Why is it so common to join extremes without watching a guide first?

[Raoabolic]

*runs mentor roulettes as a mentor*
m8, YOU are the tutorial video. Now earn that 2 seater~!

[MistakeNot]

Before I start Ill add as a disclaimer that this post is not meant to discourage anyone from doing extremes.

Why should I watch a guide? Watching one before I have done the instance will teach me practically nothing. I won't remember much of all the random crap anyway, and even if I do, I won't be able to recognize the mechanics in time for it do any good.
It is only after I have done an instance for real at least once that the guides start making sense. Then I can watch them to learn how to handle any mechanics I couldn't figure out by myself.

All of this applies equally to normal difficulty as well as to extremes.

[SassyAssassin]

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Yes sorry I forgot to mention I am referring to duty finder and not party finder!

I understand wanting to do a blind run for the fun of it when the other people agree as well of course.

This was more for people joining an extreme through duty finder sometimes waiting over half an hour in queue and during the entire time still not researching even a bit beforehand.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Tbh I don't like having my food cut and chewed for me, so if I can enter content without a guide I will. If there is a limitation about a party finder asking you know the fight or seen a guide, then I will do that, otherwise I will keep things fresh.

[SassyAssassin]

*runs mentor roulettes as a mentor*
m8, YOU are the tutorial video. Now earn that 2 seater~!

In this case I should probably also learn french along the way xD
And oh Im earning it…856 out of 2000 and just now I start going a tiny bit insane.

[SassyAssassin]

Tbh I don't like having my food cut and chewed for me, so if I can enter content without a guide I will. If there is a limitation about a party finder asking you know the fight or seen a guide, then I will do that, otherwise I will keep things fresh.

I wasn’t referring to pf sorry, I meant duty finder, in my opinion entering a fight that consists of other people, completely unprepared and unwilling to listen is having your food cut and chewed out for you.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I wasn’t referring to pf sorry, I meant duty finder, in my opinion entering a fight that consists of other people, completely unprepared and unwilling to listen is having your food cut and chewed out for you.

I specifically meant Duty Finder as well, if it wasn't clear enough.

[Dzian]

I rarely watch guides. Often they contain to much information. The thing is they don't tend to give you is much sense of timing. So you watch a guide you can be watching out for so many things at once. That mechanic your watching out might be a full minute after the last one or it might be 4 or 5 seconds. And if you're spending a full minute looking around trying to see the tells for a mechanic that is a long time off then it becomes a question of how much stuff don't you see.?

The only real time I tend to use guides is if something doesn't make sense to me.. typically this is usually some form of colour mechanic where I can't see... like recently p5 i think it is apparently has green and yellow puddles on the floor. I can't see the difference I just see lots of puddles all the same colour.

Or the last boss of alzaddals legacy with the curtains..

So I'll watch a video pause it and usually spot alternative ways to identify. Such as shapes. Makes more sense.

As for duty finder the problem. Is less about guides and more about the disparity between normal and extreme.. the normal modes really should teach you the basics of the extreme bit often they don't they're just roflstomps

[Bsrking5]

I should have also noted that I am referring to duty finder and not pf, but I cant reedit the post on my phone.

Yes you can, it's called desktop version( or might be called desktop site). Mobile version is the default version for phones. The browser will have it has an option to switch between them.

[Bsrking5]

*runs mentor roulettes as a mentor*
m8, YOU are the tutorial video. Now earn that 2 seater~!

Often times they don't come to learn and openly ignore everything and hope trying for the 67th time will suddenly make the boss not wipe because of mechanics. 9/10 times its better to just take the 30 minute than wasting 60 minute.