Quote Originally Posted by AphraelAmarantha View Post
1) A ton of mechanics happening all at once like aoes with dice and thundercloud. Especially if I am also trying to heal the tank but my oGCD are on cd and so I cant cast a quick spell to heal them. Or I am trying to get Medica II back up but i have to keep moving and I don't have an available quickcast. this is particularly difficult near the last 10 percent of Susano's health bar.
I had real problems with this too, for a long time. In opposition to the "it's super easy" people, Susano Ex was kind of a nightmare for me and this part was the main reason why. The easiest fix is more DPS. He does things in order on a timer, and the nastiest combinations are towards the end. If you kill him faster, you see fewer of them.

That means not dying to the easier ones early on, timing party buffs to max DPS, and since you appear to be a WHM, firing off your own DPS whenever you have time and MP. Every bit helps!

Aside from that, Churn (the dice) don't kill anyone by themselves, so you typically have a bit of time to heal between it and the next thing. If someone baits the cloud the wrong way there isn't much you can do but try to get out, but Churn and something else can be handled by Assize, or Plenary Indulgence if you have the confessions. If your cohealer is a SCH, Indom is a godsend at that point.

2) The purple marker for the lightning when you have to dash across to the other side. It's too small and I can barely see it past the other stuff that is going on. I have to be constantly looking at the party to make sure hp levels are good and no one is dying and the battlefield making sure I don't have the stupid marker on.
One trick here is to listen to the audio. He actually has vocal cues when this mechanic starts. There's one line for the "one person run over" lightning marker, and another one for the "everyone but the marked person run over" lightning marker. I *think* it's "Heark you to the tilmuteous heavens" for the first one, and "Now cometh our part, make way" for the second one.

If you hear the second audio cue, it's easy: start running to the other side and go where the group goes. If you can't run, the marker is on you.

For the first one it's a bit harder to see who the marker is on when people are stacked. My trick is to back up a couple of steps whenever I see the marker. If it goes backwards, it's on me. If it doesn't, it's not (since nobody else tends to back up on it, this usually helps).

3) Same with the dice, I cant see the marker until almost too late. When grouped together with other people, it cant be seen very well.
The dice also have an audio call out, and you get a debuff for them well before the counter over your head starts. I don't remember what the audio line is, but he does this in phase 1 so you should be able to listen for it and see the debuffs go up to figure it out. It's the debuff you should be looking for. If you get that, you know you will get the overhead dice when the debuff timer hits 3.

4) Tank busters. These come out very fast and I don't see them coming because I'm not looking at the cast bar when they pop up because I'm paying attention to health levels. It's usually when I'm dpsing is when I usually see it coming.
Set him as a focus target and put that bar in a spot you'll notice. There isn't really an easier way to deal with it. That said, if the tanks are doing it correctly, the OT should Provoke right after Stormsplitter lands and thus the MT shouldn't die immediately anyway. I do like to toss up Divine Benison on the MT before it lands just for some extra cushion, because sometimes the OT is slow. Tetra is also your friend here. (On SCH, I can Aldo or Lustrate it.)

5) I understand that most fights are scripted but I cannot memorize all of the events that are going to happen in the fight and when they occur at what minute or second. I would write them down but I don't have time to look down from the screen for a second before someone is eating an attack that needs healed through and if I do have a moment, I'm not going to be looking down because everyone expects me to be dpsing at that point.

Those are the main issues, if I think of more I will let you know. Yes I know the mechanics but it doesn't make the fight any easier.
Yeah, I had this problem too. I don't learn much by watching a video, I learn by doing. That means failing each and every mechanic until I get them individually, after which I can do better on the fight. It takes time, and practice. If you're anything like me, knowing the mechanics and doing the mechanics are different. That said, if you stick with it, you can get it done. Once you do it enough times you can put it all together and it'll click. It just takes us more times for that to happen than some of the other players here, who are frankly a lot better than I am.

It also helps if you find a friend who knows it who can help you on voice chat, because you can talk over issues with them in real time.