Returning OT (WAR) lf static 22:00-midnight GMT+9

[EdgeFayth]

Hi there,
I am Fayth, a war currently playing on Tonberry. I was living in Japan, but recently moved to the West Coast so it is hard for me to play with people (evening here is noon in Japan...). I am searching for a good group to progress quickly in the current (and coming) challenges.

Availability: here is the issue... I am at GMT-7, so it is tricky. Nevertheless, I can raid before going to work in the morning. That means from 22:00 to midnight GMT+9. Hard to change this time unfortunately. I would not raid everyday (a bit exhausting to wake up at 5:30 in the morning in order to raid, so 2 to 3 times a week sounds good) but days can change and are rather flexible. Sometimes, because of work, I have to go to Japan for a week or two, so in that case it would be easier to raid, cause in the same time as you.

Progress: All 2.X content cleared before any echo. I cleared A1S the first week, A2S in August and reached A3S second cascade. Then my static got lots of unfortunate troubles and I started to lost interest in this damn A3S. This, plus a tight working schedule made me stop raiding. But I want to start again! So I never did the new Savage, but I am a fast learner and already read the guides for A5 and A6, it wouldn't be an issue... About Ex primal, I cleared SephiEx and NidEx with PuG.

DPS provided: I don't have numbers but I cleared all the Dummies on Hinterland, so it would be enough...

Voip I can use: mumble, Discord, TS3.

Current gear: ilvl 233 now with i230 weapon. Working on the relic (more than half done). once I will have it, my build will be the following: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UMB9

You can contact me on that post or in game.

My Lodestone:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/4040259/


Cheers,
Fayth

[EdgeFayth]

Bump, ilvl233 now.
Fayth.

[EdgeFayth]

Bump, still searching.

Fayth

[EdgeFayth]

Bump, before unsubbing till 3.4...

[konpachizaraki]

i think you better unsub now and back later in 3.4 when you can catch up with the gear quick by making the new crafted gear(i assume it's gonna be around i250)
it's a bit too late if you want to start from scratch, you won't have enough time to clear the whole thing
clearing A6s alone can take up to 2 months if you're starting from scratch

[EdgeFayth]

My gear is not an issue: I am using my own "BiS for not raiders" (see here: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/UMB9 )and I can clear all the dps check dummies (including A8S dummy) without any problem.
I also "studied the theory" for A5S and A6S, and it really doesn't look like hard at all, especially overgeared as I am now (and how A6S has been nerfed).
The problem now is that people are only searching for guys with 245628 A8S clears in order to join a static group...

[EdgeFayth]

"doing it in theory and actually doing it in real time is way different, especially since many statics have different strategy of how to do the content"

Well, sure, but the first turns look really straightforward, a bit of discussion with people on vocal, and it would be done in an hour or two (I am not new to raid)... I think people really overestimate the difficulty of this game...

"it is because most people already got that far. this content is almost 5 months old already, many people getting far in this content are bound to happen, it's not a "problem" "

Well, for me it is a problem. 3.3 was just released. 3.2 is 4 months old, and it seems it is already dead. Seriously? So now content is dead one patch to the other, not every even patch (as it was before). OK, this game changed...
No, the thing is people just don't want to waste even one lockout to brush up a member on the strategy. They want guys with the same level (or even more advanced)... Was my previous static the only one accepting such thing?
Remind me the old time of FcoB. We lost a guys (we were last phase of T12) and an FC member manifested interest for raid, even if he never raided before. We raised him to T12 in a week, and we cleared it together the week after.
I guess it is the past...

[EdgeFayth]

Zzzzz.
You are right, I didn't clear A5-A8. I just speak as someone who has more than 2 years raiding experience in this game, and who discussed a lot with friends who cleared this tier for ages.
But I am just a late ignorant. So I return in my dust.

[konpachizaraki]

sheesh i guess giving an advice to you was a mistake after all. i am very sorry for that
okay i end the conversation here, but i still stand with my words,if you don't want to do it then it's fine but i think it's better if you unsubs now and back again in 3.4 where there's brand new raid so you're not lagging behind, because the chance of you getting a party that want to go again from scratch is extremely small and most people are at least on A7S or A8S now