Last night I attempted to do an unsynced P8S, not really understanding the abbreviations or guide (mistakenly joined a HC), had a really helpful healer, but alas, it didn't all land because of my learning disability.

Managed phase 1 alright, confused why we died on the double bird part. Phase 2 was hellish, and took so long to learn. Even with both the guide and the healer's advice, it was overwhelming. If I struggle with this, it probably means I can't ever hope to do savage raiding at all, not even for older content.

We wiped on Phase 2 for 45 minutes, with fire/ice and high concept being the things I struggled to grasp at the end. Just the order of things and not knowing where to stand makes it hard too, I always struggle on those positional reads (like the Cruise M4 towers and Voidcast Dais direction attacks)

I'm not sure how into detail I can go into about my learning disability, and other issues. It has impacted a majority of my life, including gaming and FFXIV here in this case. I can pick up new roles easy enough with experience and some dungeon/raid/trial mechanics. I excel in pattern recognition. Learning something new is a different story entirely.

It leaves me wondering if anyone has any advice here or if there's just a reason for me to not ever attempt savage raiding. I wanted to get into the recent tiers of raiding and extreme trials (And chaotics). But I'm having second thoughts. Especially with how down that P8S made me. I'm easily the worst player there.