TSDS Guides need YOU!* (*well, your ideas) :)

[Jim_Berry]

Garuda HM : Either OT or a healer gets aggro on adds while everyone burns down garuda as fast as they can. Garuda placement south of the map while adds are tanked either NW or NE. Plumes should be ignored completely unless dps is terribad and satin plume appears (4th phase)

Battle in the big keep 1st boss : Don't dispell one of the tethers, that will delay the chicken phase allowing higher dps and possible phase skips.

Battle in the big keep 2nd boss : If dps is good, sac'ing a chained healer will provide phase skips. Using hots on chained healer before it gets chained will also increase the time he stays alive allowing more time of free dps. Gilgamesh sword dance (forgot the name of the skill) is a frontal cleave, it can be dodged by moving to his back.

These 3 are what annoy me the most while running lv 50 content.

edit, forgot a 4th:

Ramuh HM: the add that appears on 3rd phase can be completely ignored.

I like your ideas, but most of these would be considered as alternate strats. So, the guid should have Strategy A and Strategy B, with B being noted to be the alternate way of winning. So, for example, the thing you noted with Garuda, is Strat B, because it's a "burn" method. We need to take into consideration of new players, especially if 4 of them are the tanks and healers, or the dps who barely made the minimum iLv requirement.

The last thing a guide should do if force people to believe that it MUST be completed using a burn method. They will go in a low gear and expect to skip some phases.