FFXIV Confessions

[Alucard135]

I saw a group of lalas in Limsa and I did not cook them.

[Rasikko]

For a while I had a thing for The Elder Seedseer. I practically have a shrine for her in my private chambers in my FC house :P.

[ValyrianBlood]

I played rdm wrong for 13 levels

[SenorPatty]

Time to scum this up a whole new level, stormblood edition:

-For awhile, took advantage of the strikeout system in DF to use up to 2 of them just to see if I could get an in-prog dgn as a tank

-Exclusively as a dps, bailed on any dgn that was lvl 30 or lower

-Exclusively as tank or healer, bailed on any dgn that was lvl 30 or lower provided the rest of the party was not new and they were lvl 60+

-Killed lots of uncalled hunts solo

-When bored, went out of my way to sabotage people in "Leap of faith" Gate by using my big femroe body back then to trip them up (trust me, it worked. A lot)

-Actually used the "I had lag" excuse when I wanted to finish up eating something because I was waiting in queue and it popped earlier than usual. Variants of that are : "My mouse died," "My keyboard died" "left the stove on" and "Ubereats is here".

[AnimaAnimus]

There is a large pile of little tiny lala bones in the canyons beneath the invisible city because I have been throwing lala over the edge on a near daily basis since I was let out of the time rift Lou put me in when Dalamud broke.

[einschwartz]

2 years into FFXIV, I still have not unlock the ARR Hard Mode dungeons.
I had no reason to do them back when I was progressing ARR-HW. No reason to unlock them now except to clear quest markers; which is low below in my to-do list right now.

I do not like Alliance Raid.
Only done the first two from HW and Rabanastre from SB. Did them once just for the sake of trying it then never step into it again. Reason: I get disoriented. They're confusing for me. I even watch guide beforehand but I get overwhelmed with the many mechanics and just noped out from proceeding. Even when I had a friend who willing to do call outs for me.
I want to try enjoy it. Maybe I just need to run enough times to be accustomed to them. But the anxiety, man.

[Frizze]

2 years into FFXIV, I still have not unlock the ARR Hard Mode dungeons.
I had no reason to do them back when I was progressing ARR-HW. No reason to unlock them now except to clear quest markers; which is low below in my to-do list right now.

I do not like Alliance Raid.
Only done the first two from HW and Rabanastre from SB. Did them once just for the sake of trying it then never step into it again. Reason: I get disoriented. They're confusing for me. I even watch guide beforehand but I get overwhelmed with the many mechanics and just noped out from proceeding. Even when I had a friend who willing to do call outs for me.
I want to try enjoy it. Maybe I just need to run enough times to be accustomed to them. But the anxiety, man.

I enjoy running the alliance raids(though i loath LotA and Syrcus for the sheer volume of my ques they take up). I know it feels like a lot of mechanics when youre new, but if you break it down it really isnt that much. You have 4 bosses with typically 3-5 mechanics each(some less, a few more). When the runs are new you experience all of them. Now that we outlevel everything by a ton, you tend to not see too much from the second half of most of the fights. So thats like 1.5-2 dungeons worth of mechanics. Learning all 9 instances at once? A bit daunting. But one at a time? Much more doable. And as a healer, the most important thing is just to keep up on heals and res the fallen when you can. Or you could put this off, and in 6ish weeks join us on the front lines exploring the new alliance raid. No one knows the mechanics yet, so its clearly not your fault if you mess anything up. And being there from the beginning, getting some gear upgrades while theyre still relevant, and hopefully being engaged with the story might just get you past the anxiety.

[Iscah]

I do not like Alliance Raid.
Only done the first two from HW and Rabanastre from SB. Did them once just for the sake of trying it then never step into it again. Reason: I get disoriented. They're confusing for me. I even watch guide beforehand but I get overwhelmed with the many mechanics and just noped out from proceeding. Even when I had a friend who willing to do call outs for me.
I want to try enjoy it. Maybe I just need to run enough times to be accustomed to them. But the anxiety, man.

If you've only done the HW/SB raids, you might want to try the Lv50 Crystal Tower raids - they're easier (though still some instant-death things you need to learn to hide from) and if you're into the story, it ties into Shadowbringers.

If you're overwhelmed by the amount of "flashiness" on screen, you might want to look at the setting in the character configuration menu that lets you turn other players' battle effects down or off.

[einschwartz]

...and in 6ish weeks join us on the front lines exploring the new alliance raid. No one knows the mechanics yet, so its clearly not your fault if you mess anything up. And being there from the beginning, getting some gear upgrades while theyre still relevant, and hopefully being engaged with the story might just get you past the anxiety.

This is what I hope to achieve myself. This being my first expansion, I am less paranoid to participate in new combat contents. Before, I dread thinking about trying (normal) 8-man raid because I was several months late into SB. Even the normal story trials took me a few days to man up and press that register duty button. But with ShB, I am more open to try the Eden raid on the week it dropped. Hopefully, it will be the same with alliance raid too.

If you've only done the HW/SB raids, you might want to try the Lv50 Crystal Tower raids - they're easier (though still some instant-death things you need to learn to hide from) and if you're into the story, it ties into Shadowbringers.

If you're overwhelmed by the amount of "flashiness" on screen, you might want to look at the setting in the character configuration menu that lets you turn other players' battle effects down or off.

I do have the intention to run CT now that I have cleared ShB; to get a different perspective/feel on the ending. I know they're easier now but still stalling as I'm still uncomfortable with the idea of "running alliance raid" haha.

I already have battle effects set to limited. Making other alliance party names set to initials to reduce clutter. Change name colors so I could easily differentiate between my own party and others. But I still find it a mess for me to cope visually. I find the (some) huge boss model makes it worse. But like I said in previous post, the reason to this unfamiliarity is mostly due to not giving myself a chance to run the encounter more than once.

[Miminming]

I make my sis press the button for my crafting macro for an hour or two everytime she's watching netflix from my ipad... she dont mind it... i like it...