Getting Started in Harder Content

[Nilandia]

As others have mentioned..
Watch a guide on youtube. Most practice groups in Party Finders wants the members to have watched one.
Then it's just practice, practice, practice.
All Extreme's and Raid fights use set mechanics so once you learn those patterns it'll get easier.

Yeah, I get that. I'd been doing that for trials and dungeons at the start, but people in my FC told me I didn't need to. I wouldn't dream of going into anything harder than MSQ content without checking out a guide.

[angienessyo]

Based on what I've seen so far, ESO raiding is not too extremely different from FF14 combat. ESO combat is faster and dynamic, and there are fewer skills available to you, but there's still the dance of mechanics. Learning what the boss is throwing at you and finding patterns. There is some element of RNG in ESO raids, though, so you do need to be able to be flexible and react on the fly.

Fortunately I've always been heavily interested in learning the mechanics being thrown at me. I've even written some in depth guides on the past couple ESO raids. So trying to learn what's trying to kill me and how to avoid it has always been second nature.

I'm also used to raid sessions being 2 hours long, so that's not an issue.

Sounds like you should do just fine then

[Rikka_Chu]

Hey everyone,

I've been playing FXIV for some months now. I've been having a blast going through the MSQ and exploring different parts of the game. I managed to convince some people in my FC to do the ARR extreme trials while synced, and it was way more fun than I thought it would be.

I'd love to try out the more difficult group content, but I have no idea how to do it. I realize I've probably chosen the worst time to ask, since Dawntrail just dropped and the new raids are coming soon. But I just finished the Stormblood MSQ and am working through the quests to get into Shadowbringers, so it's going to be a while before I get there.

How would I go about trying out more difficult content? I'm no stranger to raiding. I'm an endgame raider in Elder Scrolls Online, having cleared all of the raids there at the highest difficulty including the one that released last month. I'm more than happy to work, to practice my rotation, to study, and to learn. I just need to know how to get started and how to improve.

For reference, I'm currently in the Primal data center, though I'm willing to travel if I can still come back to my friends in my FC.

Thanks!

Don't bother with old content while synched. If you don't have issues committing, start looking for static group right now and simply start raiding when new tier is out.. If static group is out of question, then just use party finder and join Practice groups. The best way is to always ask in FC if any1 is interested in it, so you can use pf with your friends

[Evergrey]

Yeah, I get that. I'd been doing that for trials and dungeons at the start, but people in my FC told me I didn't need to. I wouldn't dream of going into anything harder than MSQ content without checking out a guide.

Normal dungeons and Trials, heck, even Alliance Raid won't need anyone to watch a guide before hand honestly.
And personally I think it's more fun to experience new things like that blind.
But I do however watch guides before entering Extreme Trials and Savage Raids simply because I don't wanna feel like a complete burden.
Not that I remember everything I see, but at least I remember fragments and perhaps even manage to react sooner to mechanics I otherwise wouldn't know what the heck it is.