Issue With End Game Raiding

[Bahd_Monkey]

SE is working on a way to jump to certain phases of a raid for practice:
"On a basic level, this raid finder would have the same function as the Duty Finder, but it would primarily address Savage raids with specific participation requirements.

For example, you would be able to select whether you wanted to go for practice or to clear it by checking a box. If you were going into a raid to practice, you would be able to select the beginning, middle, or end phase of the fight."

Source letter from the Producer April 12

[KarstenS]

SE is working on a way to jump to certain phases of a raid for practice:
"On a basic level, this raid finder would have the same function as the Duty Finder, but it would primarily address Savage raids with specific participation requirements.

For example, you would be able to select whether you wanted to go for practice or to clear it by checking a box. If you were going into a raid to practice, you would be able to select the beginning, middle, or end phase of the fight."

Source letter from the Producer April 12

In my understanding this option is meant to tell the others which phase you on and want to practise, not which phase you want to start with.

Select a phase would not work as said before by others.

Example:

In A6 normal the enrage timer starts with the pull of the last boss.

In A6S the enrage timer starts with the pull of the first boss. Because of this you are in hurry not to wait for cooldowns when getting to the next one.

If you could select a phase to start with and all cooldows would be ready, it would be very different to regulqar practise.

[LineageRazor]

If you could select a phase to start with and all cooldows would be ready, it would be very different to regulqar practise.

Bear in mind, that simply because it would be different from regular practice doesn't mean that it wouldn't still be USEFUL practice.

While players will eventually need to worry about beating the clock, dealing enough damage to get the job done before enrage, that's not the ONLY thing they have to worry about. Learning the mechanics of the fight, knowing how you have to move and where to stand, that's important, as well. Step one is to stay alive. Step two is to put out enough damage to win the fight while staying alive.

Choosing a phase to start with would be helpful in step one. Once you have the dance down pat, you can start worrying about step two.

Honestly, I doubt SE will ever give us this feature, but there's been so many times where I've ached for it... It's so frustrating having to slog through the early phases just for one chance to practice where the practice is needed.

[KarstenS]

Step one is to stay alive.

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Choosing a phase to start with would be helpful in step one.

For learning of mechanics its also important to know about available cooldowns and learn how to manage them. Not so much for damage dealers. But for tanks and healers. Learning how to move and where to stand is the easiest part for these two roles in the "current" raid tier.