So...what videos should I be watching?

[Souljacker]

Why does everyone keep quoting me as If I advocated for not doing any preparatory research at all? I merely expressed amusement at the need to "see" someone else do something as opposed to reading "When you have a red triangle over your head, run to the soak team".

In fact - I believe that short notes as a reminder of mechanics is far better than trying to memorize a 20 minutes fight through youtube. This generation likes it. I get it.

That doesn't mean you should beat someone over the head with it as if it is guaranteed to prevent a group from wiping or something.

[SpookyGhost]

In fact - I believe that short notes as a reminder of mechanics is far better than trying to memorize a 20 minutes fight through youtube. This generation likes it. I get it.

In practice, this is true. Even after watching a video people will typically still make mistakes and need to be reminded of how a mechanic works or where they need to be for it. I, personally, watch videos as I feel it's my responsibility as the tank to know the encounters and not cause too many immediate wipes - of course if no guides are out, I'll wing it (I will say that it's waaaay more fun to go in blind. Everything's a surprise and you have to stay on your toes). My boyfriend, on the other hand, never watches guides and manages to learn any fight as the mechanics happen around him. He has never caused a wipe.

So, all in all, I'd say do what you feel comfortable with. If feeling out fights works better for you than watching videos, more power to you. I personally watch this channel for learning fights: https://www.youtube.com/user/LightAndMelon and I used to watch a guy named Dervy's channel, however he's quit the game and doesn't make videos for it anymore - if you'd like to check out his channel, though, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/user/KiraYakimi

Also, MTQCapture seems like she makes great guides so I'd recommend hers as well. Happy's channel is kind of... a mess - he rushes all his guides out before fully exploring the mechanics of the fight and that's extremely lazy/uninformative.

[DarkStaoneDragon]

I'd love to see someone say "Watch the fight video before doing this" in savage lol

[Curia_Regis]

I'd love to see someone say "Watch the fight video before doing this" in savage lol

Many videos exist for all turns of Savage Coil that you can use as a basis for building your strategy since many groups have cleared them now. Turn 8 for example, you can watch Turn 8 Savage and map out every tower and the order of mechanics and also see how that particular group chose to proc the towers.

I don't understand your post, because videos are still used aside from those first true crusaders (the JP group who cleared everything first and then posted the video). Basically every Savage clear (with the exception of Turn 6) since the JP group has been based on their kill video, or inspiration was drawn from it in some way.