Ideas and Suggestions for Practise Mode

So Yoshi-P announced that the Dev team would like to add a practice mode to help people learn their classes and/or raid bosses, coming in 3.X. This thread is a repository of ideas that could be used in it, in case they are not already. It's not exhaustive, and can be added to at a later date.

Individual DPS Mode:

- have both Stationary and Moving targets
- Classify the DPS being performed so the player knows how well they do

Individual Healer Mode:

- Show Over-healing data

Individual Tank Mode:

- Test enmity control with adds

Team Raid Mode:

- Show enrage timer
- Allow option for Echo/Infinite HP, but show statistics of damage taken below 1 HP
- Allow party to skip to specified phase (maybe use check points)

We have 1-50 for that the last thing FFXIV needs is a WoW style proving grounds. It failed there and will fail here.

Well I think they should call it Practice mode....

They already have a practice mode. It's called doing the content.

I think this is why we have a normal Alex and a savage Alex. A way of learning the new coil. I believe this is our practice mode

I really don't get the point of it, just reset cooldowns on a wipe and be done with it.
I know some people want to be able to practice just phase 4 at times, but that's not how raids works, you need to be able to deal with everything and have a smooth phase transition and not to mention starting at phase 4 with all your cooldowns and full HP/MP is just not helping, you need to be able to get to that phase comfortably without serious mana or DPS issues.

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Originally Posted by Tuathaa

We have 1-50 for that the last thing FFXIV needs is a WoW style proving grounds. It failed there and will fail here.

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The only way that WOW's proving grounds "failed" was in setting a pathetically low barrier to entry for endgame content, which people still managed to crawl under and complain it was too hard.

Unfortunately, barring people from content on the grounds of being irredeemably terrible at their role seems to be counter to the design ethos in this game.

Imo if you will allow people to practice any part they want, the content will end in like a week.....

I hope it will not be possible to skip parts in raids

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Originally Posted by Soul_Vigil

They already have a practice mode. It's called doing the content.

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Yes, because parties actually take people who have no experience in the fight.

Yeah, no. Everyone insists people should have content on farm within a few days of release. A practice mode, IMO, should be a version with NPCs they can use to practice their role so they're not spending literally all day in a PF shouting in Mor Dhona to get maybe half a party.

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Originally Posted by Urthdigger

Yes, because parties actually take people who have no experience in the fight.

Yeah, no. Everyone insists people should have content on farm within a few days of release. A practice mode, IMO, should be a version with NPCs they can use to practice their role so they're not spending literally all day in a PF shouting in Mor Dhona to get maybe half a party.

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Playing with NPCs won't help you. Real players aren't scripted. If you don't know your job by the time you hit endgame raiding.... no amount of practice runs will help you. Raiding is all about working as a team and being able to react to different situations. The best practice is to run fight over and over until you can deal with it in any situation, not running the exact same scripted situations with a bunch of NPCs.

I am also tiered of the "no one will take me in if I have no experience" crap. When content is released, no one has experience. Form a group, get experience, learn. You are the only one holding yourself back, stop blaming others.

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Originally Posted by Soul_Vigil

Playing with NPCs won't help you.

I am also tiered of the "no one will take me in if I have no experience" crap. When content is released, no one has experience. Form a group, get experience, learn. You are the only one holding yourself back, stop blaming others.

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NPC help is better than no experience at all, which is what players deal with currently. Sure, it's scripted, but then they at least have first-hand experience with things like Conflagration, Twisters, or Blighted Bouquet. Basically a version of "watch a guide" for those who learn better by doing than by watching.

As for forming a group and learning... easier said than done. Finding seven saints willing to sacrifice precious time on wipe after wipe is harder than any fight in the game. Personally I make a point to try and get content done within a few days of release, barring second and third coil as I was in the midst of a move at the time and so I've just accepted that I won't clear it. But I do try to help others when I have the time, and listen to the shouts in Mor Dhona. It's rare for them to go anywhere.

I agree this game does need a practice mode, too many people are unable to do mechanics in things like coil, and extreme primals.

Honestly it shouldn't be so hard to do, just make guildleves a practice mode for trials/endgame that teach you about mechanics in the harder fights for lower rewards, and make it 4 man instead of 8. The guildleves wouldn't KO you, but would keep a record of mechanics missed. At the end of the trial you would be able to review the fight with notes on mechanics you need to improve and hints and suggestions.

Clear party must have 50 hrs of practice mode or dont join