the embarrassment fades altogether great video, and the only thing i'd (intrusively) add is: if you're new to raiding and/or you're trying to improve, pace yourself much like any other game or endeavor, overexertion can lead to burnout super fast, so just take it at a good pace raiding is what burns me out and kicks off my breaks in XIV every single time, and not because of other players, but because of my own overexertion of attention and effort. haha

[@Dzyntara]

I have no interest in raiding beyond Extreme - partly due to little interest in stressful gameplay and partly due to my high latency. And yet I watched the video anyway. Your content is incredibly informative, the vibes are chill, and I want to support that with some KZbin algorithm boosters. So here's a comment and some appreciation from a casual fan.

[@AbsorbAndPlay]

Yes, please make a HUD video! Specifically because you are a controller player that talks about high end content, I would appreciate it. I am one of those you describe as "staring at their action bars." I have a 34" ultrawide, but do make it so that things are within the center third of the screen, but because you can mis-time the R2/L2 double-tap, I need to see which bar is highlighted. I'd love to watch a video where you describe why you put actions on certain bars. I know you touched on this briefly in another video, but it would be great if you went into more detail in terms of what makes putting an action on a particular bar easier/better in specific situations or during certain parts of a rotation, and what actions should have priority over others in a particular spot.

[@99_Vit]

I try to have it so I dont need to swap back and forth between the single and double tap bars very often. That's pretty much my only rule to it. If I have to jump back and forth for weaving different things too much it can get tiring

[@shroompkinski]

another banger. Super helful video, could easily recommend it to any new player or any player who wants to get better at the game! :D

[@izzybee9501]

Damn this is very good information dude thanks for the vid

[@allen2879]

Keep up the videos and you will have 300k subs in about 2 years! Good job!

[@avi3365]

I've been raiding in FFXIV maybe a little bit longer than you and I always watch your videos just to see if I agree... Once again yeh everything you said is spot on particularly from a party finder perspective. I think there is quite a bit more on the mental/mindset side particularly once you get into blind prog and HC statics but that stuff is a much more convoluted and harder to explain anyway. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on that if you ever did go down that route. Personally its my prefferred way to play the game but you really have to pick your group well or you're going to be miserable. P.S. just happy to see an FF content creator that does more than just dooming and regurgitating the same videos everyone else is doing. Keep it up

[@99_Vit]

Yeah, the mental side is real if you’re trying to get things done quickly and efficiently. That’s all so personal though it’s hard to get into. Really comes down to you and your group’s dynamic. I don’t do too much hardcore raiding, I’ve been midcore at best and don’t really stress that stuff. I’ll be going for clears asap in PF this upcoming savage tier and I’m sure I’ll have some more thoughts after that experience haha

[@justin12890]

If your info logging is not allowed under the tos for ff14 so use add-ons/plug ins at risk of account ban

[@optimysticquest]

Thanks for the vids. I really like your approach and explanations. Think you’d ever do rotation and general advice guides for each job?

[@99_Vit]

I plan to at least cover all the new level 100 abilities and maybe some basic rotations in Dawntrail once I level each one. We'll see how in depth those videos are, but I wouldnt mind trying some guides as well if I get comfy enough on the jobs

[@bensharplesfilm]

Yes, Thank you. People making actual helpful videos for those new raiders out there.

[@Novusaleo]

Great work❤

[@sharlayanforum]

My static healers thank you for this video. Keep up the good work! 💚

[@ZiiCxRoy]

Love your approach to these videos, keep it up and hope to run into you in pf Cheers

[@xsteelersx6]

good advice, nice vid. Hopefully this can reach some raider-hopefuls out there and get them comfortable with the idea of harder content!

[@babyv0mit]

a perfect guide for my lvl 65 ass doing msq in heavensward, thanks for the video :D

[@kuyap9455]

here to get good. ty

[@shakeweller]

What the comunity REALLY needs is someone going into detail on how Limit Break works and how it is generated. I know penta legends who have literally no idea about it and it seems to be one of the most vague mechanics in FFXIV.

[@unixtreme]

Basically only speedrunners really know it in detail. And to be fair for everybody else it doesn't really matter that much.

[@99_Vit]

It basically just generates over time and when you take damage. You get a bigger boost to LB gain when you’re healed from “critical” hp. I don’t know the exact numbers off the top of my head, but it’s like 10% hp or so. Basically the lower your health gets the more Lb you build. Speed groups will often stand in AOEs or under mit raidwides to speed this along. Not really worth thinking about in normal scenarios though

[@sharlayanforum]

Akh Morning has a pretty extensive guide to how LB generation is calculated and what affects it.

[@genghischron4084]

Yes, a HUD video would be dope

[@Lukeormaybenath]

I wish the game would focus more around dps checks instead of single-error wipes and yeah, body checks have been really common as of late

[@WolfmanXD]

So, one thing I dislike about xivanalysis on healers is that it will yell at you when you don't use your cooldowns, and it will yell at you when you overheal. It's like, these are conflicting issues. In a low heal requirement fight like ex2, when everything is going right, there's only like 3-4 instances where you need to actually heal more than just one mitigation and a regen. In that fight, there's 2 instances of damage, aside from tank autos, before the transition. Then there's 1 instance of damage, aside from tank damage, before the next transition. And it doesn't get much more intensive from there.

[@13thDEC1PLE]

What's the gear piece you're using on your characters arms. Intrigued. Thanks

[@99_Vit]

On my dragoon it’s just Lightning’s top that has the arm pieces built in. It’s a store item

[@13thDEC1PLE]

@99_Vit thank you. Great video btw.

[@BlackRoseThornEtna]

Also if ur a healer work on jealing consistency, move things around if you must and try to use all your ogcs if you need extra healing but try to get to point where you are using the same cooldowns, this makes it much easier for the other healer to adjust or even other players to adjust with mits, if you have everone adjusting the dmg starys to get spiky. Also dont be afraid to make mistakes,espeically joining fresh groups, as everypne will be makingistakes here not just you, but i would work on doing that phsse consistantly before joining a party thats on the next phase of that part because while people might not be expect zero mistakes up to that point they will have less patece for it, usually leaving after a few pulls of not making to that phase.

[@Kongrisser]

Very thematically appropriate that your Bun looks like she's hopping when she slide-casts. 🐇

[@EpickBoi]

Nice video!

[@patrikbatemanx]

🎉

[@koawarrior2352]

Is hitting dummies increases your HP

[@rashash9954]

Tbh I know that a lot of people hate this, but imo a good player in a decent static will probably get 90+ parses without even stressing about it, so if you reach that level where you accumulate good logs just by playing and not stressing out about greed then you're gucci, decent logs shows that the player is decent at the game unless he's in a party with grey logs players which boosts his log. A lot of people hate fflogs but fflogs and xivanalysis are mandatory at improving and the second you're good at doing rotations and you understand why you press X gcd at X:XX timer then you'll have an easy way doing mechanics without having to drop gcds or rarely dropping them if forced.

[@Rabfour]

I'm a ninja as well and I'm going to this website right now lol

[@clumsyturtle8544]

Best tip: Learn your left from your right.

[@ando336699]

Tonight i just experienced a bunch of hieroglyphics in the chat on ff14 during a raid things like D3 and MT which i guess is main tank and alot of other codes could u do a video explaing these or direct me to another video explaining lol

[@99_Vit]

MT/OT are main and off tanks. H1/H2 are healers (typically regen is 1 and shield is 2), and then dps are either referred to as D1-4 or M1/2 for melee and R1/2 for ranged. If you know which one you are, you should know where to go based on the party’s advertised strats. We often just stand around a marker for clock spots or other positioning at the start of the fight to make this clear on NA data centers, but you can also type in chat what spot you want

[@ando336699]

@@99_Vit thanks man

[@dragumkirisute1998]

One thing I have always struggled with is raid anxiety... by that i mean being afraid of joining PFs for fights that im not very familiar with and waste people's time... lol

[@99_Vit]

Jump in as soon as new fights come out! Everyone will be just as confused as you and you can all learn together. The anxiety goes away pretty quickly once you see everyone else making the same mistakes that you will be

[@fazoodle7972]

As long as you know mechanics you win, periodt. - noob returner

[@MyWorldIsSquare]

As if... I just started thinking it would be fun to work my way up to doing Ultimates for maybe the last 24 hours and then this video just happens to land on my feed. I've been playing since 2021, but basically as a single player game and nothing harder than normal raids for the story. I'm decent enough at games, but I've always been scared to do harder content as a console player

[@99_Vit]

Jump into some extremes to start and give it a shot! It’s really fun once you get past that initial fear

[@ridleyroid9060]

Im gonna link this video to the people griefing me in TOP PF p5 prog -_-.

[@99_Vit]

I was inspired after all my time in TEA pf lately

[@ridleyroid9060]

@@99_Vit Welp, good luck to us both brother haha, may our doll/looper memes be minimal

[@99_Vit]

@@ridleyroid9060 wishful thinking haha good luck in there!

[@Bahamut9999]

How to be good? Be penta legend and penta 99 in each ulti as ninja or blm…😂