This game doesn't do enough to help people clear Ex/Savage content.

[Rilifane]

Yeah, I'm gonna set that stuff to hidden.

I find it extraordinarily creepy that people look into year old logs just to win a forum argument. Stalker behavior, yo.

Yes, I suppose it must feel uncomfortable when people found out the most likely reason for your little problem.
You complained that you can't get clears and that SE needs to adjust content to pander to your needs; half-way decent players don't do that and people grow suspicious. Escpecially if they just kick you after 2 tries - that's not standard PF behaviour, all evidence points to you standing out in a really bad way. In my 2 years of PFing a lot I have only ever see it happen a few times in those cases it was well deserved.
Join/ make practice and later clear parties. That's how everyone does it and for good reason.

Regardless of what TC's "track record" is, they're not wrong.

The gap between MSQ instances, or even extremes, and savage is really wide. The game has a severe lack of content bridging that difficulty. It would make even 24+ people raids a lot less frustrating if the game tried a little harder to condition players into being less of dead weight or be able to feel comfortable with harder content.

Sure, this game does lack midcore content.
But there is a difference between "Hey, this game needs more midcore content to bridge the gap between faceroll dungeons and savage raids; the increase in difficulty is too steep and I felt really unprepared. Let's gather ideas!" and "Every PF sets [Duty Complete] and I can't get my clear. SE! DO SOMETHING!".

[Nethereal]

Yeah, I'm gonna set that stuff to hidden.

I find it extraordinarily creepy that people look into year old logs just to win a forum argument. Stalker behavior, yo.

Those logs were made in 2021. You gotta chill out.

The first part to fixing a problem is accepting that there is one.

[ZedxKayn]

Yeah, I'm gonna set that stuff to hidden.

I find it extraordinarily creepy that people look into year old logs just to win a forum argument. Stalker behavior, yo.

Yes, people will mention and look at logs when talking about clearing, welcome to raiding.

[Shalan]

Honestly, you don't even need the past logs to see why groups would be removing you. You don't even need something like ACT running at all in fact.

When the logs were visible, you mostly had runs where you did either 0 or close to 0 DPS as a healer with 60%+ overhealing, or playing as a DPS you were struggling to reach numbers that were expected last expansion. Even if one wasn't running ACT or something that kind of play sticks out like a sore thumb and you'd quickly become identified as the party's weak link and a solid reason for why they're not clearing.

With Savage being some of the harder content the game provides you cannot be performing in that manner and expect a clear with most groups. You're not pulling your own weight in the party, and there's only so much others can carry for you. I'd suggest ways to self improve before trying again, but given your past behaviour towards such advice in other threads I think that suggestion will fall on deaf ears.

[Colt47]

You know, this entire thread just made me go look at where I was at over on the logs. Did better than I thought.

[Dreamsoap]

Please don't tell me to set [Practice]. 8 people throwing themselves miserably at a fight and breaking up after 10 minutes doesn't help anything.

In this case you need a static to do prog with. PF people will never stick around for the amount of time you want to prog for.
I prefer making my own and recruiting for them on reddit. I try out people in current EX fights and extend invites to people who are A: Actively participating in figuring out mechanics and B: Don't get mad or frustrated when they die. Bonus points if they laugh about it.

Edit: I should add, my group is late to the tier. We just finalized our BiS from E9S with the unlock and are now working on 10+. I sometimes check up on ffxivrecruitment and there's still a fair amount of statics recruiting for fresh prog for the whole tier on Crystal.

[Jojoya]

Seems like a good time to repeat what I first said when you started this thread two weeks ago.

Learn to make friends instead of thinking you're automatically owed everything.

Friends aren't going to care about what's in your FFlogs because they know you.

Friends aren't going to rage quit and abandon after 10 minutes because they want to be doing things with their friends.

Friends will be patient and helpful because they want to invest in you just as you are investing in them.

Oops, wait. This isn't going to work after all. You have no interest in investing in others, you only care about yourself. That probably explains why you don't have friends who will do content with you and why others have no interest in doing content with you, either. You're not a team player and Savage is a team effort so there's no point in bringing you along.

[AnnRam]

You don't need to stress yourself and clear current/new tiers on day one. You can always wait for the echo buff.

Also, most guides are up in Youtube the first days when it comes to Extreme trials (which are my favorite so far since you can clear them with randoms in PF unlike savage)

[ItMe]

B: Don't get mad or frustrated when they die. Bonus points if they laugh about it.

My goodness that's an important thing to be able to do.
Content is so much more enjoyable when we can laugh at our flubs~
Some of the most fun I've had in game has been laughing at wiping to stupid shit~

[Itsgigglez]

Im making a static of friends who've never raided in FFXIV before or have but are too scared to use Duty finder. Always make your own groups so you can learn at your own pace, heck, make a group asking if people are willing to help you learn! Sometimes pretty chill people will come in and teach you when they have nothing to do (especially since we have no content till 6.0)