The NA FFXIV community has 0 sense of creative or critical thinking when it comes to this game.

The Steps of Faith are a perfect example.

Current bandwagon mentality = IGNORE ALL THE ADDS.

Despite the fact that this strategy does not work with 99% (statistic fabricated to emphasis LARGE MAJORITY OF) of pick up groups, people continue to perpetuate this dumb strategy. The end result is going to be a nerf of a pitifully easy encounter to deal with all this derpiness.



The best way of clearing steps of faith with a duty finder group:
1. Focus DPS on Maracco add, adamantoise add, Svara add and Giruveganaus adds.
2. WHEN those adds die, focus Vishap.
3. Let cannons/aoe kill the rest of the adds.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DPS TO KILL VISHAP LET ALONE THE ADDS
99% of groups will GAIN DPS on Vishap by burning these adds down. In fact, with mediocre DPS, following this strategy, you can kill Vishap without even touching the dragonslayer cannons.

1. All four of these adds will probably kill at least one of your DPS if they're not killed before they start to swinge/stomp/mass poison/mass infirmity.

2. All four of these adds kill your NPC helpers if they aren't killed before they start to use these abilities.

3. All four of these adds require LOTS of healing by your healers, and lots of attention by your tanks. By dispatching them quickly, your healers will have MUCH more time to cleric stance and your tanks will have much more time to focus Vishap.




TL;DR: DON'T LET THE BIG ADDS SURVIVE FOR MORE THAN 25 SECONDS.

Done and out. Try it on your next duty finder group. You will probably win.