Can someone please idiot-proof Svarbhanu?

[Ceridwenae]

Er... don't think anyone asked for stuff to be removed or changed. Anyways.

Well done, OP! There's a certain satisfaction that comes from figuring stuff out. I hope you found it enjoyable and rewarding.

[Cathaoir]

Okay, so I had HUGE problems with this fight the first two times I ran it. And to be forum appropriate I would describe the tank in the second run as "unpleasant" about it. However, it was not because I did not understand the mechanics. I knew what to look for, but the symbols simply never showed up at all!

Our healer told me he had heard about this happening as well with other players. I watched a video of the fight and sure enough I never got what was supposed to show up. In my runs the triangle never appeared at all and when the circle sometimes appeared it was super faint and the wrong color.

Now I do what people say not to do and use a TV for my monitor (you want to argue about that feel free to write me a large check so I can buy a new rig, otherwise let it go). It is supposedly a 120 refresh rate. So I had my graphics card set for that as well as the game set for 120 refresh rate. Thinking a graphics setting may have been the cause of my woes with this dungeon I set the refresh on both my GPU and game settings back to 60.

I ran the dungeon again as a tank (so I could survive a couple of hits) and sure enough I see the symbols (although very late I should say). They are still very difficult to see as faint as they are and all of the other flashing and blinding effects going on. If I could recommend any change it would not be to change the mechanics or difficulty of the fight but simply make the symbols more visible in some way.

So if you wipe and want to call out people in your group and be "unpleasant" - first ask them if they can even SEE the symbols for the mechanics. Believe it or not some of us actually played through to Endwalker and actually learned some things along the way. Be a reason why this game is so great and help out your fellow players. If they need to leave to fix issues, you will find a sub to tag in. Just try not to immediately become a toxic troll.

[DayHealer]

Dont do trusts. Trusts are one of the worst things this game added.

Any competent healer will never let you die in this boss, plus teammates can offer suggestions if they see you are new to the dungeon (talking from experience here). Sure, it can go all the way wrong too but you at least learn with other players.

[Omedon]

Dont do trusts. Trusts are one of the worst things this game added.

Trusts are literally why I converted to FFXIV for life. Respectfully, to each their own.

I am only now comfortable W2W tanking for live players at almost 1000 days subbed. The community isn't always roses, and "owning" my time in dungeons, whether the community is feeling welcoming today or not, is so important.