FF14 5.X Alternative Raid Buff Alignment and Openers

[DRKoftheAzure]

I have an opener that let's me get 4 Burst Strikes and the Gnashing Fang combo in the No Mercy window.

[ReiMakoto]

I have an opener that let's me get 4 Burst Strikes and the Gnashing Fang combo in the No Mercy window.

If youre getting 4 burst strikes and gnashing in your opening no mercy youre holding your opener too long to be optimal

[DRKoftheAzure]

If youre getting 4 burst strikes and gnashing in your opening no mercy youre holding your opener too long to be optimal

Well it's meant for learning each boss fight, so of course it won't be optimal outside of learning said boss fights.

[ReiMakoto]

Well it's meant for learning each boss fight, so of course it won't be optimal outside of learning said boss fights.

Thats not how that works, no mercy on the 5th gcd is going to be the latest that you do no mercy unless theres some hellish scenario where the boss goes invuln almost immediatly. Practicing using a bad opener 8th or 9th GCD opener will only lead to relearning timings for the entire fight when you want to be optimal, use the standard opener then use the faster optimal ones later, or hell just use the optimal ones from the start, the tier has been here long enough.

[DRKoftheAzure]

Thats not how that works, no mercy on the 5th gcd is going to be the latest that you do no mercy unless theres some hellish scenario where the boss goes invuln almost immediatly. Practicing using a bad opener 8th or 9th GCD opener will only lead to relearning timings for the entire fight when you want to be optimal, use the standard opener then use the faster optimal ones later, or hell just use the optimal ones from the start, the tier has been here long enough.

Care to show me what the "standard opener" is? Because their are probably multiple standard openers and most of them revolve around other people's raid buffs, and each one is very specific about a specific fight.

[ReiMakoto]

Care to show me what the "standard opener" is? Because their are probably multiple standard openers and most of them revolve around other people's raid buffs, and each one is very specific about a specific fight.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...=h.m218w750omu

Standard openers are here in Double weave, single weave and PDPS flavours,

If you want the fight specific openers to ensure most Gnashing Fangs and Blasting Zones/ effective aoeing on adds/ ease check the GNB optimisation channel on The Balance